Earthworm Jim has made the leap to HD, looks incredible, and has a few things he'd like to say to the Download co-op crowd. We'll also take a look at the Summer of Arcade lineup, hyping ourselves up for a great upcoming July.
Halo: Reach's competitive multiplayer will undoubtedly be where the truckloads of character XP (called "Credits") are at. It will also be where the truckloads of whining, singing, griefing, elitist turds are at. So imagine our tears of joy when the MTV Multiplayer blog snagged a few new details outlining how Credits and customization is handled in Firefight 2.0 - and how they're both to our benefit.
Club Penguin - the Disney Interactive franchise that started as a Flash-based online massively multiplayer role-playing game (MMORPG) - has made its way to consoles, first with two Nintendo DS spin-off games and now with Club Penguin Game Day! for the Nintendo Wii.
We rather enjoyed Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising last year on the Xbox 360 and PC. Four player co-op tactical military operations with beautiful graphics made for an engaging experience. Now you can enjoy the PC version of the game, via Steam, for the obscenely cheap price for $4.50.
We apologize for the late notice on this one, but things around Co-Optimus HQ are just settling down Post E3. This Thursday, that's July 1st, we're having an Xbox Live Co-Op Night to celebrate the new Battlefield: Bad Company 2 DLC called Onslaught.
It's an extra long podcast this week as Mike and Nick are joined by the illustrious Jason "OrigamiPanther" Love. E3 is dissected, from the major press conferences down to independent titles we checked out. An old bet is settled, much hate is dished out on motion controls and much love is expressed over thoughts of co-op to come. All this and more await in this week's episode!
Surprise! Another PlayStation firmware update has been released. This time though the update has quite a few features embedded in it, including store ratings, advanced Facebook integration, video editing, and support for the brand new PlayStation Plus subscription service.
At E3 2010 we checked out a new trailer for Assassin's Creed Brotherhood which looked awfully full of co-op. We were mistaken, and it's a real let-down for some of us. Even as a mode where you just co-op assassinate the bosses, co-op would have been a breath of fresh air for adventure games like this. But, the developers say it just wasn't possible.
Halo Reach is slowly teasing us since its announcement last year. It started off slowly working up to the big release, now revealing character sexes, game upgrades from the rest of the series, and a 7 minute titillating video showing off some Firefight 2.0 moves. Kotaku.com had a bit of a hands-on session explaining a lot of the co-op changes, as well as the gender roles of the new Reach universe.
Since moving to the PSP, Metal Gear has experienced a bit of an overhaul. With Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the most notable change is the inclusion of up to four player co-op. Can Big Boss and his team of mercenaries co-op to save the world, or are we left a permanent state of Cold War tension?
Xbox 360 owners have a chance to get in on the heist this week with the Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days exclusive demo. All you have to do is sign up at the official site. There's no official word yet on the actual drop date, but the demo will include one level from the campaign, some Arcade Mode action, and sneak preview access to the Undercover Cop and Cops & Robbers multiplayer modes.
