It’s an unfortunate fact of video game life: tie-in games are often very bad. Whether they are based on movies, TV shows, books, or comics, most games of this type are of substandard quality. Consider recent reviews of Adventure Time and Family Guy, for instance. But every once in a while, there are tie-ins that surprise you and end up being ...
Games with Gold on Xbox 360 looks like it is here to stay and although the games offered have not been that new, they have leaned heavily towards the co-op. This trend is set to continue in November as A World of Keflings is free until the 15th and then look out for Iron Brigade from the 16th.
As a rule, movie tie-in games are pretty awful; Aliens: Colonial Marines, R.I.P.D., Star Trek - all are co-op, all based on movies and all pretty poor. They also happen to be coming on sale between 8-14th October over on XBLA. If you need proof that some movie games can be good Guardians of Middle Earth is also on offer.
Microsoft's Games with Gold may be a poor reflection of Playstation Plus, but co-op fans have had a bevy of aging beauties to choose from, including Dead Rising 2 and Crackdown. You can now add the aged master that is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas to that list, alongside Magic the Gathering 2013.
The hardships of XBLA development continue, as the developers of Monaco, Pocketwatch Games, recently described their overall disappointment with the game’s low XBLA sales. Due to its complications during launch, Andy Schatz of Pocketwatch expressed his thoughts on the results of the Xbox 360 version.
You would think that making a game free would be enough to get people to continue playing it, but that's not the case. Happy Wars has continued to be successful because it keeps providing new content and updates. If these don't tickle your fancy, how about a weekend of Double XP?
Alien Rage is the story of the struggle for the powerful resource Promethium. They say it can power a planet, but what is it? I believe that it is the combined rage of all the people who have seen Prometheus - channelling this anger could fuel a thousand stars. Am I right? Check out the new cinematic story trailer to find out.
If you have been following the video game world lately, then chances are you have heard about the smash hit XBLA game State of Decay. An open world sandbox game based around surviving a zombie apocalypse, State of Decay is a dream come true for many gamers. While it might be a little rough around the edges, the underlying concept and gameplay has managed to hook in over half a million sales. In fact, the game is the second fastest selling XBLA game behind the one and only MInecraft: Xbox 360 Edition.
The Replacers are here to inform one and all that the Vengeance DLC pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will hit XBLA on July 2nd. The pack will contain 4 new multiplayer maps, but will also include the new Zombie map, Buried, for co-op fans.
The game that provides us with a chance to create our ultimate 2D castle and defend it, I’m happy to report that CastleStorm will be arriving very soon on Steam! This is a grand opportunity to take its Last Stand and Survival modes to our PC co-op partners this July and reign down some ballistic hell on enemies.
Bringing back a long forgotten franchise is a wonderful idea, unless the new game looks nothing like the original. This was the case with Obscure 2013 that was as similar to the moody original as chalk is to cheese in a can. Mighty Rocket Studios have decided to sever the more obvious links with the original game and have renamed their 4 player co-op game Final Exam.
There are a serious lack of helicopter sim games on the market. The flight simulation games that are released are usually PC exclusive games. They also typically tend to be more realistic games, opting for a simulation experience over an arcade-like adventure. Even fewer games attempt to bring co-op into the mix. As such, Thunder Wolves fills a very interesting niche, combining cooperative gameplay, aircraft, and cheap arcade thrills. In Thunder Wolves, one player can control the helicopter while the other controls the firepower. It looks like a fun combo co-op game, and we gave it a favorable review or the PC.
