I have a confession, I'm hopelessly addicted to SimCity BuildIt on the iPad. I've put in more hours than I care to admit on the game. It walks that fine line between the Free To Play Model and just a good ol' fashioned game of SimCity. 

This weekend, most of the Co-Opticrew is either taking on Satan himself or building sweet forts, so I'm looking forward to Monday's Slack channel being a mixture of architectural theory and an indexing of all the ways one can cleave a demon straight in half.

Last week, we dipped our toes back into Streum On Studio's Space Hulk: Deathwing. We were interested in seeing how much the game has changed after the recent slew of updates, and we came away impressed and hopeful for where this thing is headed. Yesterday, the development team further improved the title with some graphics/UI enhancements and a new co-op class: the Chaplain.

After getting teased over and over again about the co-op zombie mode in the forthcoming Call of Duty: WWII, developer Sledgehammer Games has finally given up the goods. The "Nazi Zombies" mode will be released alongside the game on November 3 and the team has been working to make a "frightening world full of terrifying characters and events that will make you jump and look over your shoulder."

New World Interactive's Day of Infamy received another free update today. This time two new maps, Dunkirk and Breville, have been added and can be enjoyed cooperatively.

Finally, we can return to the video game landscape one decade ago, when there existed a spot for action games that were neither pixelated indie titles nor bombastic AAA behemoths.  It was a time when you could roll into your local Gamestop/Babbage's/etc and pick up an action title that wasn't necessarily great, but definitely wasn't terrible - it existed solidly in the middle.  One such game, Rogue Trooper, has received the remastering treatment and will be in your waiting hands very soon.

You've incepted and infiltrated, now it's to obliterate! The final DLC, Obliteration, in the three-part campaign that is "Deathstorm" is now available for Sniper Elite 4 on the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Ark: Survival Evolved will be seeing a full launch, complete with physical releases on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles, come August 8th, 2017. The game has been featured in Steam’s Early Access program since June 2nd, 2015 and the Xbox Game Preview program since December of 2015. Finally, Ark made its way to PlayStation 4 in December 2016.

I honestly have no idea what "shabazz" is (thanks PSN autosuggest) - but Destiny 2 surely has it. Last night the Co-Opticrew dove headfirst into Bungie's sequel's beta to see just what changes are under the covers. The beta offers a single strike, The Inverted Spire, available to play in co-op. 

Ah, the smell of a freshly poured glass of Mountain Dew.  The feeling of a plastic controller between your fingers.  The heat of the rising sun filtering through your closed blinds.  Truly, nothing beats the act of waking up at the break of dawn and settling into a morning session of theHunter: Call of the Wild.

Hard to believe it's been the "End Times" for nearly two years now. I mean, one would presume that the times would, you know, come to an end and not just wait for so long, but that Vermintide train just keeps rolling. Fat Shark's been maintaining interest in the game with some DLC here and there, but they tried something new with the latest release.

After an impressive debut into the mechanical keyboard market, HyperX has decided to expand their offerings for this particular peripheral. The HyperX Alloy Elite takes the rock-solid design of the Alloy, and adds onto and improves upon a few features.

It's that time of year, again, when the summer heat makes going outside unbearable, and the new summer titles are nowhere in sight. So everyone's just going through their back catalog in anticipation of the forthcoming deluge.

If you were looking forward to checking out Fable Fortune, the (at some point) free-to-play CCG from former Lionhead Studio devs, this week, then you'll have to wait just a little bit longer. In a blog post late last week, Flaming Fowl Studios stated that it had to be delayed a couple weeks due to "an unexpected administration hiccup."

I know, I hear you out there. "Where are the new co-op games," you're wondering. Yeah, me too, buddy. But hey, while we all wait for the inevitable deluge of releases this holiday season, take a little time to check out this week's Deals With Gold where you can pick up Mass Effect: Andromeda, Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax, and more at reduced prices.

While we've known since March that Resident Evil: Revelations would be getting a new release on PS4 and Xbox One, today we now have a release window and details for the 1080p update of the game. The new version will be releasing in Japan on August 31st with US and Europe releases to follow in the fall.

Summer is a great time to play through all of the exciting titles that are released throughout the year and even some older ones as any new releases tend to opt for Fall or Winter launches. You can take advantage of this time by playing some Call of Duty: Ghosts again, which has landed on Xbox One’s backwards compatability list.

While the Nintendo Switch doesn’t boast the biggest library of games at the moment, there are some notable titles coming later this year (some of them even support co-op!). If you’re looking for a quality co-op title now, though, SMG Studio’s Death Squared makes its way onto the Switch today.

The latest Humble Bundle is another Capcom focused one, though this time around instead of fighting games being front and center its Zombies. While a $1 will get you three solid games (Strider, Devil May Cry, and Umbrella Corps), it's the 2nd tier at $7.27 where things start to get interesting. 

In an exciting update to their upcoming title, Strange Brigade, developer Rebellion showed 47 minutes of gameplay footage during a Twitch stream a couple weeks ago. Although the title is currently in an Alpha stage, the developers showed off multiple characters, different fighting styles, a variety of weapons, and attacks against the hordes of zombie-like foes.

The original The Escapist was a great game, but lacked a certain something . . . co-op!  This is rectified in the upcoming The Escapists 2 as up to 4 players can use drop in online/offline co-op to help each other break free from the Clink.  To celebrate the release date of August 22nd, a new trailer has been released.

It sometimes feels in games that you can't move for the undead, but when they are given the cool look seen in the upcoming Fortnite, we can forgive Epic Games this one time.  Due out on the 25th July, the new Cinematic Launch Trailer highlights how fun this 4 player online co-op game looks.

It's never not a good time to don a giant mechanical suit, head into a derelict space craft, and purge some alien scum. Such is the life of a space marine int the Warhammer 40K universe. This week Mike, Jason, and Nick check out the latest update to Space Hulk: Deathwing - the tactical FPS from Streum On Studio on PC. 

Gauntlet and Smash TV fans, rejoice! A new twin-stick shooter that draws inspiration from both of those titles has arrived today in the form of Iron Crypticle. This new game from Confused Pelican Games and Tikipod has a decidedly retro look and feel that makes me wish the arcade industry hadn't all but died out.