For some reason a lot of developers don't realize how many people actually want to play split screen on a PC. Perhaps its the growth of home theater PCs, the availability of bigger monitors, or people just plain wanting to play with a some buddies from around the town - every time we see a big PC release we have dozens of users clamoring for split-screen play.  Serious Sam 3: BFE will be bucking the trend and including split-screen play on a PC game.

    The Xbox LIVE Summer of Arcade has been an oasis in the desert of mid-year gaming since 2008.  Sony has wisely set their eyes on a piece of that pie with their own program, PSN: PLAY.  Beginning on August 24th, one new title a week will be released on the  PSN.  Two of them, The Baconing a...

Sensible shoes - the much needed accessory when fighting aliens

You've been silently watching the stars and developing the universe's most versatile flying saucer. An alien invasion turns the sun into a mass of perils. What do you do? You save your solar system, you silly creature!

There is a great co-op debate going on over at the WH40k Space Marine forums.  An image from a promotional GameStop badge has created more questions than answers.  Let me explain... no, that will take too long.  Let me sum up:  The badge mentions "5 player co-op: Bonus FREE game mode (Day 30 DLC)."  What the hell does that mean?  I'm going to stop you right there.  There has been rampant speculation over this puzzling bit of information.  I've done a little speculating, myself (I'm not proud).  Except now it seems some rumors are being presented as fact.  A new thread popped up on the forums yesterday, and while it may not have all the information we want, it does have concrete information:

A new genre-bending MMO/shooter is coming out this December.  It's called Firefall, and it looks promising.  We've already covered the game's co-op and interviewed  the developers.  We even got our hands on a preview build.   We've liked what we've seen so far. This video shows the game in all of it's massively multiplayer shooter glory.  Firefall can be played in the first or third person perspective, and player skill will greatly influence combat.  It also appears that the lady armor sets are pants-optional.  Giggity, indeed.

We just reported on the Japanese Armored Core V delay, and now a co-op game that even more people are looking forward to has been delayed. I speak, of course, of the new Twisted Metal for Playstation 3.

What the hell, August?  You're killing me.  This week we get a Gallagher emulator for the Xbox LIVE Arcade, and that's about it.

Get ready for some more grisly, zombie-killing, survival action this fall. Another Zombie Apocalypse is fast on track, this time from developer Backbone Entertainment. Zombie Apocalypse 2 will feature the same four-player online/shared screen co-op, but is cranking gameplay depth up a notch - the characters will have more personality as well as class-like abilities, a more worthwhile plot will be conveyed using animated comic strips, and players will be able to upgrade their weapons and attributes.

My name is Salvador, but you may call me Sally

The Japanese version of Armored Core 5 has been delayed until 2012. From Software, the developer, sites the need to incorporate feedback from the game’s closed beta as the reason for the delay. Don't be too hard on the beta testers now; this is probably good news. Japanese developers often show a very loose grasp of online modes and user interfaces (see Lost Planet 2). Incorporating beta players’ suggestions will likely result in a more streamlined experience.

Today we take a look at two classic arcade games, one based on a superhero team led by an iconic super soldier who has his own movie in theaters right now, and the second based on one of the biggest Hollywood hits of the 80s: Ghostbusters.