Tired of shoot'em ups? Do explosions just not have the same 'pop' they used to? The UnderGarden wants to stimulate your inner flower child with peaceful sights and sounds in this laid back puzzle/platformer. See if it's a Zen experience or just a zero in our review.
Not only are a bunch of Xbox Live Indie Developers cooperating for a huge Winter Sales on their games, they are also offering plenty of titles that feature co-op play. The Indie Games Winter Uprising is a joint effort of 14 developers and the community to point out high quality titles on the Xbox Live Indie Games service - believe it or not - they aren't all massage apps.
Plants Vs. Zombies is one of those rare titles that has casual appeal while still providing an enjoyable experience to the hardcore gamer. Recently, Pop Cap's cheerful undead defense game made it's way to the Xbox 360, with an Xbox Live Arcade release and a disc version, too.
Last week we told you about a contest we're participating in along with Raptr, the online game tracking service. The contest has over $5000 worth of prizes and entering yourself to win is as simple as playing the game. Prizes include a Kinect, Microsoft Points, a PlayStation Move, T-Shirts and more - as well as an exclusive prize of a keyboard and gamepad just for Co-Optimus readers.
I had the chance to have a good look at Shogun 2: Total War at the Sonic vs. New York SEGA Event last month. The game was a hidden gem of sorts at the event, since developer Creative Assembly revealed the ability to play the campaign completely co-operatively, something we hadn't known before! They told us they were planning on a March 2011 release, and they've made good on that promise, recently announcing Shogun 2 will be released March 15, 2011.
Zombies!!! is a co-op board game of which I've heard many good things. Sadly, I've yet to play it. Happily, however, for folks like me who for some reason are much more likely to purchase and play board and card games on a console or computer (no, I'm not sure why either), it appears that the Xbox Live Arcade version of Zombies!!! is still undead and kicking after acquiring a new developer. Babaroga is now in charge of its development, the same folks that just released Zombies!!! for the Windows Phone 7.
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
It's week two in November, and it looks like people haven't had a chance to explain their sanity to us for the months Blog theme CCV: Games Saved My Sanity! The digital crickets are chirping, the readers are waiting, and the front page will go without a fabulous quote this week.
A few months ago we at Co-optimus took a look at the space simulator shoot ‘em up co-op title Soldner X-2: Final Prototype. We really enjoyed the games style, co-op campaign, and replayability from the start, but now there’s a new piece of DLC called “The Last Chapter” out there to round out the story. We’ve taken a look at this DLC, and here’s the impression you can look forward to from a co-op perspective.
It seems like only 51 yesterdays ago that Alien Breed 2: Assault came out. The third and final chapter in this epic alien twin-stick-shooter will be hitting the Xbox LIVE Arcade and PC next week on November 17th. Alien Breed 3: Descent continues the story of Theodore Conrad and his embattled space ship, the Leopold.
To be fair, not a whole lot of the staff is playing Black Ops. But I'm pretty sure most of the staff's friends list are. Still when you say 80 bazillion copies it's bound to be mentioned, played, glanced, or thought about at some point this weekend. From the looks of things, Black Ops have capped off the holiday releases with only a few minor releases coming up for co-op fans. Now we trek through the back log.
