Community-centric LittleBigPlanet 2 has offered a number of community features for sharing user created levels throughout the world of LittleBigPlanet. The community has taken this concept one step further and added a LBPWiki page where users can share content, share ideas, inform each other of changes, and generally just Wiki it up as a community from both the original LittleBigPlanet and the newly released sequel.
In the latest batch of game delays, The Conduit 2 has experienced not one, but two delays in the past week. First we heard the game was to be released sometime in February. Then it was March. Finally the release has been pushed back to April 19th. That's okay though, the reason for the delay is good enough to help co-op.
The team from Arrowhead Games have just released a huge patch for Magicka on Steam, its the first to come for the game in 3 days due to Steam not updating games on the weekend. Because of that the patch is extra large in fixes and enhancements with numerous improvements for co-op play and hopefully less crashes.
If you didn't happen to purchase the collector's edition of Dead Space 2 (or any copy as a forum member points out) last week on the PS3, which included a free copy of Dead Space Extraction, you'll be happy to know that you too can now enjoy the two player co-op light gun shooter without the $80 price tag now that's its out on the PlayStation Network for $15.
Quite a few stories topped the charts as well, and as always, Call of Duty seemed to dominate in popularity. Suprise indie hit Magicka has been extremely popular since its release, mostly due to some nagging bugs the game had. Despite those problems, its a ton of fun to play in co-op as Tally and I can attest! Finally, if there's one feature you missed so far, make sure you check out our 2011 Co-Op Game preview. For the rest of the month, here's what you may have missed.
We get a lot of press material regarding computer and console accessories and hardware. Some of it is co-op related, some if it is just generally cool. We're all gamers and geeks so its hard not to oggle at some of these sexy devices. So to share that with you, we'll be posting round-ups of cool hardware from time to time that we've gotten.
Ah, zombies. There are few things more satisfying than dismembering the undead. For those of you who address this primal desire via Call of Duty: Black Ops, you'll already know that Black Ops gets its First Strike Map Pack DLC this Tuesday, February 1st for Xbox 360 owners. It consists of 5 new maps including a new Zombies mode map (obviously the one we're most excited about here!), called Ascension.
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
Video games in general owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Space Invaders, but fans of co-op especially should recognize the tremendous impact it had on gaming. It was in one of the variations of the Atari 2600 version that introduced cooperative elements to Space Invaders.
We've had quite the snowy winter here in North America, especially the Central and North East regions. Many of us will be recovering from shoveling a foot of snow or more by sitting on the couch and playing plenty of games. Here's what the staff is playing this weekend.
When Spore released in 2008 it was an ambitious title that followed the evolutionary progress of a microscopic organism to a spacefaring creature. It was a critical and commercial success. How could Maxis improve upon the formula? Simple. Take the creature creator from Spore, add loot, and make it an action RPG. Darkspore is born.
