Quick. Get out your little black book. Time to find seven of your buddies to get together on Xbox Live for some 8 player co-op Duke Nukem action! This MEGA Episode of GameTrailers TV broke the exclusive news that we'll be seeing the 3D Realms classic title on Xbox Live Arcade on September 24th.
If there's one thing you can take away from the new Left 4 Dead screens posted over at internet gaming forum NeoGaf, it's that Zombies have impeccable tooth care. In the screens the gaping mouths of the undead attempt to eat our four protagonists with a perfect set of pearly whites. There are over 20 new screen shots posted of Valve's co-op zombie shooter, many of areas we haven't seen before including a cornfield, a warehouse, and woods.
Capcom seems to be the king of co-op classic remakes with titles like 1942: Joint Strike and Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 both getting an overhaul for next gen systems. And while the previously mentioned titles always had co-op, Capcom's latest forray didn't. Bionic Commando: Rearmed takes the classic grappling game and...
It's a double shot this week of co-op goodness.
Yo yo yo! Have I got a preview that is off the hizzy for you! Our homeslices over at TotalVideoGames got some hands on time with the fly disc for the Xbox 3-6-0 called Saint's Row 2. This game is off the charts yo.
Welcome to the initial post of a column we like to call Beyond Co-Op. This is a column where we talk about other news around the industry that isn’t necessarily tied to co-operative gaming. Each week will see the subjects of the column listed on the front page with more in-depth discussion after the break. Lets face it, we are all gamers that simply love games, co-op or not. There's plenty of stuff going on around the industry that we can cover; so why not do it?
Oh, happy day. You know you've always secretly been jealous of the elite, the upper crust, the aristocracy. For today, for just a little while, you can live the dream, and pretend that you are a member of that most secretive and elite group: the GameStop manager. With this boost in status comes benefits and privileges beyond compare, namely, access to an exclusive Gears of War 2 video presented at a GameStop manager's meeting. Trust us, many Bothans died to bring us this information. You can check out the exclusive footage here, or find it after the jump.
It may be the weekend of Rock Band 2's release for Xbox 360, but that doesn't mean the competition has to stay quiet. The complete setlist for Guitar Hero: World Tour has been revealed. Some real gems are found there: "Hotel California", "Hey Man, Nice Shot", and (yes I love cheese) "Beat It". Plus, a full three tunes from Tool, and some Hendrix. (About that last one: it took until the seventh GH game to get Hendrix? Unacceptable.) Probably the most interesting thing is the amount of overlap with Rock Band's tracks, either on disc or DLC. A full sixteen songs out of the 86 on the list will already be available by the time GH:WT is released on October 26.
The next week of the HUD is upon us, and this time the folks at AOL have something new up their sleeve. Not only is the first question different, but there's a special guest writer! Trina from GamingAngels.com guests this week along with the 9 other sexy jouranlists.
Co-Op Classics is going to be a bit different this week, and next. Rather than selecting one classic game, we'll have a much broader focus. I have a unique opportunity this evening, and in a sense, it's a bit like going into a Delorean, hitting 88 MPH, and going back in time, to my childhood. I'll be taking a car full of teenagers to a real life honest to goodness arcade. My eldest son turns 14 today, and like any good gamer, he chose to spend his birthday playing video games with his friends. This week, I'll talk about the games featured at this arcade, and next week I'll have mini-reviews for each game, plus some pictures of the "co-opery".
We normally try to stay out of the business side of things on Co-Optimus, but I found this story interesting none the less. According to the NPD, a group that estimates monthly sales based on statistical data in North America, Too Human sold around 170,000 copies in just 2 weeks in August. This was enough to put the game in the top 10 sold of games behind the 37 versions of Madden (ok, there were 4) and 21 Wii Gimmicks (ok...2...Wii Fit and Wii Play). The reality is the only other AAA title ahead of Too Human was Soul Calibur IV for the Xbox 360.
Who doesn't love giant robot battles? You know what would be even better? Giant robot battles with a friend. It's a good thing that UbiSoft has decided to publish the next game in the Armored Core series called Armored Core for Answer for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
