If you haven't heard, the Starcraft 2 map editing suite is so powerful it allows you to create completely different game types - something akin to Little Big Planet 2. The latest user "map" is a remake of the classic side scrolling shooter Metal Slug, complete with two player co-op support. There's even vehicle support for true Metal Slug action!
Today is Bungie Day, that being, July 7th. To celebrate we've posted a handy guide to getting that elusive Recon Armor in Halo 3. To do so will require plenty of co-op gameplay and teamwork through both Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST. Up to the challenge? Read on Spartans.
It's been some time since we saw anything from Interstellar Marines, a unique tactical co-op game from developer Zeropoint Software. When we last looked at the game we talked about their investment like business model, where dividends were paid out to shareholders in the form of mini-slices of the full product. All this was being done to tide you over till the final release of the game. The latest slice is now available and it's called Running Man.
A fairly long list of positions to be filled has popped up at the Microsoft Careers site; specifically, 24 Halo-related jobs are open with 343 Industries, the team responsible for the Halo Waypoint and any future Halo games that Microsoft wishes to publish.
For those of you who enjoy the addictive, beautiful, rythm-based Patapon series: you'll be excited to know that the Patapon 3 co-op demo is available on the PlayStation Network.
News Flash: there are a whole bunch of games available through Xbox Live Arcade. Sometimes, navigating through the lists for that one game you're looking for isn't the friendliest experience. Next week, that will change somewhat, as Microsoft brings Destination Arcade to your Xbox 360.
As we learn more about the Microsoft Kinect, we end up asking a few more questions. Using terms like "Active Players" and "Skeletal Mapping" is just a tad confusing. Play.com and 1up.com have taken a look at the official technical specs for the Kinect, giving some impressive frames per second, and a great field of view for the television.
Crackdown 2 is out today (our review here) - and for all intents and purposes it's great fun in co-op. You'll have a good with your friends blowing up and already exploded Pacific City. There's even a multiplayer versus mode out of the box for sixteen players. But we noticed something was suspiciously missing in our review build of the game - the 8 player survival mode.
Previously rumored, but now official, Blacklight: Tango Down will be hitting Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow - July 7th - for 1200 . According to the press release the game will offer 12 maps across seven game types, including four cooperative missions and "literally trillions of weapon combinations." Sounds like Borderlands syndrome.
Oh dear Nick, look what you've done! You've gone and thrown a Twilight reference on Co-Optimus - now we're all doomed to be overrun by emo vampires and shirtless werewolves. No matter, the team at Lionhead have put up a short trailer showcasing the slightly revamped combat system in Fable 3. The result? Lots and lots of dead wolves.
EA and Blackbox have announced a new set of downloadable content for the six player co-op game Skate 3. Called Hawaiian Dream, the content adds new skate parks designed by Plan-B skateboarder Danny Way, a Danny Way in game character, tons of official Danny Way gear, and loads of new objects to create your own skate parks with all inspired by that little island in the Pacific ocean.
Whoa! Where the heck did June go. We're already a full week into July and I didn't even realize June was over. The first month of summer was so jam packed with news, mostly due to E3, that it all just blurred together. That means you might have missed something - luckily for you we have you covered with the top stories from June 2010, the features, and the game releases you may have missed.
