Feast your eyes on ten new screenshots of Crackdown 2. The latest batch gives you a good idea of some of the upgrades the game has gotten, as well as a close up look at some of those baddies you'll be facing with four friends.
This Thursday was originally supposed to be a Left 4 Dead 2 co-op night featuring the new DLC, but we had to call in a substitute, and we found a good one. We're hitting up the desert with 50 Cent and the G-Unit to get back our diamond encrusted skull. It's 50 Cent: Blood on The Sand Co-Op Night.
March is almost over, and there's still no sign of the Left 4 Dead 2 DLC called The Passing. It was originally slated for release by the "end of March." We have it on good word that right now there's an expected release date of April 27th for the content, which has survivors from Left 4 Dead meeting those in Left 4 Dead 2...at least we hope to meet them. Not only with content include new story missions, but will also include several new game modes.
Microsoft had two modes of Crackdown 2's multiplayer on display - sadly neither of which were co-op. Rocket Tag and Team Deathmatch. Nick and Jason each played one of the modes and came away with their impressions from PAX East. How does multiplayer work in an open world game like Crackdown? Read on to find out.
Some gamers out there may remember an XBox LIVE Arcade title called Hydrophobia that was teased a couple years ago at E3 2008. Touted as having the most realistic water effects around, the project went utterly silent after that and not much was heard about it after that. However, in the midst of the chaos at PAX East, sharing space with the much in-demand Crackdown 2 demo, was a playable version of a game that combines action-adventure, survival, and third-person shooter genres with one of the most amazing water physics engines I've ever seen.
We're inching ever closer to Splinter Cell Conviction's April 13th release date. And while Gamestop may claim you'll be the first to play the game's co-op mode, we actually got our hands on it this weekend at PAX East...along with 50,000 other gamers.
I snagged a handful of pictures from around the show floor of the first ever PAX East in Boston, MA this weekend. Sadly I didn't get as many as I would have liked because we were busy navigating crowds, finding great games to play, listening to panels, and chatting it up with developers.
From the PAX East Expo Hall, we've heard from the folks at EA that a demo of the co-op skater's dream, Skate 3, will be arriving on the XBox 360 and Playstation 3 "about April 15th." Nick recently attended an EA event in NYC where he had a chance to check out the most recent build of the game, and came away intrigued by the concept of co-op in a skating game but unsure whether the execution will truly feel like a "co-op experience." You'll have an opportunity to find out for yourself soon enough, and we'll be eager to hear your thoughts on it.
Puzzle Quest was one of the surprise hits of 2007. It's combination of a popular casual puzzle game with RPG elements proved to be an addictive formula for casual and hardcore gamers alike. D3Publisher was showing off the sequel at PAX East, and there's been quite a few improvements made to the original, including a better overall graphics style, some new challenges, and a brand-new loot system akin to Diablo and other dungeon crawlers.
Some of my fondest memories in gaming harken back to sleepless nights with my best friend growing up, playing hot seat co-op Civilization 2. Overnight we'd transform our empire into a vast and conquering civilization in 30 minute shifts. This may be the closest the Civlization franchise ever gets to co-op, but I'm still incredibly excited about Civilization V.
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As if Bungie wasn't already upping the ante with Halo: Reach by finally including matchmaking support for this, presumably the last, entry in the beloved Halo franchise. G4's Patrick Klepek spoke with the system's designer, former journalist Luke Smith, about the new feature, including what the system is and what players can expect from it.
