You know how philosophers are always debating if the true nature of man is to help his fellow humans or to harm them? I'll pretend you said "Hell yeah, I was JUST reading about that!" It turns out a little video game known as Dark Souls 2 might be letting some of our innate benevolent tendencies to leak out. In a world of jerks and trolls and jerktrolls, it looks like some people are actually interested in cooperation!
Some proud PS4 owners might notice an extra item on the PSN today. Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition has finally arrived on the system in all of its cubical glory. Despite failing its Certification late last month, this version of the game beat the Xbox One's own launch by a full 24 hours. Featuring four player local co-op and eight player online, you and your friends can explore algorithmically generated words in stunning current gen definition.
PC Gamer caught up with Wing Commander and Star Citizen creator Chris Roberts at PAX Prime last week. In the interview they talk about the current state of the 50 million dollar crowd funded game, what the road map looks like for features, and where the game will be in 10 years.
Hitting PC October 10, Ryse: Son of Rome will be available for $39.99, and includes all the bonus content previously released as DLC on Xbox One.
The undeniably awesome arcade series Metal Slug is about to spawn another nugget of entertainment on the PlayStation Network. Developer SNK Playmore has announced Metal Slug 3 is coming to PS4, PS3 and PS Vita sometime this winter. It's time to rescue some innocents the only way we know how: by shooting all the weapons!
The release for Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes is inching ever closer. For those of you who are anticipating the game, or are considering picking it up, two new trailers have been released for two of the three characters included in the upcoming starter pack: Iron Man and Black Widow.
In what publisher 505 Games is calling the "biggest update to date", the Android version of Terraria is about to receive a massive wad of new content. Included in the release are new items, new enemies, new biomes, new bosses, and the fan favorite HARDMODE, which we should be contractually obliged to write in all-caps from now on.
Things that I like; twin stick shooters, manic gameplay and ear bleeding music. I have just described to you any game in the excellent Geometry Wars series and the new behind the scenes peak at Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions looks like things are going to continue thus; in 4 player local co-op.
Minecraft has come a long way since its arrival on consoles. This Friday, the game will enter a new generation on Xbox One, featuring crisper graphics and a much larger landscape to cultivate.
Fans of Watch_Dogs who wanted some co-op action have had to get their fix via a companion app for mobile devices. Luckily, the new Bad Blood DLC aims to change that by introducing full-fledged co-op gameplay, as well as an entirely new story to the mix.
Come this January, Co-Optimus will have been in operation for seven years. In that span of time, we’ve added over 2500 games to our database and reviewed over 500 games. Some of these games are great, others… well, why is it that some co-op just doesn’t seem to work? Our staff weighs in on the matter and how co-op can do better....
The Saints Row series abandoned any pretense of sanity around the time you were hosing down business men with a septic truck, accompanied by a revolutionary French mime. It's not exactly much of a stretch to assume the newest installation in the series, Gat Out of Hell, will be anything less than completely ridiculous. A completely stand alone title, Gat Out of Hell features series regular Johnny Gat and Kinsie Kinsington breaking into Hell to rescue the Boss/President of the Saints from having to marry the devil's daughter.
