Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype takes you on a wild Shoot 'em Up ride through space, under the sea, and through a variety of beautiful environments. We take a moment to play this with a buddy, and offer you the chance to do the same. Check out the review, and enter for a chance to win a PSN code.
If there is any one thing the Wii does especially well, it's classic-style on rails shooters. Point the Wii remote at something on the screen, shoot, and the game takes care of the rest. Well, Sin and Punishment: Star Successor thinks you can do better than that. Originally released and well recieved in Japan last year, Star Successor adds an element of character control to your standard on rails shooter.
An interesting thing happened recently with the release of DOOM II on Xbox Live Arcade - not only did you get the classic game updated to be playable on the umpteenth platform with online play and the original graphics - you got a sense of the original experience of playing the game on a 14.4 modem!
Last year, the Guitar Hero brand was a bit too prolific. That seems to have changed in 2010, with but one Guitar Hero game on the horizon. All sorts of information has been revealed about the next Guitar Hero, subtitled Warriors of Rock. Releasing this fall, Warriors of Rock will have a new "story-based" Quest Mode, narrated by none other than Gene Simmons. Co-op would seem to be a point of emphasis in Quest Mode, as players "join together" on an epic journey to save rock and roll.
We just got a brand new trailer for Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days showcasing some of the hell the duo will be going through in their 48 hour period in Shanghai. Called "She Better be Worth It," the trailer showcases the intensity and grittiness of the upcoming co-op action title.
We just got a fresh batch of screenshots for Gears of War 3 showing off the new Lambent enemies in the game. There seems to be a variety of these creatures - from big hulking deformed enemies to the lanky type ones you see above.
If there's anything we love here at Co-optimus, it's playing together. While you'll still be able to do that in the upcoming PSN/XBLA game Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes it's not quite as co-op as we originally anticipated. Originally the puzzle RPG was thought to be a 2 player versus AI mode, but after a bit of digging on Might and Magic we discovered that the "co-op mode" is actually 2vs2 online and local multiplayer.
We're only a few days away from E3 2010 and there are plenty of co-op games coming out that we're excited to hear about. While High Moon Studios, developer of the three player co-op action title Transformers: War for Cybertron, isn't slated to make an appearance at the expo as the title is only a couple weeks away from release, that's not stopping them from releasing an official E3 trailer. Really giant robots, space laser beams, Peter Cullen, and more are shown off in this latest video for what we're hoping will be not only an awesome co-op game, but an awesome Transformers game as well.
Summer is here and so are the game. We've got an explosive issue of Beyond Co-Op this month which puts the two biggest arcade racing games head to head - Split/Second and Blur! Also is the Action/RPG Alpha Protocol, 3D Dot Game Heroes and much more.
It was not that long ago that Codemasters announced that they are working on a new FPS IP, dubbed Bodycount, that is set to be the "spiritual successor" to the FPS shootout glory that was Black. Fortunately, this successor will include a co-op mode, though that is just one of several improvements that Stuart Black, the creative director behind both games, plans on implementing. Joystiq recently spoke with Stuart about what players can expect from Bodycount, including how the game's going to be structured like seasons from a TV show, and why co-op fans won't be able to play the full story campaign with their friends.
This week, several Xbox Live Arcade titles are on sale for Gold members. (CHEESY ONE-LINER ABOUT METALLIC PHALLUS) Of the six games on sale, two of them feature co-op! The most recent of the two is Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter. (CHEESY ONE-LINER ABOUT WHAT "HD" STANDS FOR) You can grab Sam, with 4 player online co-op, for 800 points, which is 33% off. If that's too rich for your budget, perhaps the second co-op game on sale is for you. Duke Nukem 3D is available for 400 points, which is half off! (CHEESY ONE-LINER ABOUT STRIPPER ATTIRE) Better grab these deals while you have the chance!
