This year the Co-Opticrew approached the Penny-Arcade Expo with a different goal in mind. Having played and covered most of the titles at E3 earlier in the year, we wanted to do something special which featured gamers themselves. So we grabbed our camera and went around asking PAX goers questions about co-op games.
Andrew and Nick journey to the island of Banoi and discover that paradise is filled with a bunch of stinkin, smellin, zombies. There's only one thing to do - grab a bunch of weapons and beat the ever loving crap out of everything in their path. Here's our review of Dead Island.
We've all been there. It's a nice day outside, you want to do nothing more than enjoy the sun. But there's a problem. You just uploaded a picture of your dog Fluffy to Facebook and you need to know the second someone presses the like button. Or perhaps you felt like playing some co-op Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker on your PSP while laying in your hammock in the back yard. You get to your relaxation spot only to find out your wi-fi signal is too flaky to work. That's where the Diamond WRN300N comes in.
Once again Modern Warfare 3 is getting a hardened edition, having just been revealed at the Call of Duty XP event in LA. The price has gone up though from the normal $79.99 to $99.99. Why the sudden jump? The Hardened Edition will include a one year subscription to Call of Duty Elite, something that sells for $50 on its own.
On August 23, 1991, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was released in North America. Today, we celebrate two full decades of this great system by taking a look at the top Super Nintendo co-op games.
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
Gears of War 3 has kicked off a promotion allowing users to obtain unique digital and real world items for the game and for your Xbox by finding hidden codes throughout the web. These codes can then be entered on www.xboxcogcodes.com for said items. Today we're happy to provide you with two unique codes for some real world goodies.
I can't believe it's September already. The gaming rush is almost here, I can hear the stampede just over the horizon. It starts next week with Dead Island, Resistance 3 and Space Marine. In other news the Co-Opticrew has been quite mobile lately, with Nick just returning from PAX in a travel ordeal that took him through 6 airports. Mike is making his way across the country, Jason is out of town, Marc is traveling to an undisclosed location, Andrew is in Ohio, Sam is on wherever there is to vacation in the UK and finally Jim is traveling from Texas to New Jersey to be with family.
Everyone aboard the Halo 4 hype train, helmed by the Master Chief himself. 343 Industries have released a trailer which showcases some motion based concept art for the game, giving us a glimpse at strange alien worlds, possible new enemies, and much more.
Having never played more than a few hours of Demon's Souls, I can't comment on that game's world or story much. But the latest set of trailers for the game's sequel, Dark Souls, makes it feel like a darker Tolkien-esque world. You can view parts 1 and 2 of the prologue below, with the rest of it to be released in the coming weeks.
Peter and Ruth have been waiting patiently to share their co-op experiences as our run of guest submissions continues! The co-op couple talks a bit about the game's they've been playing lately and why each one is great for a co-op couple.
We poked and prodded, stopping short of threatening violence - but we just couldn't get the co-op details out of THQ for their upcoming action game, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine. Finally, mere days before release, we've got the official details of the mode.
