This weekend kicks off PAX East in Boston, MA. Co-Optimus will be there to bring you coverage all weekend of plenty of great co-op titles. To whet your appetite, some of the crew have weighed in on the show, giving you an inside look at some of their deepest, darkest, thoughts on the show. We've got three questions we asked Mike, Kat, Tally and Nick...
Are you wondering which console will have the best version of Portal 2? Valve has insisted that each version of the game is the same across all platforms. This may not be the case. For console gamers who value cross platform play, the PS3 version is "the one to get." Why? Content-wise, both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 versions are supposed to be exactly the same. Valve writer Chet Faliszek recently explained the differences between the Xbox 360 and the PS3 versions to Eurogamer:
TimeGate Studios, the makers of Section 8: Prejudice, has a sweet contest available for PAX East 2011 attendees. A 250 GB Xbox 360, four controllers and headsets, 42" LG flat screen HDTV, and a copy of the game itself will go to one lucky winner. To participate, all you have to do is follow these easy steps:
Traveller's Tales, the UK-based developer currently hard at work promoting LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, mentioned the prospect of a future Kinect LEGO game to Eurogamer last week.
Perhaps you didn't get into PAX East because it was sold out. That's ok, there's still a chance to participate in some gaming goodness if you happen to be in Boston this Friday, March 11th from 8 to 11 PM. Taking place at the "Black Falcon Terminal," the team from Splash Damage and Bethesda are hosting a community event for the 8 player co-op shooter, Brink.
Serious Sam 3: BFE has just been announced with its insane 16 player online co-op mode, but that's not the only co-op Croteam and publisher Devolver Digital are creating. Both companies have teamed up with several independant developers to create three smaller Serious Sam titles for various platforms.
Tozai Games, creators of the co-op platformer Lode Runner for Xbox Live Arcade, have announced the game has gotten a permanent price drop from 1200 to 800 . The game is now featured in Microsoft's new "Sales and Specials" section of Xbox Live Arcade.
The latest thing to come about for the co-op-eriffic Fable 3 is a handful of DLC. We've seen dog skins, weapon packs, new locations, and a bit more storyline to supplement the royal storyline for Fable 3. Traitor's Keep is one of those storyline packs that gives you a taste of life beyond the mainland. Life in a giant island prison facility called Ravenscar Keep, and boy is it the very definition of "Oops."
Heading to Boston this weekend for the 2011 PAX East Expo? I hope you have a ticket, because according to the official PAX Twitter account the expo is sold out. With 60,000 expected attendees, exhibitors and media on hand it's going to be quite the affair at the Boston Convention and Exhibition center.
The prolific Lego titles are at it again. Today we have two new videos from Traveller's Tales, the makers of the Lego games. The first video is a preview of the new Lego Pirates of the Caribbean game. The title will cover all four movies, and it is set to release May 13th, around the same time as the fourth film On Stranger Tides. The second trailer is a cut scene from the upcoming Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, which should be out March 22nd. You can check out a demo on Xbox LIVE. It appears the games will have the same sense of humor that has helped them appeal to gamers of all ages. Both Lego titles should be available on every major system, as well as support two player co-op.
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime is due out this month. The four player local or online top down shooter is looking promising, even if it has a new cast of characters. The latest video we have pushes the four player co-op, and you will be glad to know that the developers have removed the chance of "total protonic reversal". Now crossing the streams is only bad form at urinals.
