While Nintendo announced "Salmon Run", a kind of four player horde mode for the forthcoming Splatoon 2, during a Nintendo Direct back in April, they've been holding off on demoing the mode until E3. Along with a live presentation during their Treehouse stream, many attendees got their hands on the new mode and initial impressions are good.
One thing can certainly be said for Nintendo this year, they like teasing out all their announcements. On the last day of the show yesterday, one of the rumored features for the forthcoming Super Mario Odyssey was confirmed: local co-op.
DOTA 2 once again has a dedicated cooperative mode. It's also once again, limited in time. Available for purchasers of the 2017 International Battle Pass, it's called Siltbreaker, and we took it's four player co-op goodness for a ride the other night.
Crackshell, the development team behind the action-RPG Hammerwatch, has turned their eye to the world of Serious Sam. Serious Sam's Bogus Detour is out next week and it brings chaotic top-down 12 player co-op action with it.
During this year's E3 Nintendo Spotlight a certain pink puff made his return to the limelight. A new Kirby title is in the works for the Switch that will feature four player local co-op so you and your friends can all join in the fun.
As E3 2017 properly kicks off today, the last of the three big console developers, Nintendo, held their Spotlight streaming event that highlighted what the company has planned for the next year. Among a few exciting single player offerings (METROID!), there's a new Yoshi game coming next year in a similar vein as Yoshi's Wooly World.
It's time once more to gather your friends and go on the hunt. The first Monster Hunter for the current-gen consoles, Monster Hunter: World, will be making its way to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC early 2018.
Oops! Looks like ole Atriox done kicked up a nest of the Flood. Halo Wars 2 will be getting an expansion this fall that includes new campaign missions, new multiplayer leaders, and, oh yes, a new Firefight mode.
Microsoft has finally taken lifted the shroud off of their Project Scorpio console. The successor to the Xbox One is really...just an Xbox One. But an extremely powerful one. Sadly, there's no scorpion logo...or astral signs.
One of the bigger reveals during EA's press conference on Saturday was A Way Out, the new game from Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons developer Hazelight Studios. In a first for these type of adventure/story-driven games, the entire thing is intended to be played cooperatively with both players making decisions that affect what plays out.
It's been rumored for some time with a lot of folks asking "is this for real," and Ubisoft finally answered all of that during their E3 press conference today. Mario Rabbids Kingdom Battle is an actual thing and it is coming to the Nintendo Switch this August.
While you've been able to enjoy playing with friends in Darkseas' Road Redemption, a spiritual successor to Road Rash, for some time now, you can now finally enjoy some co-op throughout the entire campaign in four player splitscreen. That's right, you and your buddies can hop on your bikes and take to the road.
