When the newest generation of consoles debuted at E3 two years ago, one of the biggest gripes players had about them was that previous titles were not supported. Sony eventually revealed PlayStation Now, a kind of rental/streaming service for older titles. Today, Microsoft went one step further and announced that the Xbox One will fully support 360 titles natively.
This week's Deals With Gold sale on Xbox Live drops the price on the Xbox One edition of Dragon Age: Inquisition, giving you a chance to explore the Hinterlands and join in the game's featured co-op mode for only $35.99.
According to Xbox Live's resident Guru Major Nelson, Dead Island (normally $19.99) and Toy Soldiers: Cold War (normally $14.99) are available this month, free of charge, for any Games with Gold members. Games with Gold is Xbox Live's response to PlaystationPlus , offering free titles to any subscribers. True, PlaystationPlus does normally give access to a greater range of games, but two free games a month ain't so bad.
Beginning today Xbox Live Gold members will be treated to a 50% off sale of select Xbox Live Arcade titles. The Deal of the Week includes nine games total, five of which have co-op. All five of these games have couch co-op, which comes in handy if you have actual physical friends and family.
The folks at Signal Studios are releasing not one, but two DLC packs for the action/tower defense game Toy Soldiers: Cold War. It's a game we scored quite well calling it an "absolute blast" as we played through almost the entire campaign in a 5 hour couch co-op session. Now after a long wait since the last DLC, we're finally getting some new content to dig our little plastic soldiers into.
*Read this article out loud with a Russian accent to add some fun to your day*
Toy Soldiers: Cold War was one of my surprise hits of this fall for co-op gamers. Sadly we'v been waiting for quite a while for the Evil Empire DLC for the game. A post on Signal Studios' Facebook page reveals the delay and simply states that more details about the content pack should be coming soon.
The Summer of Arcade has come and gone and we're just now starting to see how the myriad of co-op titles did. With several big co-op games in the promotion - including Toy Soldiers: Cold War, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet and Fruit Ninja Kinect wrapped up by Crimson Alliance there was a lot vying for your summer dollar.
This week we've got one more co-op release than we had last week, so that's something. Two games! Whoopee! Have I mentioned that September is packed with co-op games? Because it is. I really wish publishers would spread the love...
Some say the tower defense genre has overstayed its welcome, but games like Toy Soldiers: Cold War prove there's a lot of loving left to be had. We go hands on with the Summer of Arcade title on XBLA and dish the goods on the two player co-op strategy/action game.
The latest teaser from Toy Soldiers: Cold War shows the result of a pair of weapons manufacturers' drunken ramblings. A fella from Lockheed and a guy from General Electric must have been sitting around in a bar in the early sixties, both high on peyote and social upheaval. One was pondering what to do with his giant air plane, another was trying to figure out how to make a six-barrel-electrified machine gun more ri-god-damn-diculous. After a few more beers, one put his chocolate in the other's peanut butter, and the AC 130 was born. It's basically a bunch of mini-guns and Vulcan cannons duct taped to the side of a plane, book ended by Howitzers for good measure. Check out the video and enjoy!
It's about to get 80's up in here! This new trailer for Toy Soldiers: Cold War is lovingly dipped in some Stallone/Schwarzenegger juices. Wait, that sounded better in my head. Actually, now it sounds worse. Far, far worse. Horrifying, even... I wonder if they'll have a "Rambo" character that looks like John Matrix. I hope so. There's not much else here, other than the Commando dishing out some Cold War pain. Now go watch Over the Top!
