Despite a few gaps in releases now and then, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been a gaming mainstay for over 30 years. It started with Konami’s first NES game in 1989, and then things really blew up with the arrival of the arcade game that same year. TMNT: The Arcade Game showed the world that the Ninja Turtles and co-op go together lik...
When Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection launched earlier this year, 6 out of the 13 included games featured online multiplayer. That number has now increased by one thanks to this week's huge update. The update adds 2-player online co-op to the Super Nintendo version of TMNT: Turtles in Time as well as numerous new options and enhancements to other parts of the collection. It's going to be a cowabunga-cool Christmas for Turtles fans!
What a great year for fans of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Dotemu's TMNT: Shredder's Revenge was a smash hit on the gaming front, and Netflix's Rise of the TMNT animated movie pleased Rise fans and non-fans alike. Konami is ready to do its part as well. TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection arrives on consoles and PC on August 30, c...
Arcade1Up has made it possible for nostalgic gamers to build their own arcades at home thanks to its ever-growing line of 3/4-scale arcade cabinets. Today, the company announced a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time cabinet as well as the Street Fighter II Big Blue Arcade Machine, which counts a handful of co-op classics among its roster.
It's a very special Co-Op Classics Video Edition this time around, pizza fans. Two fantastic examples of the late 80s and early 90s multiplayer brawlers are available in convenient video form.
There's a lot of co-op love in XBLA's Deal of the Week sale! Four out of the five games feature co-op. Hard Corps: Uprising, X-men Arcade, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Reshelled are all 50% off. These four games have an average score of 4 out of 5 in our Co-Op reviews. Comic Jumper, and excellent single player game, is also for sale for half price.
It seems that Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo and Leonardo are running out of time. Like other digital content, it seems that the game isn't meant to live forever. According to Ubisoft, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Reshelled is being pulled from the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network on June 30th due to an "expiring license." This only appears to affect the US region.
When looking at game design, a few things are necessary in order for co-op to work properly. Most of these things gamers don’t think about on a day to day basis - and it’s not covered in our Co-Op Terminology guide. It’s the core principles for getting players to work together, which Ubisoft designer Patrick Redding disclosed at GDC. He talks about moments where he is very satisfied with during the co-op test phase, and things that every developer (should) think about during co-op development.
You've gotta love the weekly sales for Xbox Live Arcade Gold members. Well, to be precise, if you have a Gold account, you have to love them, I guess. Generally, the deal of the week is well advertised, but sometimes, games are discounted without much hoopla. That is the case today with a few movie-related games, three of which feature co-op. These hidden deals are Turtles in Time: Reshelled for 400 points (totally worth it), TMNT The Arcade Game for 200 points (definitely worth it), and Star Trek D-A-C for 400 points (probably still not worth it). Both Turtles games are excellent examples of brawlers, and the graphic overhaul on Reshelled is quite nice. The Star Trek title, on the other hand, leaves much to be desired, as you can read about in our review. There's no telling when these deals will expire, so grab them now while you have the chance!
This week during E3, Microsoft is releasing some great downloadable deals for those of us who can't attend the show. Starting Monday, June 14th through the week, Xbox Gold members will have access to a variety of downloadable titles, avatar items, and games on demand at price reductions as much as 50%. Quite a few titles appear on this list, and some of these are hard to pass up.
It seems as if this is the week for some good co-op deals. Major Nelson posted on his site that this week's "Deal of The Week" includes not one, but two (!) co-op titles - TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled and Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao. Turtles in Time will run you just 400 Microsoft points, while Invincible Tiger will be a little more at 800. We took a shine to the co-op experience in both games, and both can be enjoyed locally and/or on-line with friends. So if you're in the market for a couple of fun, digital co-op titles that won't break your Microsoft space bucks bank, then hop on your 360 and give them a spin.
