Just when you thought mobile games were cute and cuddly and designed for children, along comes Action Mobile Games with 2013: Infected Wars. A third person over the shoulder shooter, this game's got everything you'd expect from a console zombie game packed into a tight little iOS package.
Blizzard have announced the first expansion pack for Diablo 3. Titled Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls the pack adds a new class, a new Act to the game's story, a revamped loot and paragon system, and two new modes of play.
This is a co-op game announcement that surprised me mainly because I had never heard of it before. I mean, there are plenty of games I'd never heard of before, sure; but I would have sworn to you just yesterday that I could name you the great co-op shooters on the SNES/Sega Genesis consoles. Apparently I somehow missed The Chaos Engine, a top-down shooter that had its heyday back in the early 90s. The good news is that I'll get a chance to check it out as a remake has been in the works and will see release next week.
The sequel to Dark Souls (which is itself a successor to Demon's Souls) will enter closed beta in early October. Both North American and European PS3 owners should keep their ears to the ground for registration info.
Frontier Developments' Kinectimals was one of the earliest Kinect games available and allowed you to play with, poke and rummage some animals, but it lacked depth. Perhaps their Xbox One game, Zoo Tycoon will solve this? Up to 4 players can join up online to design a Zoo and manage it together; all the time using Kinect to play with, poke and rummage the animals.
Yesterday at Gamescom, Lionhead Studios and Microsoft revealed their newest title in the Fable series, Fable Legends. From the look of things, this sequel will feature a very different co-op experience never seen before from the previous games.
I'm sorry. I lied. I ran out of fart jokes back when I was in junior high, like a normal human being. Orc Attack: Flatulent Rebellion is going all in with the epitome of high brow humor, allowing four co-op players to use their gastric arsenal against the devious humans who poisoned them.
Saints Row IV is out. We posted our review last week. Did you read it? You should. We also broke down the game's co-op features in our handy-dandy FAQ. Check that out too. If you haven't fired up the game yet on a console now is the perfect time as both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game have received a patch that fixes several (minor) issues.
Sony have announced a release date for the PlayStation 4. The system will launch in North America on November 15th for $399.99, November 29th in Europe for €399 and £349 in the UK.
The co-op puzzle game Tiny Brains, created by former Assassin's Creed, Dead Space and Army of Two team members, finally has a solid release date.
Nintendo recently announced a new IP by the name of The Wonderful 101, looking to return us to the days of multi-colored super hero teams who defeat enormous enemies trashing cities. Best of all, a large number of local players can join in all at the same time!
The team at Massive Entertainment rolled out a few pieces of information for its upcoming open world RPG Tom Clancy's The Division. The biggest is that the previously console-exclusive title will now be coming to PC. Publisher Ubisoft says this is largely due to the "vocal and passionate PC community" and something about "the positive energy [they] bring back to the team". So, in short, love vibes, fan rants, and online petitions. (We kid, we kid.)
