Patience is a virtue. It’s also for greybeards who don't mind waiting whilst the rest of us rock out to some Mass Effect 3 demo footage. The demo is due out on the 15th February for Battlefield 3 online pass owners and the 17th for the rest of us. A YouTube user has provided over 50 minutes of footage of the demo. Beware these videos contain more spoilers than a Pimp My Ride reunion.
The Darkness II's co-op mode, Vendettas, was announced only a few months before the game's release. How does Vendettas stack up? We find out in our co-op review.
The NES is arguably the greatest video game system of all time. Nintendo's first home console saved the video game industry, and most gamers look back on the system fondly. Recently, I sat down and played through some of my favorite NES games with my son, and recorded the experience for lucky Co-Optimus viewers. In my happy memories, I somehow didn't remember the games being quite this way...
It's Valentine's Day this week and that means the perfect opportunity for some couples gaming. The folks at Misfits Attic have launched a pre-order promotion to celebrate such an occasion for their four player co-op puzzler, A Virus Named TOM. Basically you can pre-order the game for 50% off, a lowly $5, and if they reach a total of 50 pre-orders, every pre-order will get a bonus copy of the game for free! Also included is beta access and a high score contest.
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming. We like to take a look around the industry and see what news and links may interest you in the world fo gaming.
I've been knocked down for the count with some sort of strange African virus this week and it sounds like Mike has contracted it as well. Perhaps, just to be safe, you avoid playing any games in co-op with either of us. The rest of the staff, those healthy bastards, will be enjoying plenty of gaming this weekend.
In an extensive interview with Borderland 2’s developer, Gearbox, we get a small scoop on the current standings of the game, as well as the co-op features this game will be packing.
Did you hear? Aliens: Colonial Marines got some brand-spanking new box art! Game packaging is usually not that big of a deal, but, you know, it's Aliens: Colonial Marines. Some of us have been waiting for this game for a long time. Heck, the staff at Amazon still has their hopes up for a March release, despite the official delay until this Fall. At least we have some sweet, sweet box art to gaze upon:
A million billion years ago (OK, more like 2008), I wrote an article about open world co-op games and their overall awesomeness. The examples I used were Crackdown and GTA IV, but the list wasn’t a long one to choose from at the time, though Mercenaries 2 and Saints Row 2 came out around the time of the article and didn’t get a fair mention. Well, it’s been four years. Have the co-op gods been good to open world fans?
2009's awesome Star Trek reboot film received a decidely un-spectacular and barely related downloadable videogame tie-in: Star Trek D-A-C. Thankfully, when the sequel film rolls around in 2013 it will be accompanied by a much more substantial game at retail, which currently goes by the daring title Star Trek. Namco Bandai has officially picked up the publishing rights and announced it for a first-quarter 2013 release.
Owners of those shiny silver computers emblamized with a white fruit can now get their hands on id's RAGE for OSX. The game has been ported to the Macintosh operating system in all it's glory in what's being called RAGE: Campaign Edition. There's one problem - there's no co-op play.
The run up to a Triple A game release like Mass Effect 3 is always a massive tease-athon by the publishers and Bioware are no different. Not happy with the tantalizing promise of an upcoming co-op demo, Bioware are also releasing loads of cool teaser videos that highlight different areas of the game including; story progression, weapon creation and combat. Check out the Read More for a glimpse at a Mass Effect 3 future:
