SEGA has announced a brand new map pack for Aliens vs Predator on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Called the Bughunt pack, you'll be ready to enjoy four new maps across different environments. Speaking of environments the maps adds in weather effects like rain, as well as environmental hazards like flaming pits.
In celebration of the 4th of July in the states and Canada Day in um, Canada, from July 1st to July 6th all game modes in Gears of War 2 will net you 8 times the amount of normal XP. 6x XP during E3 was a big success, so Epic figured why not make it bigger and better this time?
Last week, Marc and Mike chronicled their adventures together as they tackled Dawn of War II's campaign. This week, Co-Optimus staffers Tally and Jason will regale you with their tales from their recent venture into Left 4 Dead 2's "The Passing" DLC campaign. Rather than a straightforward telling, though, they've gotten a bit creative with this assignment and decided to detail their adventure from the perspective of the characters they played: Rochelle and Ellis.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 has faced a lot of issues since its release. Fans annoyed with exclusive content, glitches that compromised that exclusive content, then the DLC content and all of the data was pulled from Xbox LIVE and PSN. Neither system even had Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 listed as a game anymore, but now that has changed until the end of 2010.
So you've spent a bit of time in Crackdown 2. Built up a character, collected some orbs, unlocked a few achievements, but you just want a bit more of a challenge. Today, the demo has done a little unlocking, giving you the ability to use the "Ruthless" difficulty setting while stomping around Pacific City.
Our Co-Optimus crystal ball left out one major detail regarding the Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days exclusive Xbox 360 demo - apparently it does not include co-op. At all.
If you read our interview with Zombie regarding Blacklight: Tango Down, you know that weapon customization is a big part of the experience within the game's versus and cooperative modes. Today we have a development diary that shows us the extent of that experience.
Ever wanted to play as a Lost Planet 2 data post? Yes, you in the back - today is your lucky day! Capcom is slating a new data post character outfit for the "end of July", tentatively. Joining the downloadable "Post Modern" outfit is a new cooperative mode called Rush Arena, which pits up to four players against every boss in the game in succession.
It wasn't long ago we announced the Co-Optimus T-Shirt store, but we felt that it may have gotten lost in the E3 shuffle of news. T-Shirts as awesome as these surely deserve good homes, so we just wanted to remind you to head on over to Splitreason.com and purchase one, two, or even all three!
Sometimes it's nice to hear a developer admit their mistakes. It's even better to hear that they are going to correct them. A lot of folks were disappointed with Fable 2's method of co-op, us included. It appears as if Lionhead wasn't exactly happy with it either. Lionhead's Ted Timmin's had this to say to Eurogamer during their E3 demo.
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is the 6th LEGO based family action game from Traveller’s Tales and it’s fair to say that they have the art of casual co-op mastered. Can the adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione improve on the format or will the game be a load of old Hogwarts?
On June 29, 2000, Diablo II hit store shelves. Let that sink in for just a bit... ten years! An entire decade ago, we first got our hands on the Barbarian, Necromancer, Sorceress, Amazon and Paladin on our way to invade Hell. The first Diablo was an amazing game, that's for sure. But the sequel kept the core gameplay that made the original so fun, and added in all manner of user-friendly features like the stash, and cranked the loot up to eleven with the addition of sockets. It all came together perfectly to make one of the best games of all time.
