Halo Legends is an eight part anime series that is produced by 343 Industries in coordination with some of the most popular and famous Japanese Anime creators like Shinji Aramaki, Mamoru Oshii, Hideki Futamura, Tomoki Kyoda and Yasushi Muraki. It features stories that explore the origin and historical events of the Halo universe.
Last year we reviewed Dell's gigantic Alienware M17x gaming laptop. It was a desktop replacement that pulled no punches in terms of performance and features. Now Dell has announced a netbook version of the same laptop, and from the first hand accounts at CES, it's an excellent gaming machine capable of running games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 at solid framerates and visuals.
Back in the day when I worked at Gamestop, called Electronics Boutique then, we used to push Game Doctors and extended warranties on systems. Now it seems times have changed, instead they are pushing A LOT of copies of Army of Two: The 40th Day. To help with this they've enlisted Rios and Salem who lend their, uh, unique abilities to the customer service profession.
What could be better than killing zombies? How about killing zombies... for free? You'll recall our recent coverage of free online FPS Combat Arms. Over the holidays, a new map called "Cabin Fever" was released, featuring the survival style of gameplay that has become so popular. Almost half a million matches later, 278 million zombies have met their doom (for the second time, I suppose). If your wallet is light after all the holiday spending, you might want to check out Combat Arms for your zombie slaying fix.
This afternoon Sony announced that SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 3 has gone gold and will be released in retail and on the PlayStation Network on February 16th.
What always happens when you have two couples playing co-op? That's right: a spouse swap. The party is heating up!
That giant creature right there with the glowing red goo pouring out of it's orifice, you might want to kill it. You might want to kill it quickly with your three teammates in the four player co-op shooter Lost Planet 2. Otherwise, well you might end up like the guy in screenshot number three.
During our recent discussions around our official Co-Op Terminology guidelines for Co-optimus.com, we went over a lot of what we'd like to see in games. Over at The Escapist forums they had a similar discussion at about the same time. Most of us demanded splitscreen with online capabilities, while Escapist readers were asking "Where did the 4 player splitscreen go?"
It seems we have impeccable timing, as just yesterday we published a great editorial on cooperative gaming and arcades. Last night at their CES 2010 keynote, Microsoft has announced Gameroom for Xbox Live and Games For Windows Live.
Someone got Ninja Gaiden in my Dynasty Warriors. The latest screenshots for the four player co-op Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce reveals Ryu Hayabusa from Tecmo Games making an appearance in Koei's franchise. Whether he's playable or not is yet to be seen, but we can only hope we'll soon be attacking giant tigers with our friends as Ryu.
After a nice looking DLC pack was released for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, it would appear that all of the DLC on both Xbox LIVE, and the Playstation Network has completely disappeared.
MAN IN BLACK: Welcome once again, friends, to another exciting… Tale from the Borderlands!!! Starring that cunning, curvaceous Camilla of combat… Lilith J Leapomeyer! When we last left our lovely leading lady, she was having some difficulty keeping her most recent manservant, Brick, in one place for any period of time. Ditching the fleet-footed fool at the first sleazy bar she could find, our habilable heroine enlisted the help of a young soldier by the name of Roland. Join them now as they discover mystery, excitement, and danger in... The Trials of the Painted Queen!
