Sol Survivor Preview
Game Name: Sol Survivor Co-Op: Yes Co-Op Type: 2 player campaign co-op / 8 player multiplayer co-op (local and online) Developer: Cadenza Interactive Release Date: Fall 2009
Game Name: Sol Survivor Co-Op: Yes Co-Op Type: 2 player campaign co-op / 8 player multiplayer co-op (local and online) Developer: Cadenza Interactive Release Date: Fall 2009
Game Name: Heavy Rain Co-Op: No Publisher/Developer: Quantic Dream (developer), Sony (publisher) Release Date: Spring 2010
Members of the Dawn of War 2 community, including Co-Optimus, have received a mysterious package from THQ. In it is a Chaos Terminator Lord figure from the Warhammer 40k universe, the exact same one seen here from Games Workshop. RelicNews think this points to an imminent announcement of an expansion.
The next Borderlands trailer has been released, and while it's slightly more serious than the previous trailer, it still has a comedic edge to it. The trailer introduces us to the four playable characters and classes in the game, showing off each one's unique abilities.
As you all know, the Co-Opticrew and the Colonists stormed PAX in search of whatever we could get our grubby little hands on! We came away with scores of hands-on impressions...and the promotional gear to match. Keep reading to see what Nick, Jason, Kat, and myself were able to haul out of Seattle.
The Backyard Football series has been around now for over 10 years, with roots on the PC. It has a long history of family friendly style football perfect for kids combined with real NFL players and teams. Madden NFL 10 may have added an online co-op mode this year, but Backyard Football didn't want to feel left out. The game is going to offer a unique 2 vs 2 co-op mode, perfect for parents that want to play with their kids.
Another classic video game console celebrates a milestone this week. Sega's Dreamcast was released in North America ten years ago this past week, on 9/9/99. Though the console was short lived, it has developed quite a following, even a decade later. Many features of the Dreamcast were ahead of its time, most notably a standard modem and internet support allowing online co-op for the first time on a home console. To celebrate the 10th birthday of Sega's final console, we'll take a look at some of the best co-op games the system had to offer, as submitted by staff and readers. The Shoot 'Em Ups
If you happened to catch our first interview with the good folks from Telltale Games, you'll likely remember that we had the opportunity to do two separate interviews with two different groups of folks from the development company that's leading the revitalization of adventure gaming. In our second interview, we sat down with Mark Darin, Designer/Programmer at Telltale Games and the director for Tales of Monkey Island Episode 2: The Siege of Spinner Cay, to talk about what influenced the making of the Tales of Monkey Island series, as well as how you can find co-op in the least likely of places.
Elemental: War of Magic is an upcoming Stardock project based on and set in a world of a book by CEO Brad Wardell. The basic premise of the game is a turn based strategy RPG that's both easily accessible and runs on a large range of system configurations. In fact, the current goal is to get the game running on a Netbook. We got some hands on time with the game at PAX and came back with some impressions.
Most of the team has been in a plastic bubble, trying not to get family sick from their little run in with PAX POX. With the fall weather fast approaching now's a good time to catch up on some gaming!
Every once in a while a video game trailer does it right. The official launch trailer for the four player co-op game, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, does it right.