If you had told me one year ago that I’d be playing World of Warcraft on the PC, and that I’d actually enjoy it so much that I considered buying hardware specific for it, I’d have called you insane. Yet here I am with a giant glowing World of Warcraft gaming mouse in my hand.
Dawn of War II: Retribution is less than two weeks old, but fans of the game are going to be getting a treat on April 6th thanks to a free patch for the game. Included in the patch are updated achievements for the three player co-op survival mode, The Last Stand.
I’m pretty sure there’s never been an online multiplayer mode that forces players to cooperate as much to actually complete it as Bulletstorm’s Anarchy. While other online co-op games suggest, imply, and hand hold their way to co-op play to success, Anarchy literally makes you fail if you don’t.
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime is out this Wednesday, March 22rd on Playstation Network and PC and March 23rd on Xbox Live Arcade. The four player co-op game is a top down shooter where players assume the role of a new squad of Ghostbusters saving the world once again from certain doom. To celebrate the launch we've got a fresh batch of a screens and a new developer diary that focuses on the game's difficulty. From the sound of things, you'll definitely want some experienced Ghostbusters by your side *insert crossing the streams joke here.*
It's hard to believe that PAX East 2011 is already a week gone. The Co-Opticrew got some great hands on time with a ton of awesome games and are more excited than ever about the upcoming year of co-op titles. Here's the round-up of coverage.
Early last year, after what seemed like an eternity of waiting, White Knight Chronicles was released in the USA. I was somewhat disappointed in the co-op, as you can read about in the review, but it was a very good single player experience for the most part. Level 5 has just announced that we'll be getting more White Knight Chronicles; in fact, not only will there be a direct sequel for Playstation 3, a prequel is coming to PSP, so you can power up into a giant White Knight on the go.
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.
