This year's Xbox Games Showcase was light on cooperative content; Microsoft didn't seem to focus on co-op features in any of the game reveals. Still, the showcase did show some genuinely hot games, so we can't complain too much. Some of the games shown might even end up featuring co-op that hasn't been announced yet. In the meantime, let's look at all of the games that were announced and which ones we know will have co-op.
Diablo IV is set to release to the masses this week, with early access starting on June 2nd. We were lucky enough to gain access to a near final build of the game last week with all content unlocked. The intention was to develop a review, but the reality set in - this game is way too big and constantly in motion to give the traditional review treatment.
Scarlet Moon's Prescription for Music is a series of albums featuring piano/jazz covers from classic and modern games. The latest entry in the series, Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies Volume III, has now been released on digital music platforms. The album features 12 tracks from 11 classic games, including songs from two co-op titles: Diablo and Legend of the Mystical Ninja.
Scarlet Moon Records, the leading producer of video game music albums, recently announced the thirteenth album in its long-running Prescription for Sleep series. The new album, Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies Volume III (several albums in the series aren't numbered), will include 12 piano/jazz renditions of songs from classic games. Most excitingly for us, two of the cover songs will come from co-op games: Diablo and Legend of the Mystical Ninja.
How's your co-op library looking, Switch owners? Nintendo has an incredible Multiplayer Sale going on until August 7, offering discounts on first-party co-op games like Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, third-party games like Diablo II: Resurrected and Ghosts 'N Goblins Resurrection, and numerous indie games such as Battle Axe and Final Vendetta. We've compiled all the best co-op titles on sale with store links for your convenience!
Last night our crew of four dove into the recently released Diablo II remaster, Diablo II: Resurrected. For many of us it was a trip down memory lane as we were all in our prime high school or early college age. It was a time when games actually were sold in stores in giant boxes and DVDs were considered cutting edge.
E3 2021 is the first E3 since Microsoft acquired Bethesda, and today’s Microsoft and Bethesda Games Showcase is the first joint E3 press conference from the two companies. The 90-minute event revealed a number of new and previously announced games that will be coming to Xbox and PC in 2021 and 2022. Naturally, we’re most psyched for the 10 co-op games featured in the showcase.
The long rumor has finally come to light. Blizzard is releasing a remastered version of Diablo II called Diablo II: Resurrected. And taking a queue from several other remasters like Halo, the game will offer the ability to flip between classic graphics and modern on the fly. The entire game has been remastered in a modified version of the Diablo 3 engine supporting 4K Resolutions.
While the first bit of co-op news out of this year's BlizzCon was on the cheerier side, the second bit is definitely not. Diablo IV is coming to PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and... I'd say Blizzard got the "feedback" about Diablo III's art direction/style.
Blizzard kicked off 2017 by letting players return once more to the world of the original Diablo with the "Darkening of Tristram" event in Diablo 3. They promised that it would return and, sure enough, the cultists have already appeared and the portal will open this evening.
If you've got an Xbox Live Gold subscription and an Xbox One, then you've got a date with the ultimate evil this weekend. Until 11:59 PM EDT Monday, July 31, you can head over to the Xbox Store or select the "Gold Member" area from the Xbox One dashboard and download Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition for free.
