Did you see that?! Holy Moly! More than 70 (!) new co-op releases across various platforms in March - including some very high profile titles like Monster Hunter Rise, Balan Wonderworld, It Takes Two as well as the start of the Open Beta (PC-only) for Magic: Legends and the long-awaited co-op patch for Watch Dogs: Legion. It's safe to say that there was (and is) something for everyone with their friends and family to enjoy.
We're back with another stream of Valheim, the online co-op survival game featuring Vikings, boars, deer, and now...trolls! Our stream starts just after a giant troll literally demolishes our hard work from last stream. Killing the "door" house. Thankfully Locke is able to get revenge as we run around like chickens on the dinner menu.
The We Were Here series has gone strongly for several years now and garnered a solid reputation for cooperative head scratching and puzzle solving. If you feel your walkie talkie finger has been itching since the release of We Were Here Together, then boy howdy, do I have good news for you.
As is becoming increasingly common in this era of gaming, the Co-Opticrew's weekend plans are largely preoccupied with sequels. Many companies these days seem content with adopting the "if it ain't broke" mode of thinking, and you know what, it looks like it's paying off for them. Not that I'm complaining, though. Good games are good games regardless of how high the number is in their title.
To celebrate the awesome lineup of co-op games coming to us in 2021, we're hosting a Steam giveaway thanks to the developers over at Windwalk Games, a development team of former Riot Games devs working on an upcoming co-op experience. More to come on this soon! *hint hint*
Outriders is set to release in just a little over a week now on April 1st. The three player co-op shooter from studio People Can Fly will be available on multiple platforms, and if you've played the co-op demo, your progress will carry forward. Now with just days to go the hype train is in full effect.
We're back with more Valheim, this time we continue to build our Viking village and fight off the graylings. Things get more intense after our battle with the game's first boss but its onward and upwards as we try to cover our manly bodies in something other than a loin cloth.
We're back continuing our coverage of It Takes Two, the upcoming two player co-op romantic comedy meets video game from developer Hazelight and publisher Electronic Arts. Hopefully you've had time to check out our written impressions and the video preview of the game's first level.
The Co-Opticrew is reaching into our usual bag of tricks this weekend, with co-op shlooters and co-op sloopers taking up a fair amount of our time. What's this, though? It appears a few of our esteemed staff are also diving back into the realm of wooden tokens and translucent card sleeves for a couple days of board game goodness. We can only wish these adventurous souls (and their wallets) the best of luck. They'll certainly need it.
The Outriders co-op demo is out now, allowing you and two friends to experience a sci-fi adventure of shooting and looting on an alien planet. In the demo you are able to take a character up to Level 7 and experience the intro and first major boss battle along with a small number of side quests. We jumped in the other night to see what this game was all about.
Hopefully you've had a chance to read our hands on impressions with It Takes Two over here. As we talked about, Locke and I spent a few hours with the game playing through the opening levels and experiencing the different things the game has to offer. Over the next few days we'll highlight some of those experiences with a handful of video highlights we took from our sessions with the game.
Josef Fares of Hazelight Studios has two major releases under his belt, both focused on narrative gameplay featuring two major characters. While 2013's Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons was a single player affair except on Switch, 2018's A Way Out was a full on co-op experience for two players as they attempted to break out of a prison. Now Josef and Hazelight are back for something decidedly different and honestly, all together fresh for video games.
