This week, we will head back in time almost a quarter of a century, and take a look at two classic arcade games featuring cooperative gameplay. Check out both of these totally rad games in video form!
Riots Games have announced that League of Legends has added an online co-op mode. While the game has always had the ability to play in co-op, this marks the first time the developer has created a brand new match making playlist with a focus on co-op. The mode allows up to five players to band together to take on the PC in single matches and earn experience and other items for their character.
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
It's time once again to visit the community blogs for our weekend, this time analyzing The Hype Machine. We've had a lot of people participate in the topic, and it's exciting to see what people view as overhyped or underhyped games in the community. Several staff members have participated as well, but we'll save them for a rainy day.
Getting your hands on a new piece of hardware is always an exciting experience. I feel that waiting until a week after trying out the newest in the line of Nintendo handheld’s has given me time to process the experience, and separate it from the excitement for a fair preview. While trying out the 3DS I also happened to play the first co-op title on the system - Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D. I suppose we could call this a double whammy, two birds with one stone, or the most convenient hardware trial available to a co-op website at PAX East.
Spring starts next week in the United States and it couldn't come soon enough. Despite our love of staying indoors to game, cabin fever has definitely set in for a few of the staff. Really, this doesn't mean we'll be going outside so much as it means we'll be playing games with the windows open. The staff has plenty on their plate to play from some classic titles up to the recent releases.
If the movie Grandma's Boy has taught us anything, it's that people who work in the gaming industry love to put action figures all over their desks. Now you can put them in your games. We're not talking cards here, we are talking action figures! Or statues. Action Statues! When you by a copy of Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, you'll get the game, some cards (blah), three action statues, and a Portal! The Portal will read a microchip on the underside of the toys, enabling you to play as that figure in the game. There will be 32 total, so this has the potential to be a cash cow. Each toy starts at level one and can be progressed through level ten.
Gun Loco is cancelled? Whaaaa? How could this be? I mean, look at the above photo. For the sake of sanitiy, lets start with the man in the middle. Stylized to be sure, determined, definitely. How about the guy to his left? Okay, we have a case of Toriyama hair, but that's forgivable. And now the gentleman with the green afro. Nope, nothing offensive here. What about the guy with the crown? He must be some sort of king. I'm sure he will be portrayed with great dignity in the following video (spoiler alert: nope). Then there's the guy with the bunny head and the suspendered diapers... oh, I give up.
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Test Drive Unlimited 2 is the sequel to a unique racing game by Atari. Created with an open world concept combined with an MMO aspect, TDU breaks the mold of traditional racers. The sequel adds co-op modes to the mix along with some other features, but does it break itself in the process?
Starting now, you can download Monday Night Combat from Steam for free and play until 1PM on Sunday, March 20th. You'll enjoy the full game, including all of the dlc, for the low low price of zero. If you decide you want to keep the game, it's on sale for 33% off the normal price - making it only $9.99. And if you're feeling generous you can pick up a four pack of the game to play the four player co-op Blitz mode for only $29.99.
