Saints Row 2 celebrated its 2-year anniversary a few days ago, on October 14th. It was a game that we really liked, due to its awesome co-op options. To celebrate the event, Volition is giving away an extremely rare piece of memorabilia: a framed picture containing a poster of front cover of the game signed by nearly everyone on the Saints Row development team, a copy of the back cover of the game, and a game disc.
The first Resistance: Fall of Men featured a two player local co-op campaign that was played through the story, which we enjoyed quite a bit. When Resistance 2 launched with an 8 player co-op mode that was separate from the campaign, one without a real story, we had mixed feelings about the direction. Today we have good news if you preferred Resistance 1 over its sequel for your co-op fixings.
To celebrate the launch of what many (including myself) consider the greatest video game system of all time, I asked the Co-Optimus staff to share their memories of the NES. We will then take a look at the Top 5 greatest cooperative experiences the original Nintendo had to offer.
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
The weather has gotten much colder here in the North East at Co-Optimus HQ - so that means we'll have more time to avoid the outdoors and more time to spend playing video games. Raking leaves? Phhh-shawww. Taking kids to football practice? Ya...right. Me - I'm staying in and avoiding all social interaction unless it's through the buffer of an Xbox Live headset.
This weekend marks the one year anniversary of Uncharted 2's release on the PlayStation 3. To celebrate this, developer Naughty Dog is having a huge online celebration for the game offering 5x the amount of cash available in each match with no cap. It's a great chance to level up your player quickly - especially if you just picked up one of those swanky GOTY editions. This is available in all modes including the game's cooperative modes.
Nick (bapenguin) has been nice enough to let me promote the ebook I published close to 2 months ago called Growing Up 8-Bit. The book is available for download from Amazon as well as Barnes and Noble for $2.99. You do not need a Kindle or Nook to read the book, both sites have clients available for a variety of computing and mobile platforms. There is also an 8-page PDF sample I have put online for people to look at. It contains the early pages of the book after the Table of Contents.
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock launched last week with over 90 tracks available on the disc. While there's a wide range of music, as our review can attest to, there's always room for more. Until October 19th, Xbox 360 Gold Members can download the Rocktober Track Pack for free.
The Xbox LIVE community lost its collective crap when an Xbox Germany Facebook announcement alluded to increasing the Friends cap from 100 to 1000. By alluded to, I mean stated via Google Translation:
Earlier this year we brought you the first batch of screenshots and a trailer for The First Templar, a two player co-op action adventure game from Kalypso Entertainment. Today we have the next batch of screens and the game is looking better and better.
As we approach the release of the upcoming tower Defense meets RPG game, Dungeon Defenders, we're starting to learn some new information about it. The first bit of info is the game will be released not only on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC - but also on the mobile phone platforms of Android and iPhone.
Explosionade is an old-school platformer/shooter hybrid from Mommy's Best Games. Innovative controls put you behind the wheel of a gold powered, Mega-Nade tossing mech. You can even bring a buddy along for the ride in 2 player local co-op. So is this a delicious beverage, or a sour drink?
