PAX East is coming, 6-8th April in Boston to be exact. Whilst some of the Co-Optimus crew will be going this year and even showing off their game, others will be forced to endure the snow that has just arrived in Britain. As well as better weather, another perk that visitors to PAX East will get is some free Penny Arcade DLC for the Steam version of Dungeon Defenders, the rest of us will have to pay $1.99 for the privilege.
Amid the flood of March releases, the Kinect version of Country Dance All Stars seems to have largely fallen through the cracks. But the gaping hole in our coverage becomes more apparent all the time, especially after viewing the game's amazing launch trailer. Frankly, features like co-op campaigns and combo co-op sound like meaningless buzzwords when compared to Country Dance All Stars' exclusive co-op innovation: the ability to "Shake Your Badonkadonk with a Friend!" Why haven't games let us do this sooner?
It is important to take a true work masterpiece of a video game, Portal 2, and fully appreciate every single thing that was put into making it. Now we can, as Dark Horse announced its upcoming book, The Art of Portal 2 will make taking a break from the controller totally worth doing.
Sandswept Studios is pouring their heart and soul in trying to give us the ultimate zombie game, The Dead Linger; an open world, survival apocalypse game with almost limitless potential. However, they are going to need all of us to make the title a true reality.
Orion: Dino Beatdown has a lot of things going for it - mainly dinosaurs and beatdowns. There really isn't much else I could ask for. Well, maybe some bacon and breasts, but I have yet to find the one game that can properly contain the four cornerstones of my adolescence.
March was jam-packed with co-op games. April... not so much. Hopefully some smaller titles will be announced as the month goes on, or it's going to be a sad, lonely spring. Aw, hell, I guess we could always go outside.
Journey has been out for half a month. We gave it the very highest score possible: a 5 out of 5 co-op score with a 5 out of 5 overall score. We didn't say much about the game, so as not to spoil it, but we told you guys it was a truly beautiful game in respect to story, visuals, and music. Well, it seems that the world agrees. Journey has become the fastest-selling game released on the PSN.
Robot Entertainment have announced a sequel to last year's addictive tower defense action game, Orcs Must Die. Orcs Must Die! 2 kicks the orc slaying up to 11 with an all new spell book loaded with traps and summons as well as a new character, the female Sorceresses. Joining the War Mage, players can play as either character in the game's cooperative campaign.
Bungie are no longer the developers of the Halo franchise, but as one door closes another, in the form of 343 Industries' Halo 4, opens. Before bidding so long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu to the Halo franchise, Bungie have released one last statistical overload. Amongst the multiplayer stats (over 208 billion games played), are some co-op Firefight stats - 29 Billion kills, 350,405,511 games played, 12.8 Trillion points earned. Check out Read More and open the gallery for a tiny version of this Halo stat orgy. Or better yet, follow this link for the full image!
This month in Co-Optimus Communtiy Voice, we asked if you're ready for the next-gen consoles that are rumored to be right around the corner. The Co-Optimus Community hath spoken. We don't want new consoles. While Sony and Microsoft have made it clear that we won't see them this year, the rumors keep flowing, and we know they are hard at work developing the next iteration of our favorite consoles. They are coming, it is inevitable. Resistance is futile. Well, ok, maybe the situation isn't quite as dire as an approaching Borg cube. We can always hold off on buying that new, shiny, co-op joy-in-a-box, right? Some of us can. Let's hear from a CCV veteran.
Good Co-Op, Bad Co-Op - a tale of two friends who love playing games together. The man who gives the best upsidedown hugs, Sunflower4000 and the love wizard Locke have put their differences aside and teamed up cooperatively in a battle against fate.
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