When it rains, it pours, and it's pouring co-op games this week. We have dungeons, dragons, bank robbers, puzzle boxes, helicopter combat, and the big D makes the jump into Skylanders territory. Your wallets are about to be broken.
Inching ever closer to the Xbox One launch and Microsoft continues to listen to the critical feedback on the "features" that were announced on the system to date. Today Microsoft have announced that the Kinect peripheral, while still required WITH every box, won't be required to be turned on for the console to actually function.
We finally have the confirmed list of changes and additions included in the next Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Title Update 12. Many of these items and tweeks will contribute to syncing the Xbox version up with its PC brother, but will not add the highly desirable horse mounts just yet.
As of September 3rd, 2013 -this position has been filled.
Co-Optimus is looking to expand our staff! We're preparing for the onslaught of fall releases and the hugely anticipated launch of next-gen consoles. We're looking for an excellent writer who eats, sleeps, and breathes co-op.
Sometimes when a game has been in development too long, it loses its identity. You can almost tell where the ideas and gameplay mechanics were changed and tweaked over the years because of indecision, technical issues, and any of the many problems that can occur in game development. Charlie Murder from Ska Studios has been in development for almost...
Cubemen 2, the community-friendly defense game from 3 Sprockets, is getting ready to tread new ground. Cross-platform support between Wii U, PC, Mac and Linux systems means everybody gets to fight everybody!
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has had more DLC than perhaps any other game, ever. This fact has not stopped Activision from planning to release yet more DLC, in the form of Apocalypse. This new pack will contain 4 multiplayer maps (2 new and 2 re-imaginings), but we at Co-Optimus are more interested in the Origins Zombie Experience that claims to be "wildly creative".
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, the weekly piece where we look at industry news that may or may not directly relate to cooperative gaming. This week Conan goes retro, Amazon gets jungle fever with a rumored console and change your Microsoft space bucks into real money. Clueless Gamer Throwback I'm not American so don't really know ...
This seems like a pretty good deal for those of you looking to purchase an Xbox One system this fall, but are hesitant to pick up any more games for your Xbox 360. Gamestop will let you trade in the Xbox 360 version of many of the games that are also launching on the Xbox One and receive the Xbox One version of the same game for only $10.
ArmA 3, the military sandbox game on the PC, recently got an official launch date: September 12th, 2013. It's hard to believe it, but that's just a little over a month away!
Saints Row IV. It's coming. You're either going to love it or hate it; it's just a matter of what you consider "fun." I've spent about a dozen hours in the strappy stripper heels of my version of the President of the United States, and I'm most definitely having fun.
The staff are all doing their own thing this weekend, with a good variety of games on the table across all platforms.
