After 17 years creating games for Sony platforms, Zipper Interactive has been shut down by the publisher. Zipper has created such games has SOCOM Combined Assault on the PS2, SOCOM 4: US Navy Seals on the PS3, and more recently Unit 13 on the PlayStation Vita. Obviously their speciality was tactical shooters and it was something they did quite well.
Join the Co-Optimus crew with Nick, Mike, Jason and Locke as they discuss the following games: Ninja Gaiden 3 ME3 Co-Op Journey Radiant Historia Shoot Many Robots Fingle Draw Something We also discuss the pertinent news of the past week, as well as dig deep into the wonderful co-op mystery that is Journey.
It's hard to believe it's almost April. Spring has sprung for sure! Most people are planning to spend more time outside, but not your Co-Opticrew. While some will be inside gaming, several of us won't be able to get in much gaming time. For those who are playing video games, the choices are all over the place. Just like pollen in real life!
Disney Universe doesn't provide the most authentic general Disney experience on consoles - that honor goes to Kinect Disneyland Adventures, and even Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure, to a lesser extent. But Universe has one thing its Kinect competitors don't: loads of DLC costumes to buy. The latest batch of costumes features everyone's favorite puppet performers, The Muppets.
Crimson Dragon, the sequel to Panzer Dragoon in everything but name, now has an official Japanese site. And with that site comes a few new screenshots as well as higher-quality versions of the ones originally provided by Famitsu. Additionally, the game's dazzling trailer (previously glimpsed via camcorder video on YouTube) is available for download to Xbox 360s with a Japanese Xbox Live account. Siliconera has kindly uploaded the trailer for all the world to see.
Last September, it was revealed at the Tokyo Game Show that Sega's new fighting/brawler hybrid, Anarchy Reigns, would feature two campaigns. The White story centers on newcomer Leo, while the Black side focuses on Jack, the Madworld veteran. Siliconera has recently dug up two new trailers from developer Platinum Games which showcase the first stage from both campaigns.
Last summer, I had the opportunity to spend some time at the magnificent arcade at the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. One of my personal highlights from the arcade visit was seeing all the old electromechanical games that were on the floor. These games were the direct predecessors to video games, and though they are primitive from a certain perspective, the intricate mechanisms and ingenious gameplay methods they exemplify are wonderful in their own right.
A few days ago we brought you new details for Ghost Recon Future Soldier's Guerilla mode. This is more than your standard "survival mode." Guerrilla tasks players with securing and holding different locations while fighting through 50 waves of enemies. Players will have to work together to have any hope of seeing that final wave.
For "hardcore" real-time strategy fans, the thought of a 4X game, in this case Legends of Pegasus, that combines turn-based strategy planning with real-time strategy combat is likely one of those dream situations. The fact that it also includes cooperative gameplay is a dream situation for us here at Co-Optimus. But sometimes a dream is too good to be true until you've got a little more information. Fortunately, Charles Husemann of Gaming Nexus spoke with Novacore Studios, the game's developers, about what players can expect from this space adventure.
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any better for Phantasy Star Online 2’s future, Sega surprises us even further, announcing that we’ll be able to take the game with us on the go in more ways than one.
This week in Indie-Ana Co-Op we satisfy our loot-whoring cravings with an Xbox Live Indie Game that provides some enjoyable hack n' slash action in Mega Monster Mania.
Last week we reported that XBLA brawler Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior's Rise would be releasing on March 28. As you may have noticed, Wednesday came and went but the game was nowhere to be seen. Did Kung Fu Strike's protagonist General Loh suffer a knee injury at the last minute, forcing his game to be delayed? No, he and his mustachioed twin brother are just fine and kicking.
