While browsing through Gamestop this weekend I picked up the box for the new Pokémon game, Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, and noticed that the title listed co-op play for 2 to 4 players on its features list. So I did what any good site owner would do, I bought the game (for science) to determine whether or not we should be covering it.
The game started by another name, Alien Fear, but that's not all that has changed for the upcoming PC, Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network title now called Alien Rage. While originally the game was slated to feature some sort of cooperative gameplay, we can confirm now that we have a review build in our hands Alien Rage does not feature co-op play.
Grand Theft Auto V, or GTA V, has been revealed in the latest issue of Game Informer and it looks to continue the Rockstar Games tradition of making open world games that push the boundaries of technology and story telling. But one thing the team has yet to tackle is a true co-op campaign in any of their open world games. Sure GTA 4 had some co-op missions and Red Dead Redemption took things a bit further with gang hideouts and free roam, but we haven't seen anything to the depth the team at Volition have done with the Saints Row franchise.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is coming to the PlayStation Vita, something that was revealed during E3 earlier this year. Details about the game have been scarce, we do know it serves as a prequel for the Black Ops series though. And with that sort of pedigree with expected to see a solid co-op mode being added as well, preferably of the undead variety.
I do like a good collection of games; more pleasure for the same price. Metal Gear Solid HD Collection is a prime example of this, not only did you get updated versions of some of the earlier single player outings of the franchise, but also a brand spanking new update of the 4 player co-op Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD. The collection has just been announced for Vita, surely the PSP native Peace Walker would fit seamlessly onto Sony's new handheld? Apparently not, as a certain game is missing...
Owners of those shiny silver computers emblamized with a white fruit can now get their hands on id's RAGE for OSX. The game has been ported to the Macintosh operating system in all it's glory in what's being called RAGE: Campaign Edition. There's one problem - there's no co-op play.
I imagine that Death would have a solitary lifestyle when brandishing two massive scythes
Today at E3 one of my highlight appointments was with Lexis Numerique for their survival horror game Amy. Amy features two main protagonist characters, but they interact with each other and are not independently playable characters. At any rate, I went on an in-depth tour of the world of Amy, and I'm going to explain it to you anyway.
