Moon Diver has been touted as a spiritual successor to the classic NES action platformer, Strider. The 1989 single-player title was responsible for the deaths of many controllers. The new Moon Diver now has four player co-op. How else has the game evolved in the past 22 years?Find out in our review.
Sci-fi co-op shooter Inversion fell off our radar for a bit last fall and winter, but with a new release date safely secured, more information and screenshots have begun to arise. You see what I did there? Gravity jokes aside, Saber Interactive has offered up (damn, now I can't stop myself) a live action trailer for the game. It gives a pretty cool slant on what it would be like to be an average Joe caught in the middle of unfathomable events. It really confronts one with the question that humankind has been pondering since the dawn of time: what would you do if crap started randomly floating in the air?
The previously exclusive PSN title Hoard has launched today via Steam - and fans of the game may have noticed something suspiciously missing from their game - namely local co-op. While the PSN version of the game supported both local and online play, including local with online players at the same time, the PC version of the game shipped with online only support for four player online co-op.
We've got a fresh new trailer for the upcoming 8 player co-op game Brink, developed by Splash Damage. The trailer focuses on your persistent character's unlockable abilities. In addition to the trailer we've gotten a glimpse at the game's achievements and trophies.
Streets of Rage 2 on the Sega Genesis is one of my all time favorite co-op games, especially in the Beat Em' Up genre. So there's little doubt that a fan made project that took more than 8 years to complete, and based on the franchise, is something that has piqued my interest.
Today we have a new teaser for Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D. It's short and sweet, and mentions the two player co-op along with 30 missions. It may only be about half as long as the recent Saint's Row: The Third trailer, but it has almost 16 times the action. We can expect to begin our "war on horror" later this year when the game releases on the Nintendo 3DS.
We've got a shiny new trailer for the upcoming four player co-op hack and slash, Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale. The Xbox Live Arcade, PSN, and PC title is coming sometime this spring and after our hands on impressions with the title, we're anxiously awaiting it.
Borderlands, a Co-Optimus favorite, is on sale. Amazon.com has the Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition for 50% off today only. The Borderlands GOTY edition normally goes for $39.99, but now you can pick it up for twenty bucks. Each DLC of Borderlands was originally $10 when first released, so frivolous gamers could have easily spent $100 dollars on the game and all of the DLC together. Boy, you sure were smart to wait for the price to drop! Now you can pick up Borderlands, The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, and Claptrap's New Robot Revolution, all for $20.00. You can read our impressions of each linked DLC. For $20 dollars this is an absolute steal.
Looking at a sequel always gives players an expectation about a game. With The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile the sequel is so much a sequel to the original game there isn’t much to compare - well, unless you count co-op. That’s what we did, scrutinize the co-op. What did we have to say about it? Well...
It’s true that games vary in length and content depending on the title, and type of gameplay experience expected. For some people short games are too short, and for others long games are too long. This months blog topic: "CCV: tl;dr" covers either of these situations.
After giving Dawn of War 2: Retribution an impressive 4.5 just a week and a half ago, we're certainly happy to hear about how Relic plans to continue to support their fantasticly co-opable RTS. As it so happens, two servings of DLC will be offered up this coming Wednesday, April 6th.
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