We've talked about Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood in the past on Co-Optimus, not because it contains co-op, but rather to clear up confusion that it DOESN'T contain co-op. All of the marketing material, videos, and information we had scene suggested cooperative play without actually saying it - after all - a brotherhood isn't so much a fellowship without other fellows.
The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of EA's NBA Jam are coming to store shelves on November 17th, but they will not include online support straight from the box. This will undoubtedly hurt sales, but EA has announced that they fully intend to patch in the online connectivity on launch day.
Fans of 80s anime or manga will remember the classic series Fist of the North Star. In a post-apocalyptic future, a ravaged populace fights over the limited resources available. The trademark gory hyper-violence makes this series a fine choice for a video game adaptation.
It wasn't all that long ago that I checked out a wonderful shooter title called Section 8 which was a lot of fun, but did not have a co-op mode at the time. It's nice to see that the developers thought the same thing I did - this game needs buddies. The sequel Section 8: Prejudice will have its own 4 player co-op mode to allow players to bring along a few friends. The developer blog has recently unveiled the "Swarm Mode" co-op mode.
PSN users have been as fond of their Hoard as dragons are fond of their treasures. As a community friendly group of people, the developers have been listening to your problems and are prepared to make a few tweaks for our gaming benefit. They say they want to create the strongest experience possible, and when you've got dragons involved - that's saying a lot.
It looks like we've been slacking on our Wii research, as a beautiful version of a classic comes to light. Sonic Colors has shown its face recently, complete with two player co-op campaign that really looks like a world of colorful fun.
Over a year ago we brought you news of Spelunker HD, the umpteenth re-release or re-imaging of the original Spelunker. This game has been available in Japan for some time (over a year), so it's nice that it is finally making it stateside. If you do not know what the word 'spelunker' means, do yourself a favor and ask the most mature, kind-hearted person you can find. Do not ask me, for I am neither mature nor kind-hearted, and whatever you do, do not consult the Urban Dictionary, to which I have linked for some reason. Don't do it.
Baldur's Gate 2, which may as well be called "This is Dungeons and Dragons," is now available for your six player online co-op pleasure at Good Old Games.com. For those of you not familiar with gog.com, they have an amusing 'about us' page that pretty much gives you the nuts and bolts of the operation. The long and short of it is that gog.com offers out of print PC games as digital downloads when they aren't faking going out of business. Stupid marketing ploys aside, the site seems solid.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator is a game we really haven't heard much about since it was announced sometime ago. Supporting three player co-op via AH-HOC wireless, players can take on the game's missions working as a group of Ghosts to save the world from what is sure to be its end. Or something like that - you know how these Clancy games go.
Microsoft have released the first sales numbers for Kinect, covering the first ten days it was on the market, and the numbers are impressive to say the least. Over one million devices have been sold, either individually or bundled with the Xbox 360.
Crackdown 2's Deluge Pack hit Xbox Live today, as promised. We notified you guys a couple weeks back of what this DLC had to offer and offered up a trailer. Most exciting to us, of course, was mention of the Horde-esque co-op mode called, well, you guessed it, Deluge. If you're on the fence about the Deluge Pack, you can preview it. The Deluge Pack Preview gives you a single-player version of Deluge and the other mode that's included in the pack, Capture the Orb (playable with up to 16 players competitively). If you like what you see, you can purchase the Premium Deluge Pack for 560 MSP which unlocks the full version of Deluge (up to 4 players), new achievements, avatar rewards, and Capture the Orb over 6 arenas.
