QC Games' action-RPG dungeon crawler, Breach, will be leaving the closed, technical Alpha phase next month, and moving into full on Early Access on Steam. While the title will eventually be free-to-play, you will need to buy into it during the Early Access phase if you want to check it out.
For our weekly "Let's Play Co-Op" stream, we hopped into Question's first-person stealth/action/horror title, The Blackout Club. Mike, Locke, Eric, and Jason assume the roles of teenagers that are trying to figure out what exactly is happening in their town and rescue their friend from a mysterious cult.
Like many of Nintendo's recent sports titles, Mario Tennis Aces thrives in online play. In order to keep this competitive mode from getting too stale, Nintendo seems to have settled on a slow but steady drip of new characters, each with their own attributes and playstyles.
Strange Brigade, Rebellion's co-op third person shooter, is currently in the midst of receiving a trilogy of paid DLC packs comprising the globe-trotting "Thrice Damned" storyline. We'll touch on the finale of that storyline momentarily, but for now, let's focus on a couple of free additions that are available as of today (November 26th).
Half the world is currently hunkering down to survive the harsh winter weather, which makes this time of year a pretty solid choice for releasing extra content into your games. Such is the case for Undead Labs, who recently pushed a substantial patch for their co-op zombie survival title, State of Decay 2.
Black Friday is upon us, the day where we empty our hard earned wallets onto the internet and into retailers everywhere because...capitalism. You too can join in on the fun this year! It looks like Microsoft has gone all in with some killer deals on their systems, subscriptions, and games. That said - we've managed to scrounge up a few key deals on Amazon on some other games.
Everything old is new again on the Nintendo Switch. Seven years after it debuted on the Xbox Live Arcade (BRING IT BACK, MICROSOFT!), Ms. 'Splosion Man arrives on the Switch today so you and your buddies can blow each other up across 50 levels. Cue the 1812 Overture!
The first of several co-op DLCs arrived last week for Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Dubbed "The Forge," everyone's favorite freebooter of sepulchers will face a number of fiery challenges as she explores a new challenge tomb and attempts to uncover the secrets of Kuwaq Yaku. The Forge can be played solo or with a friend online.
The next title from CCP Games, currently called Project Nova, has a new teaser trailer that sets up some of the sci-fi elements of this FPS that’s still wrapped up in some mystery, but of more interest to us is the twenty minutes of gameplay (courtesy of IGN) that shows off some of the “tactical co-op PvE” elements that the title touts. The setting appears to be on top of a spaceship and the baddies getting shot appear to be robots with damage numbers that pop out upon bullet contact, with four players working together to capture strategic points and defend them against the A.I. controlled robots.
Astroneer, everyone's favorite game about being a wacky astronaut, will be released in full just a few months from now. No longer will your terraforming be plagued by thoughts surrounding the impermanence of Early Access. Instead, come February 6th, 2019, you can scour a planet for resources with the knowledge that all is as it should be.
It took awhile, but I finally had fun in OVERKILL's The Walking Dead. The game is a new four player co-op shooter out now on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC from the makers of the PayDay series. While everyone's mind immediately goes Left 4 Dead, the game is anything but.
The Co-Opticrew is fending off the cold weather the best way we know how - by ignoring it entirely and huddling around a kitchen table or LED screen. It hasn't been scientifically proven that the body craves cooperative gameplay at lower temperatures, but it hasn't been disproved either. So, you know, I'm gonna chalk that one up as a universal truth for the time being.
