Ace Combat: Joint Assault launched into the unfriendly skies of the PlayStation Portable this week and co-op gamers are tasked with teaming up with pals to bring down the bad guys. If you haven't snagged the game yet, you're in luck, because we've been provided with copies of the game to giveaway.
Kalypso Media and Haemimont Games have announced a closed beta test for the upcoming two player co-op game, The First Templar. The beta test is for the Windows version of the game, an Xbox 360 version is also planned, both will be out in early 2011.
Holy 3 Player Co-Op, Batman! We've got two new trailers for Batman: The Brave and the Bold: one showing gameplay on the Science Island level, and the second, the official launch trailer. The first trailer shows off the special moves that summon Plastic Man and the Flash (Mercury-helmeted Jay Garrick version). The second trailer is more an episode of the cartoon than gameplay, but gives some insight into the Nintendo DS conenctivity.
Excited to try the new Toy Box DLC for Crackdown 2, I hurried home and fired up my copy. Soon I was greeted with a giant black screen and nothing. Crap, it's true. I had noticed earlier in the night MTV Multiplayer Blog's Russ Frushtick was having problems and wondered if anyone else was. Turns out, lots of people are. The official Xbox forums has plenty of angry posters with the same issue.
If you look anywhere on the web you can immediately identify Brink among the rest of the games. The reason for this? An incredibly unique almost-realistic almost-cartoon art style. The developers over at Splash Damage discuss the decision to add the cartoon art style to the ultra-realistic vision they started with.
How many people played Dead Rising without taking advantage of the photo opportunities? That's right, no one should have. With a new mechanical character there is an additional way to earn experience in Dead Rising 2 - putting stuff together with your buddies.
No one wants to be that awkward position. The third wheel, the guest without a pair, the odd man (or woman) out. This week in Co-op Couples I’ll explore the benefits of having a third wheel on a gaming date, and helping them feel welcome and appreciated at the same time.
According to the Escapist, the latest issue of PSM3 contains a Batman: Arkham City feature that says "multiplayer is a certainty, but no details on this yet." As we mentioned after the Game Informer cover reveal for the game showcased Batman and Catwoman, we hoped to see some form of co-op in this game.
As the old saying goes - "I'll believe it when pigs fly," we may just indeed have seen an avian swine sighting and the first hint that something big is on the horizon for Duke Nukem Forever. Gaming Nexus points out 3D Realm's George Broussard's interview from 1UP back in 2006.
In their big multiplayer press jamboree last night, Treyarch and Activision took the veil off of the new competitive modes for Call of Duty: Black Ops. Interestingly, the game's versus side seems to be focusing more on a free-for-all style and less on teamwork. Go figure.
The first batch of DLC is out now for Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days. Packed in its loot bag is a ton of goodies including maps, weapons, and masks for your co-op multiplayer experience. Previously most of this content was available as exclusive pre-order bonuses. The good news is this should add quite a bit of content to both Kane and Lynch 2's arcade mode and multiplayer online modes. The bad news is there's $11 worth of DLC here.
We were quite impressed with Monday Night Combat, which launched earlier this summer. It did many things right: deep class based gameplay, a good dose of humor, mixing tower defense with a shooter, and, of course, perennial Co-Optimus forum favorite, split-screen online co-op. I know I've had a great time playing the game, as have many others. However, there were a few nagging issues that needed to be addressed, most notably the fact that there's just one co-op map.
