Tornado Outbreak is a very strange little game. It's priced as a value title, which can often be a bad sign. It turns out that destroying things while controlling a sentient gust of wind is actually quite fun, and even more so when played with a friend in co-op mode.
It's Modern Warfare week for co-op gamers with Modern Warfare 2 hitting the 360, PS3, and PC with it's two player Spec-Ops co-op mode and Modern Warfare Reflex hitting the Wii with it's two campaign co-op mode.
Classic arcade and Nintendo co-op game Jackal might see a WiiWare remake by Konami, as suggested by some screenshots on a digital artist's web resume.
If you preordered the PC version of Left 4 Dead 2, and got yourself a hat in Team Fortress 2, you might want to right click on that little icon and start pre-loading. Over the weekend Valve unlocked the game for pre-loading, and in doing so gamers are one step closer to stopping the zombie horde with three of their friends.
Sigh. Sometimes I have to wonder what the heck is going on over at Infinity Ward and other developers that make a decision like this. According to the Telegraph review of Modern Warfare 2, the game's only cooperative mode Special Ops, is only playable after completing the game's single player campaign.
When the New Xbox Experience was released last year, one of the greatest features of the update was the ability to install games to your Xbox 360 hard drive to help decrease loading times. Sadly, not all games benefited from this.
Modern Warfare 2 hits the Xbox 360 this Tuesday, November 10th. To celebrate we're going to have a special Xbox Live Co-Op night this Thursday, November 12th. We'll be checking out the 23 spec ops missions in the game's two player co-op mode.
Whenever you discuss a "classic" in any field, nostalgia plays a large role. The lens of nostalgia makes any old thing you remember look much better than it may actually deserve to be. Today's co-op classic, Twin Cobra, is a good example of this effect.
As Jim highlighted in his hands-on preview of Skate 3, the focus for the latest game in the Skate franchise is on teaming up with your friends. While at the Skate 3 Community Event, we had the opportunity to talk with Chris “Cuz” Parry, producer for all three Skate titles and a skater himself, about how the co-op came about, the rewards for building a team, and how you can still enjoy co-op with your friend even if he or she isn’t around.
Earlier this year Midway, makers of such classic games as Mortal Kombat and Smash TV, went bankrupt and folded. Pieces of the studio were bought up, and rights to certain games went this way and that. Lost in the whole mess though is something of a disappointment, as we've found out the original creators of the classic co-op game Smash TV were working on a sequel.
A lot of people who play games have some inner desire to also create games to share with the world. Epic Games wants to help you reach your goal by unleashing the Unreal Development Kit (UDK) for individuals and new companies to use. UDK will give new game creators access to the Unreal 3 engine for free, as well as all the other amenities you may need to get your creative juices flowing. Anyone can start building games on their PC by Downloading the UDK, gaining access to ongoing Unreal Engine 3 support and all the tools necessary to start building your games.
