Abbot and Costello, Peanut Butter and Jelly, Pork and Beans: apart from each other, they are acceptable, but combined, they turn into something far better. So what would happen if you took an actual, functioning electric guitar, and combined it with the fake plastic doodads used to control music games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero? You'd get something like the Power Gig guitar, shown above.
As promised, we have the new 60 second trailer for Halo Reach. The live action short shows you the Spartan III creation process of the new Noble Team leader for Halo Reach.
We've always had a love for independent co-op games at Co-Optimus. Whether a one man job or a small development house, these games usually have a lot of heart and soul to them. This week we checked out the Xbox Live Indie Game Quad Force; a 4 player local co-op top-down shooter using a few unique elements. The goal of the game is to survive a series of waves on a different maps with your buddies. Here are a few impressions based on our experience.
A "relic of the Cold War". That's what M once called the star of 007: Everything or Nothing, the only James Bond co-op game to date. Although the line was spoken in one of the films, it applied to the Bond franchise inadvertently: Everything or Nothing was also the last 007 game to feature co-op, since Activision took the reins from EA and reverted a perfectly good third-person co-op action game back to its relic days of first-person shooter. Don't get me wrong - I enjoyed Quantam of Solace as well...but there's a reason why it's not on my game shelf, and the former is.
It's been a little over two months since we first heard about Game Republic's upcoming sequel, Dragon Ball: Origins 2, that will include a special co-op multiplayer mode this time around. Based on Akira Toriyama's famous Dragon Ball series about a young boy named Son Goku who's on a quest to find the mystical Dragon Balls, this particular title will follow Goku's adventures with the Red Ribbon Army. We've received some new screenshots of the game, and while they don't seem to show off too much of the co-op multiplayer mode, they do provide a good glimpse of what Dragon Ball: Origins 2 looks like in action.
Fans of Halo and the upcoming Halo Reach will want to stay tuned to tonight as a brand new live action short will premiere on British Sky Sports 2, ABC and sixteen other US and UK TV Affiliates like Comedy Central, Spike TV and TNT. The short will also be playing before Iron Man 2 in theaters.
It's either the greatest invention this generation or the worst thing to happen to gaming. They're achievements, and like them or not, they've now invaded every platform including PC, PS3 and 360. But what happens when achievements shape your cooperative experience. This is that journey...
You already know that former Infinity Ward heads have gone on to form Respawn Entertainment, partnering with Electronic Arts, the result of a much publicized legal extravaganza. Since that time though there's been a steady stream of departures from Infinity Ward, some of gone on to other companies in the industry, but a lot of followed Jason West and Vince Zampella to Respawn.
Kane pondered why anyone would bother to tile a wall in an alleyway
The new Steam Client has been in beta for a few months now, but today Valve has released the new hotness to the masses. The new client not only adds an incredibly sexy new interface, but also adds a host of new features including more Windows 7 support, tools to find friends in games easier, a brand new webkit based web browser, and new downloading tools.
The Scourge Project from developer Tragnarion has been a game we've been watching for sometime. 4 Player Co-op through a sci-fi campaign, complete with gorgeous graphics and a unique story telling method sounds extremely promising. But will it live up to it's potential? Find out in our review.
Isn't viral marketing awesome? You can pay someone to get themselves into trouble with the local police, all for the media attention that it will bring to your product. In New Zealand, a stupid PR (public relations) idea for Splinter Cell: Conviction became an international news item: according to reports, a man in bandages began randomly pointing a fake gun at people in the Viaduct Basin of Auckland. I'm pretty sure these people aren't going to run down to the store for their copy of the game anytime soon.
