September will soon be upon us which means the best parts of the year are just around the corner; pumpkin spice everything, Halloween (which seems to be starting mid-August now), crispy and/or crunchy leaves on the ground, caramel corn as well as caramel apples and, best of all, my birthday. September also brings a new batch of free games to celebrate with Xbox’s Games With Gold, though sadly, only one co-op title in the bunch: Battlefield 3.
The Swedish retailer GamersGate is celebrating its 10th birthday this February by slashing prices across the board. Currently on the price chopping block are the Battlefield series, (including both regular and premium versions of Battlefield 4 and Battlefield 3), and Warframe. Sure, Warframe might be a free to pla...
EA is working hard to bring users to its Origin service on PC. There was a lot of negativity around the Steam competitor when it launched several years ago, but EA is making slow and steady strides with both the service and the client.
I like games, but I also like charity and cheap stuff. The team at Humble Bundle appear to have read my mind when they started combining great games and the ability to pay as much (or as little) as you wish between the developer/Humble/charity. The latest bundle includes Dead Space 3 and Burnout Paradise for whatever you wish to pay. You also get Battlefield 3 if you pay a little more than the average.
The Xbox LIVE Marketplace is having a huge sale on EA games, many of which support some form of cooperative play. I know some of you think EA is an all-powerful, nightmarish entity that usually passes time by eating children and kicking puppies, but when the publishing juggernaut is not being evil it happens to put out some pretty cool games.
More news is storming the internet today as E3 2012 progresses. We've got details from EA's press conference regarding a premium service for Battlefield 3. Previous rumors have been confirmed: Battlefield 3 Premium is a DLC bundle, similar to Gears of War 3's Season Pass. In essence, by paying up front for all five pieces of DLC, Premium members will save $25 and have access to content two weeks before anyone else. Other perks include exclusive items like an ACB-90 knife and unique dogtags. Sounds like a great deal for fans of EA's flagship shooter.
The spring gaming season is well underway and we've already seen a slew of co-op game releases, like Binary Domain, Journey, and Shoot Many Robots, where cooperative gameplay was a focus for the game from the start. Yet we've also seen some major AAA releases, like Mass Effect 3, hit store shelves where the addition of a multiplayer component is something new for the series; or an existing series, such as The Darkness II, swap it's formerly competitive multiplayer mode for a strictly cooperative one. Finally, you have the revival of older games that have had their format completely changed - leaving them ripe for the traditional player vs player multiplayer style to which we've grown accustomed - and still maintain the co-op gameplay (we're looking at you, Syndicate).
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.
We've got another guest submission from Peter and Ruth for Co-Op Couples this month. There are plenty of great co-op games out there, but sometimes, the well goes dry, and you run out of money for all the latest, shiniest titles. What's a co-op loving couple to do? Get creative and share the experience any way they can, of course!
So it might not be real gameplay footage, but Freddie Wong of YouTube fame is back with another great gaming related video. This time it's his take on the Battlefield franchise - and I don't mean this take. Titled Battlefield 4 Co-Op the video looks at a pair of soldiers working together to take down some enemy combatants. There's some slick nods to things you'd only see in Battlefield games and the audio and look of the video is pretty spot on.
Before this fall started there was a battle heating up on the gaming front. It was a battle of military shooters - Modern Warfare 3 vs Battlefield 3. Activision entered the contest as the reigning champion, their franchise selling millions of copies each year across all three platforms; Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. But EA wanted to challenge the dominance with their own storied franchise with BF3. We take a look at both games and ask - "Did their co-op promises deliver?"
Amazon is the place to go for the most co-op game deals this Black Friday. Everything from Battlefield 3 to the Kinect is on sale for some pretty ridiculous prices. Sadly it looks like the awesome PS3 bundle sold out rather quickly.
