The Steam Summer Sale 2020 is in full effect. If you didn't know it's the annual time of year where your wallet screams for mercy because "oh, it's only $4" times 37. There are plenty of big name co-op games on sale, you've got your Borderlands 3, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and Monster Hunter: World among dozens of others. But we're going to dig a bit deeper than page 1 and show you some of our favorite games we've found on deep discount.
Thieves, brigands, and cut-purses alike have flown a little under the radar on Microsoft's current-gen console. Sure, you've got your "Big Bosses" and your "Templars" and whatnot, but aside from that, stealth enthusiasts have largely had to dwell in the shadows and console each other with unsuspecting neck snaps. It wasn't always this way, though. Once upon a time, a little game called Monaco: What's Yours is Mine tiptoed its way directly into our hearts.
Last Friday, the Friday Awesomely Live Co-Op crew finished off Zonaco and suddenly felt an overwhelming feeling of emptiness as we realized we'd finished Monaco. Then our friend Bakken Hood pointed out that there's another campaign that goes by the name of Fin. That's "Fin" as in the French word meaning "The End," not "Finn," the handsome new hero of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Although, a Monaco campaign based on a Storm Trooper gone rogue, releasing a Resistance fighter from captivity, and escaping from a Star Destroyer together would be pretty bad-ass.
We've probably played more Monaco than you care to watch, but this episode of Friday Awesomely Live Co-Op is worth your attention. We've played the majority of Zonaco (the zombie mode of Monaco) with just the three of us, and during this episode, we realized that we've been playing it wrong this whole time. Our good friend Bakken Hood joined us, and demonstrated his innate ability to strategically throw his body at Bloaters to great effect. Sure, we had to revive him several many many times, but he always managed to take out several zombies with him, or destroy lasers/turrets. Impressive, to say the least.
Bundle Stars has put the finishing touches on a brand new pack of games for the end of the month, and it's got a whole lot of co-op for not a whole lot of money. The Indie Legends Bundle includes some famous releases from the last few years like Monaco and Guacamelee along with a few Early Access and single player games.
Towards the end of the month I only have one thing on my mind; what do I get free next month with Games with Gold? There has been a veritable co-opathon with this 360/One scheme and that is set to continue this September with three out of the four games featuring co-op.
Like hands on a clock, it seems that the Humble Indie Bundles come round and round, providing Co-Optimus readers with great co-op titles on the cheap (the bundle, not the clocks). This time you can wrestle with Guacamelee and pay a little over the average to get Monaco: What's Yours is Mine for a steal.
As we look back at 2013, overall it's hard not to judge it as an incredible year. We saw the launch of two next generation consoles in the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. We saw the release of over 300 cooperative titles including several monster games like Diablo 3 on consoles, PAYDAY 2, FUSE, and several others. ...
Level Designer of Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine, Andy Nguyen, updated the game today with a brand new patch titled: "The Architect Patch". New streamlined campaign experiences being featured, as well as other new gameplay additions, perfect Pocketwatch Games' already very addictive co-op title.
As 2013 draws to an end and we look ahead to what the new year and next gen consoles will bring, there's plenty that's happened over the past year that's worth a bit of a revisit. Here, then, is a recap of some of the stand out Indie-Ana Co-Op features over the past several months, and my own personal list of favorite indie games I've played in 2013.
Every other Monday the regular podcast crew gets together to stream a game via our Twitch.TV channel. We then post it to YouTube. How's that for social synergy? This week we checked out the brand new zombie mode in Monaco: What's Yours is Mine which was released as a free update for the PC version of the game.
Valve is holding a Steam sale to celebrate Halloween with many of the titles on sale featuring horror elements. Valve will use any holiday as an excuse for a sale. There's an INCREDIBLE number of titles discounted at least 25% off, with many offering 50% to 75% off their normal price. We've compiled a list of all of the co-op titles you can acquire. Weep for your wallets ladies and gentlemen, weep for them.
