Keeping with the schedule of interesting, unpredictable choices, Microsoft has announced that Kane and Lynch 2 will will headline their Games with Gold for July, 2017. While the title was originally released for the Xbox 360, it has been on Xbox One’s list of backwards compatible games since December, 2015. Our thoughts on the game can be found, here.
Good Co-Op, Bad Co-Op - a tale of two friends who love playing games together. The man who gives the best upsidedown hugs, Sunflower4000 and the love wizard Locke have put their differences aside and teamed up cooperatively in a battle against fate.
If you've been browsing through PlayStation Store you may have noticed a few rough editions. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, and the sequel, Kane & Lynch: Dog Days, are now available for download. Both of the games received mixed reviews, but they're pretty good with a co-op partner. If you haven't played them yet, you may want to embrace your inner criminal and take one of these for a spin.
Rumors are flying around the interweb this January, like bullets in a gritty YouTube style computer game. If the concept of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle or Thief co-op game was not enough, the mill-that-is-rumor has just ground out a new tip in the form of SquareEnix trademarking the term 'Sleeping Dogs'. Is this their attempt at rivalling Nintendogs? Possibly, but more likely a follow up to Kane and Lynch: Dog Days. Finally an answer to the question; who let the dogs out? It was SquareEnix and IO Interactive.
Keeping a job in the current economic climate is not always the easiest thing, but those looking for an opportunity in co-op games development may find IO Interactive's new job posting of interest. Are they looking for staff to help develop Kane and Lynch 3?
The first batch of DLC is out now for Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days. Packed in its loot bag is a ton of goodies including maps, weapons, and masks for your co-op multiplayer experience. Previously most of this content was available as exclusive pre-order bonuses. The good news is this should add quite a bit of content to both Kane and Lynch 2's arcade mode and multiplayer online modes. The bad news is there's $11 worth of DLC here.
Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days may have just arrived on store shelves, but since it was pretty short by most folks' standards, players might be looking for a bit more. Lo and behold, just over the horizon, "more" is on the way. A DLC pack will be available for all versions of the game. On August 31, PC, 360, and PS3 gamers will be able to get their mitts on three seperate bundles: Multiplayer Mask Pack, Alliance Weapon Pack and Doggie Bag Pack. Each will bring "more tools of the trade and all-new hesit locations".
Kane and Lynch are back and they're heading to Shanghai China to complete a big job. But when things turn sour it's up to our co-op duo to get out alive. Our full review of the game's enhanced co-op mode, online multiplayer and more is right ahead. You might want to bring some Dramamine.
It seems it's been a while since a major co-op release has hit. Sure we've had plenty of downloadable titles, but by my count, StarCraft 2 was the last big release over a month ago. And before that Crackdown 2. So it's good to see Mr. Kane and Mr. Lynch lighting up our summer with their gritty and violent shooter Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Blood. Drug Reference. Intense Violence. Partial Nudity. Strong Language. All of these things combined together to give Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days an M rating. That pretty much puts it off this gaming dad's wish list, but even I have to admit the official launch trailer for the game is awesome. The game will be released for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC next week, Tuesday to be exact. While you wait, watch the trailer over and over and count exactly how many cops these two take out.
Look, this ain't yo mamma's co-op game. There's no holding hands to pull your buddy up to a higher ledge, no working together because this metal gate is to heavy for Mr. Buffman to lift by himself, and there's definitely no fist bumps. This is Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days and the co-op tactics consist of shooting guys in the face...together...shooting exploding objects...together...and shooting...well everything...together.
Everybody has to start somewhere, and the sailor speaking, trash talking, mercenaries of Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days. Sure, Kane and Lynch's home vidoes showing off the sensitive times in their lives aren't quite like any of ours, but it's still important to take a look at the roots of Kane and Lynch. For instance, there is quite a bit of gunfire, breaking glass, screaming men, blood - well, you get the picture.
