As music games go, DJ Hero has one of the biggest set lists out of the box we've seen to date. With almost 100 songs to play, you're sure to work up some arm muscles scratching discs on your plastic turntable by the time you make it through the full set.
A new batch of games has been given "Platinum Hits" status from Microsoft. "Platinum Hits" are value priced editions of well reviewed, high selling titles. Out of the five titles selected, three of them feature co-op: Grand Theft Auto IV, Left 4 Dead, and Saint's Row 2! If you haven't picked up a copy of one of these yet, perhaps now is the time.
Nick and Mike are back for another solid episode of the Co-Opticast. There's plenty of controversial news on the table to chat about, including digital distribution and Activision's corporate policies.
When the original Left 4 Dead launched with a marketing budget of 10 million dollars, we were quite impressed. That's chump change compared to the Benjamins being thrown behind Left 4 Dead 2, something to the tune of 25 million dollars.
Last week we unveiled a special director's cut of Resident Evil 5. Titled the Alternate Edition, the content is being released in Japan in disc format on the PlayStation 3. In the rest of the world though? That's still up in the air.
Holy moly! When it rains it pours! And it's raining co-op games! We've got three solid co-op titles hitting this week, all bringing their own unique flair to the table, and representing just about every platform out there.
The Tokyo Game Show has given us a few insights into games that were just announced at E3, including the highly anticipated co-op sequel to Crackdown. Crackdown 2 was giving journalists a chance to test drive this sequel behind closed doors, and we have a preview or so to share. We have been looking forward to the sequel that was almost nixed by Microsoft due to low expectations before Crackdown knocked our socks off, but we have a new team behind the scenes this time. With Ruffian studio taking the reins with Crackdown 2, does the sequel hold up to the original, or are these shoes just too big to fill?
Perhaps we've come to take co-op a bit for granted here on the site, and we lose sight of what actually has to happen to make it a reality in a game. In a short clip on G4TV with Gearbox, they discuss how the goal of creating a solid co-op experience in Borderlands didn't come easy.
Last night during Sunday night football, Infinity Ward unleashed a brand new trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 called "Infamy." While the trailer had all the usual polish and grit of the previous trailers and screens we've seen of the game, it didn't contain something new. I won't say exactly what that is, because in my opinion, it's a huge spoiler for the game.
See that list up there? That's all the people that Gearbox employee Mikey Neumann needs to play co-op with come Borderlands launch day. Why? Mikey offered, via twitter, to drop some awesome loot for anyone that preordered the game that day and posted proof of it.
Some eager buyers of Atlus's upcoming Action/RPG Demon's Souls have snagged a copy at enterprising retailers that have broken the Tuesday, October 6th street date. If so, you may have thought the game's online mode is broken - you know, the one with the unique co-op aspect? Nope you've been banned from the game for life for jumping the gun. Sorry! Don't pass go, don't collect $200. JUST KIDDING.
Quite an impressive deal comes to us via Amazon.com today. After just over a month in release, Guitar Hero 5 is on sale for 50% off. The deal unfortunately only applies to the Xbox 360 version (sorry Wii and PS3 rockers). We found the game impressive and gave it a very good review. Don't forget that the Guitar Hero World Tour DLC that's on sale this week is compatible with Guitar Hero 5 as well. If you're a music game fan, and haven't picked this title up yet, now's the time to nab it!
