Warhammer: End of Times - Vermintide console players will receive new DLC on February 28th, specifically the Karak Azgaraz content which came to the PC version on December 15th. Console players have lagged a bit behind the PC version with the release of the game almost occurring a full year later, but are quickly catching up on the premium content.
Tripwire Interactive has begun to push out free content to owners of Killing Floor 2 on the PC and PlayStation 4, with the first of these hitting the game now. The content includes a new map set on a tropical island, new enemies, new weapons, and new emotes for your characters.
Less than a month ago, Arc System Works announced that the all-new Double Dragon IV would be coming to PlayStation 4 and PC at the end of January. The teaser trailer revealed that the new game would use sprites from the NES games, but little else. Fast forward a bit, and now we have solid details and screenshots that reveal the scope of Double Dragon IV.
The Halo franchise has long partnered with LEGOs competitor Mega Bloks for their toy lineup. While there hasn't been an actual Mega Bloks game released, it appears that Microsoft and the toy company tried their hands on creating one. Obviously, it looks a lot like a LEGO game.
The latest trailer for the upcoming Xbox One MMO-ish game, Sea of Thieves, explains how many elements were designed around cooperative play. There are three main instances in which players have to work together to succeed.
Last night we dove into Diablo 3's limited timed event called The Darkening of Tristram. Taking players back to the classic town from Diablo 1, you're tasked with completing 16 levels of a dungeon and defeating the evil lord Diablo himself. Blizzard spiced things up with 8-directional movement, 16-bit graphics, and a bunch of throwback references for longtime fans of the series.
Developer TinyMob Games is releasing their latest title on Steam this week for Early Access. Called M.E.R.C., the game looks like a solid combination of tactical strategy (Syndicate) with the flair of Ghost Recon. The game is a tactical, squad-based game of real-time engagement in a near-future dystopia set in the last remaining city.
Nintendo has announced the release date to their new console, called the Switch. Coming to North America on March 3rd and priced at $299.99, it succeeds the disappointing Nintendo Wii U which was released in 2012.
Nothing like a little allegory in your daily dose of gaming. Red Rope: Don't Fall Behind is a unique adventure style game released in 2016 that plays with the idea of unity being both a strength and a restriction. Developer Yonder has quietly released a few updates since last summer, refining the experience by balancing puzzles and fixing small bugs that crop up here and there.
Hardly a week goes by that I don't wax nostalgic about the puzzle platforming co-op perfection that was The Lost Vikings. The game was phenomenal for its level design, simple but powerful cooperative aspects, and it's musical score that gave the vikings a serious '90s attitude. A few games have taken inspiration from The Lost Vikings over the years, but none so elegantly as Grave Danger.
Exploring the depths of the sea is about to get a lot easier. The insanely stylish co-op exploration game We Need to Go Deeper has a brand new trailer showing off some of the basics of cooperative deep sea life. Even better, the Early Access release date has been set for February 8th, which is practically right now!
Without much in the way of explanation or reasoning behind the decision, Microsoft quietly announced yesterday that the four player co-op action title, Scalebound, was cancelled. While the game was shown off at last year's E3, it sounds like delays in development and other issues lead to the publisher and developer Platinum Games parting ways.
