Gooooooooooooooooooooold. Smoke and a pancake? CoG and a Lancer? Yes folks Gears of War 2 has gone gold. The sequel to the highest rated co-op game on this site will hit store shelves on November 7th. Perhaps you and your co-op partner should start training now, we have the perfect way to start, with our Gears of War Co-Op Night!
This week has been a busy one for me. That's part of the reason why This Week in Co-Op is a day late. However, I hope that I can make it up to you all. I think I might be able to, because I've been spending the week playing a game that most all gamers can agree is either cool, or at least features a cool character. The game in question is Duke Nukem 3D on XBLA,.
I think that the title of this post is pretty much self-explanatory. Just the same, though, here's the official word from Sam, Lionhead community blogger:
IGN.com has provided a handy little recreation of Microsoft's official information sheet for Halo 3 Recon, and it includes confirmation of four-player co-op within the standalone campaign.
Hot on the heels of yesterday's Little Big Planet news, a couple more new Sackboys have been revealed. Solid Snake of Metal Gear fame, and Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII will be reresented in Sackboy form. You've gotta love these guys! Taking popular video game characters and making little burlap sack versions of them seems simple, yet they are certainly fun. No details about how to get these little fellows are given, but you can see some higehr res pictures here. I'm wondering who's next? Sackboy Optimus Prime, I hope...
We're not sure if the 4 player co-op mode is what makes this game extreme, but we do know we are extremely excited about this classic remake. If you played the game on the PSP or DS then you know this game is a great remix of Space Invaders with a splash of a game like Lumines. Pulsating visuals with a thumping beat make blasting pixelated aliens an absolute joy. Add in giant boss battles and that's Space Invaders Extreme.
I've always been a huge fan of Arkanoid. I'm sure you know the game, it's the one with the paddle at the bottom and the ball that bounces taking out blocks above. It's a classic game since the dawn of gaming and thanks to Taito it's getting an upgrade including 2 player co-op.
If you haven't heard, the Xbox 360 Dashboard is getting a complete overhaul this fall. Just announced last night during the Tokyo Game Show Keynote the new dashboard will be released world wide on November 19th.
The fabled Halo 3 "expansion" has now been announced as Halo 3 Recon, a complete standalone prologue campaign featuring ODST Marines. So far, no details have been provided, other than that the game will be available for retail in Fall 2009.
Quick, everyone check your co-op partner. I think we lost a man. A CoG tag has mysteriously shown up at Co-Optimus Headquarters which can only mean one thing, there's a fallen soldier somewhere.
A very kind member of our community, Blakepro, is giving away a beta key for LittleBigPlanet. If you haven't heard these things are currently more valuable than burlap to a Sackboy factory. Their dispersion has brought many a websites to their knees, but not this one, no not this one. Of course this may be because we only have one key to give away, and it's for the beta that ends this weekend...and it wasn't given to us by Sony. But it's cool, Blakepro is cooler than Sony anyway.
I'll admit it: I've owned a PSP - a launch model. For the most part, it was fun and had a decent library of games; and this was well before the Playstation Store was live. I sold it before Christmas last year as half of a deal that ultimately landed me an Xbox 360 Pro.
