Looking at successful game franchises over the years, it's hard to argue that Halo reigns champion with Microsoft. Killer sales, rabid fans, and long-term commitments to online gameplay has put Halo on top in any incarnation over the years. Now it seems Microsoft isn't happy with only releasing a Halo title every 3 years or so.
Though Sam Stone isn't one to sneak, he managed to find his way onto Xbox Live Arcade this week despite no prior announcement of the game's launch. It's OK, he doesn't need the hype,fans of the serious know he's one co-op friendly cat. Our review of the PC version agrees. Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is out for 1200 and can be added to your download queue here. The game sports four player online co-op through the campaign and in a survival mode.
Halo: Reach seems to be the closest thing to a gaming religious experience this side of Bible Adventures. Bungie has provided some massive numbers showing off the huge commercial success and popularity of the game. These are week one numbers, or essentially numbers from the first four days! If I had a nickle for every Credit earned I'd have $3,924,978,044.75 and I'd be inventing addictions like chickoholism. (It's when you blenderize bacon-wrapped baby fried chickens and shoot it directly into your hair follicles.) Check out Bungie's incredible stats.
Major Nelson is out promoting Xbox Live deals in a whole new democratic way. On your Spotlight Channel, Xbox Live users now have the ability to have their voices heard on what games, or downloadable content should be discounted on the next Deal of the Week.
Sordahon's journey into the ridiculous continues, this time he's at the Southpeak Offices negotiating his list of demands in Two Worlds 2. I guess after constant abuse, job hunting and the need for psychiatric care Sordahon, Two Worlds 2 #2 villain, has had enough of the crap.
You remember our Top 5 Most Anticipated Co-Op Games This Fall? Several readers wondered why LittleBigPlanet 2 wasn't on that list. The general feeling among the staff that was while LBP was great, it wasn't the co-op that we loved; it was the amazing creation options, so we left it off the list. Sadly, it would appear that LittleBigPlanet 2 should have been left off for another reason: it's now been moved to a January 2011 release.
Earlier this week, we brought you the news that Good Old Games, which sells old out of print PC games via digital download, was shutting down. It appears that this was all a marketing stunt, all designed to promote the site's relaunch, adding new features and, significantly, venerable PC hit Baldur's Gate to their library. We'll let them speak for themselves:
The launch of Dead Rising 2 is just around the corner, and the folks at Capcom have released this zombie filled trailer to whet your appetites. Motocross champ Chuck Greene uses duct tape in ways that would make Doom 3 puke with envy. Featuring two player online co-op, Dead Rising 2 releases September 28 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. No word yet on whether or not Chuck duct tapes two ninjas together to make one giant ninja. Stay tuned to Co-Optimus for an upcoming co-op review!
Borderlands latest DLC has been dated. Claptrap's New Robot Revolution will be hitting the digital download playground on September 28th. This will be the fourth Borderlands DLC. A free patch will also be raising the level cap to 69 (stay classy, Gearbox).
Every successful national or global operation abides by a set of documents; these are sometimes called control forms (as in the United States CFR system). Everything is documented, all the way down to each request for a box of pencils. After playing a full co-op mission of Splinter Cell: Conviction together, Mike and Jim wondered what a mission file full of control forms would look like, as penned by operatives Archer and Kestrel. What follows is an accurate picture of what our Nation’s top operatives REALLY think.
Generally when people go hunting they take along a buddy, right? Even in the arcades there are usually two rifles set up to shoot deer, bunnies, whatever else Cabela's hunters mark as prey. Now we're getting a taste of that action at home with Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011, bringing plastic rifles into your livingroom and a giant truck into your neighborhood.
Microsoft plans to launch a revamped version of its dashboard for the Xbox 360 this fall, coinciding with the launch of their Kinect peripheral. Much like they did with the last major update, they are inviting users to test the dashboard before its released to the general public. According to Major Nelson, the Preview Program will give you the chance to check out ESPN on Xbox LIVE, Zune music, Netflix search, the new Xbox LIVE dashboard, and new updates to Zune video and Family Settings on your Xbox 360.
