The Steam Summer Sale 2020 is in full effect. If you didn't know it's the annual time of year where your wallet screams for mercy because "oh, it's only $4" times 37. There are plenty of big name co-op games on sale, you've got your Borderlands 3, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and Monster Hunter: World among dozens of others. But we're going to dig a bit deeper than page 1 and show you some of our favorite games we've found on deep discount.
Thieves, brigands, and cut-purses alike have flown a little under the radar on Microsoft's current-gen console. Sure, you've got your "Big Bosses" and your "Templars" and whatnot, but aside from that, stealth enthusiasts have largely had to dwell in the shadows and console each other with unsuspecting neck snaps. It wasn't always this way, though. Once upon a time, a little game called Monaco: What's Yours is Mine tiptoed its way directly into our hearts.
Last Friday, the Friday Awesomely Live Co-Op crew finished off Zonaco and suddenly felt an overwhelming feeling of emptiness as we realized we'd finished Monaco. Then our friend Bakken Hood pointed out that there's another campaign that goes by the name of Fin. That's "Fin" as in the French word meaning "The End," not "Finn," the handsome new hero of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Although, a Monaco campaign based on a Storm Trooper gone rogue, releasing a Resistance fighter from captivity, and escaping from a Star Destroyer together would be pretty bad-ass.
We've probably played more Monaco than you care to watch, but this episode of Friday Awesomely Live Co-Op is worth your attention. We've played the majority of Zonaco (the zombie mode of Monaco) with just the three of us, and during this episode, we realized that we've been playing it wrong this whole time. Our good friend Bakken Hood joined us, and demonstrated his innate ability to strategically throw his body at Bloaters to great effect. Sure, we had to revive him several many many times, but he always managed to take out several zombies with him, or destroy lasers/turrets. Impressive, to say the least.
While F.A.L.C.O. is almost always live on Fridays, we've been running into trouble posting the videos on Youtube and here on the site. If you're behind, get ready to binge watch over seven hours of Friday Awesomely Live Co-Op! We played the final Rainbow Six Siege beta before the game's release, lots of Zonaco, and a bit of Killing Floor 2. Check out the videos below!
It's been a while since we've posted any videos, but Friday Awesomely Live Co-Op is still live (nearly) every Friday. Our two most recent successful streams include episode 6, where the F.A.L.C.O. team finished off Trine 2 and played a bit of the Goblin Menace DLC, and episode 7.1, where we massacred brain-hungry zombies in Zonaco.
We've kicked off a new series of streams on our Twitch channel called Friday Awesomely Live Co-Op or F.A.L.C.O. if pronounceable acronyms are your thing. For now, we're playing every Friday night at 9PM Central, although we may adjust times as needed. We'll play a variety of games but we'll be focusing on games that emphasize co-operation.
Bundle Stars has put the finishing touches on a brand new pack of games for the end of the month, and it's got a whole lot of co-op for not a whole lot of money. The Indie Legends Bundle includes some famous releases from the last few years like Monaco and Guacamelee along with a few Early Access and single player games.
Towards the end of the month I only have one thing on my mind; what do I get free next month with Games with Gold? There has been a veritable co-opathon with this 360/One scheme and that is set to continue this September with three out of the four games featuring co-op.
Like hands on a clock, it seems that the Humble Indie Bundles come round and round, providing Co-Optimus readers with great co-op titles on the cheap (the bundle, not the clocks). This time you can wrestle with Guacamelee and pay a little over the average to get Monaco: What's Yours is Mine for a steal.
As we look back at 2013, overall it's hard not to judge it as an incredible year. We saw the launch of two next generation consoles in the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. We saw the release of over 300 cooperative titles including several monster games like Diablo 3 on consoles, PAYDAY 2, FUSE, and several others. ...
Once again it's time for the Co-Op Game of the Year awards. This is our sixth year we are giving out the award. Previous years are found here: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. We've decided to keep the same format as last year, splitting up the votes between AAA titles and Indie titles across all platforms.
