Lot's of peoples have a problem getting this game to run. The main reason is a long outdated service called Games for Windows Live or short: GfWL

It was meant to be similar to steam, offering achievements, a overlay with no use and some stupid things more. But most importantly it also served as DRM. But it's development is now stopped for a long time. And neither Microsoft or the most game developers have made patches, so that the game can run without it.

While I wanted to start another game that had GfWL still in it, I got the same problems. And someone tipped me off (don't know who it was anymore, so no credit for that person :( ) about a little file on the Bulletstorm PC Gaming Wiki. It's a dll and an ini that basically trick the game into thinking that GfWL is running. The only downside is, that all online functionalities are not available. I don't know if that works with illegal acquired version and I don't intend to find out and neither should you.

1. Head over to this link http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/576-bulletstorm-xlivedll/
   
2. Hit the download button
   
3. Unpack the two files in the zip to this location: <steamlibary path>\steamapps\common\Lost Planet Colonies/
   steamlibary is where your game library with the game is, if you didn't change is, it is under: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\)
   The files should now be where these three .exe files are:
   
   • LostPlanetColoniesDX9.exe
     
   • LostPlanetColoniesDX10.exe
     
   • LPCLauncher.exe
4. Run the game. Now you shouldn't be bothered by GfWL anymore.

If you open the xlive.ini file with your preferred text editor you see an entry looking like this: UserName = Player 1
You can change Player 1 to whatever you want if you are bothered by getting called Player 1 in the game.

This file should work with all GfWL games, you have to fiddle around a bit with where you have to put this files, but it should usually be where the game executable is.

I don't know if that is also working if your game won't start at all. In my case I got at least to the point where I should put in my Windows Live/Xbox Live credentials.

• Unsung Hero who gave me the link in the first place
  
• PCGamingWiki for hosting the file
  
• Bizargh for finding the file on steam in the first place
  
• Another unsung hero for creating the file