It's a special birthday episode of the Co-opticast as one of our hosts celebrates theirs. There's a whole lot of Dark Souls 2 talk this episode, much to the chagrin of Nick. Ready to praise the sun and all that? Listen in or watch!
The folks down at Turtle Rock Studios take co-op very seriously. They'd have to, given they were the developers of Left 4 Dead, which is one of the cornerstones of recent co-op titles. Turtle Rock isn't about to rest on their laurels by making Evolve a four player zombie genocide simulator, however. Innovation drives the industry, of course.
We informed you guys about The Red Solstice last May, when the game was entering alpha. Just recently, however, developer Ironward launched a Kickstarter campaign for just enough outside funding to help finish up its sci-fi RTS/RPG co-op game.
It's no secret that Tom Clancy's The Division looks incredible. Not just from a visual standpoint, but also on a technical level. Bullets blaze through cop car windows and leave bullet holes, not just blasting out the glass entirely. Likewise, your agent will thoughtfully shut said cop car doors as they are taking cover behind it. No idea why they feel the need to prioritize that while being shot at. Maybe they're just trying to keep the "door open" light off.
Blizzard recently confirmed that they are, indeed, working on an Xbox One edition of Diablo 3, but Microsoft has yet to confirm that the game will be coming to the console. Kind of perplexing, we know.
The latest Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare DLC, "Garden Variety Pack" had caused a few issues on consoles last week that Popcap is currently trying to remedy. Please be aware that they are doing everything they can to get the bugs fixed promptly.
We love Typing of The Dead: Overkill's wacky style. When the original launched, typing phrases like "Ample buxom" and "Is it too late to shake hands" always had us giggle as we shot off the heads of various zombies. Then the Shakespeare DLC was released and we were suddenly trading horses for zombies heads (instead of kingdoms) all while washing blood off our hands. When things couldn't get any better, the Silver Screen DLC dropped and we were typing our favorite one liners from Apocalypse Now and Die Hard. Just when we thought developer Modern Dream reached the top, they go one step further.
There are two co-op releases this week and technically, both are expansion packs in one way or another. I guess at this point in time you need to take whatever gaming content you can, especially cooperative games, as they seem so few and far between lately.
Borderlands 2 is a stone cold co-op classic, but it has not stopped expanding yet. The game is due out on the PlayStation Vita later this year and will have 4 player co-op included. New footage taken by Atomix shows off several minutes of in game action and it is looking good.
With Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls fast approaching next week, Blizzard is giving its fans one last ditch effort to power level their characters up as high as you can on the PC. For this weekend only you can get double the experience you would normally get in game.
I still don't quite get Souls series, but several of our staff are simply enthralled with the frustration the game dishes out. So while those staffers follow the rule book closely, the rest of us will dive into Diablo 3 before the first expansion hits next week.
If you are at all interested in how Child of Light came together, you're in luck. The passionate team at Ubisoft has put together a web series with the designers, artists, and programmers all talking about the story, design elements, and style of their much-loved project. They even throw in a little about the co-op play! If you have functioning eyes, you need to check this thing out.
