The Co-Opticrew is off to Washington DC to get a taste of all the looting, shooting, and shlooting that Tom Clancy's Games Squad has cooked up for us. Will there be numbers appearing over bad guys as we shoot them? Yes. Will we spend hours pursuing ways to make those numbers arbitrarily larger than they previously were? Also yes.
The recently released Xbox One and Windows 10 exclusive Crackdown 3 has received its third update post-launch, with more on the way. The last update added a little new content (more details below) while this one focuses on some co-op specific issues, like co-op campaign saves overriding other saves.
You've conquered the minions of Chaos. You've slain hordes of Skaven. You probably think you're the cream of the Vermintide 2 crop, right? This summer, Fatshark Games is going to reinforce the fact that no, you very much are not.
If you're suddenly in the market for a four-player cooperative FPS game and wondering when something new/exciting will be coming along, good news! 10 Chambers Collective's GTFO is, apparently, right around the corner. The Swedish developer released a new video - a "behind the scenes" documentary - that goes into some detail about the characters/story, the setting, the monsters you'll face, and the music.
Last week, Sony began issuing refunds for Overkill’s The Walking Dead as it was said to have been cancelled. Then, in a swift public announcement (via a quick and detail-free tweet) from the game’s publisher, 505 Games, they said the game is not cancelled, just ‘purely postponed’. However, the IP holder of “The Walking Dead”, Skybound Entertainment, has now said that they’ve cancelled their contract with Starbreeze Studios and so the game is officially… dead. (sorry)
BioWare's Anthem is a video game that was released in February 2019. Part of me wants to stop there and just leave this as a purely factual post. The other part has some things to say about the aforementioned game. In the span of about a week and a half, it has become one of the most talked about releases so far this year, but not exactly for positive reasons. For this week's "Let's Play Co-Op," Mike and I did our best to talk about the good, the bad, and the co-op, though if I'm honest, it is weighted towards "the bad."
The first DLC pack for Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes arrives today on the Nintendo Switch. This continuation of the No More Heroes franchise is kind of a departure from the past two entries, featuring a top-down, button-pressing, hack-and-slash adventure with everyone's favorite otaku, Travis Touchdown. The new paid content adds a new playable character, two new skills for that character, and a new text adventure.
Year 2 of Ubisoft's planned content updates for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands comes to a close today with Special Operation 4. This update includes a number of new goodies, like new PvP maps, a number of updates, and a whole new PvE mode called "Guerrilla." Yes, it is wave-based survival.
The Division 2, the latest game from Tom Clancy and his posse of game developers, has an official release date of March 15th. For anyone who simply can't wait until then, though, there's an Open Beta scheduled for March 1st through March 4th.
Slowly but steadily, SEGA has been detailing various aspects of the upcoming Team Sonic Racing. With the May 21st release date looming on the horizon, we now have information on another of the game's tracks: Frozen Junkyard.
Co-Optimus is teaming up with Cloud9 Table Top, Elderwood Academy, Drive Thru RPG, and Cantrip Candles for the ultimate Dungeons and Dragons themed giveaway. There is seriously everything you could absolutely want here for the total immersive experience - including the scented candle!
The Co-Opticrew isn't overwhelmingly Anthem'd up this weekend, but it's certainly on our radar. Jason and Mike, in particular, continue their roles as bastions of the "sci-fi number-guns" genre, but they may welcome others into the fold in future weeks. Perhaps, once Eric is finished with "New York number-guns", he'll pursue broader horizons.
