We at Co-Optimus love co-op, but you would think from looking at Microsoft's Games With Gold program that they too love a bit of co-op action. There have been loads of co-op games downloadable over the months and December 2015 is no different, but this time there are 5 games - 4 of which are co-op!
The Humble Bundle has been a reoccurring bounty in recent times for co-op fans and the trend looks like continuing in the Codemasters sale. For the next three days you can get 8 games for as little as $6, including Operation Flashpoint: Red River and Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising.
Let's face it, with 18 co-op releases in June you are already broke. I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you are going to be spending more money on games over the next 10 days. Why? Because Steam is having their annual Summer Sale. These Steam sales are legendary for amazing deals on games. Come August you'll fire up your Steam client and see dozens of games, their names and origin a hazy memory. Playtimes in the single digits. You'll wonder how this happened.
There's some new DLC available for Operation Flashpoint: Red River. Titled "Valley of Death, " this content has eight new Fireteam Engagements. You'll get an additional two missions for each FE mode, including Combat Sweep, CSAR, Last Stand, and Rolling Thunder. These are 4 player online co-op scenarios with objectives like neutralizing all enemies, holding a position, or escort duty. We were a little luke warm on Operation Flashpoint: Red River, giving it a 3.5 out of 5 in our Co-Op Review, due in some part to the character SSgt. Knox. Luckily, the offensive military stereotype doesn't make an appearance in the Fireteam Engagements. If you have three friends who are good at military shooters, there's a lot of fun to be had here.
Operation Flashpoint: Red River is a unique military shooter due to the focus on co-op play and total lack of versus multiplayer. Is this cooperative effort fans of military shooters have been waiting for? Find out in our Co-Op Review
Holy Cow! We missed two weeks of Co-Op Release Alerts. We're sure that your wallets are absolutely bristling with money, since we haven't been there to tell you which co-op games are available. Without these weekly notifications you may have missed out on games like Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, Men of War: Vietnam, Operation Flashpoint: Red River, Red Faction: Armageddon, Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012, and The Adventures of Shuggy. Wow. Looks like a lot of stuff came out while some of us were absorbed with E3. Luckily, the rest of the Co-Optimus staff was on the ball and delivered awesome co-op reviews for Lantern, Red Faction, and Magic. We even have an Op Flashpoint cooperative review coming soon!
Didn't this game come out months ago? It sure did, if you live in Europe. Operation Flashpoint: Red River will be gracing North America with its presence next week. This latest video is similar to the others in style. An uber-tough military-type explains the situation: American Marines versus the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army, in a real (but made-up-sounding) country called Tajikistan. It's the kind of video that will have you chanting "USA! USA! USA!" at your computer. I'm home right now, so I'm only weirding-out a baby and two dogs, and who are they to judge me? I was thinking of sending a copy of this game to my cousin. He's currently rooming with a Chinese exchange student... Nah, I'm just kidding. Anyway, the video builds appropriate tension while showcasing some beautiful gameplay footage.
While Steam traditionally has had weekend deals on any of the games on its service, Valve seems to have decided that it hasn't sucked enough money out of our wallets. Starting today the service will offer Daily Deals on its PC download service. You can always check the Steam front page or follow them on Twitter or Facebook to get the deal as soon as it goes live.
