With every new generation of hardware that launches there is always a lull in content to enjoy. Many times we get prettier versions of games we’ve already played, and most launch titles aren’t what they’re cracked up to be. You’ve probably played the “best co-op games of last gen”, so instead of telling you ...
Xbox 360 owners will find a deal on Capcom titles this week. Lost Planet 2 and Resident Evil 5 have been marked down 75% and 50%, respectively. The Deal of the Week also includes Mortal Kombat (2011), which features a cooperative tag team mode.
Incoming Capcom news! Lost Planet 3 was recently revealed. The follow-up to the excellent co-op adventure, Lost Planet 2, has a shiny new trailer you can check out below. I won't go into details on the video here. You can see all the ice, snow, and Akrids for yourself. I will say that the trailer has a very single player vibe, and from the details given at Capcom-Unity, the game apparently follows suit.
Day seven of Steam's Summer Sale is here, how's the wallet doing? Hopefully not hurting too bad because there's a handful of solid co-op titles up for sale today including the truly excellent indie shooter Jamestown for $5!
In a recent lecture at a Kyoto University, former Capcom studio head and game design legend Keiji Inafune revealed just how close we came to missing out on the Dead Rising and Lost Planet franchises. Apparently, Capcom's sequel-itis wasn't due to a lack of creativity, it had to do with banking on a sure thing. Everyone knows we are actually on the 14th or 15th installment of Street Fighter. Resident Evil has been around forever, and no mortal knows how many Mega Man's exist. Dead Rising and Lost Planet were rejected outright in the prototype stage. One would assume that if Inafune would have titled the games "Dead Rising X4" or "Lost Planet Alpha 3: The New Challengers" they would have been green-lit for a dozen games each.
Capcom's flop of a third person shooter, Lost Planet 2, is for sale for only $9.99 at Amazon.com. Why should you care? Because the game is awesome, especially in co-op. LP2 got some low review scores when it came out in May of this year, mainly because of the difficulty level and the necessity of relying on poor AI if you were playing single player. We gave it a co-op score of 4 out of 5 in our review, because we know better than those other guys. Capcom even patched some of the difficulty problems, and you don't need to worry about bad AI if you have some co-op buddies. You can use this link for the Xbox 360 version, or this link for the PlayStation 3 copy, and help support Co-Optimus.
Amazon continues with its assault on your wallets this holiday season, this time offering many popular co-op titles for under $15. This deal is good for today only!
Dead Rising 2 was somewhat unique in that Capcom did not develop it in-house, but rather produced it while giving the development reins to Canadian studio Blue Castle. The upcoming Devil May Cry reboot is being handled in a similar fashion, and rumor has it that SOCOM: Confrontation and Fireteam Bravo 3 helmer Slant Six may have its hands on the development of a future Resident Evil title.
Lost Planet 2 was a co-op title we greatly enjoyed earlier this summer, one which we found only minor flaws which were later fixed with a free patch. Now in the busy fall season the 360 and PS3 version of the game is available for the low price of $19.99 during Amazon's Gold Box deal today.
If you thought Lost Planet 2 kicked your butt, you should see what it did to Capcom's profit forecast. The gaming giant has had to lower its expected sales and profit figures for the year. There are several contributing factors to this, a major one being the poor sales of Lost Planet 2.
