Aliens: Colonial Marines has received a massive patch on the PC bringing it up to date AND past the recently patched console version of the game. The four player co-op shooter was released to mostly negative reviews due to buggy gameplay, poor AI, and unimpressive visuals. While we gave the game a 3 out of 5 for co-op play, it definitely wasn't worth the $60. It's a good thing it's down to $35 already.
We’ve seen plenty of games do crossovers with Capcom over the years, but nothing quite like this! Both Capcom and Valve have proudly announced that both Resident Evil 6 and Left 4 Dead 2 will be holding a crossover in each other’s games, switching things up for fans of these two major zombie franchises.
This week has a lot of potential on the co-op front. 360 owners will get another chapter of the Gears franchise. Capcom will once again try to convince Americans the Monster Hunter series is worth our time. PC gamers will get access to Resident Evil 6, whether they like it or not. And PS3 fans will get... well, you got God of War: Ascension last week. Go play that some more.
One of the surprises from Capcom at PAX East will actually be an arcade port of two beloved beat em' up classics. Capcom will be porting both Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara and Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom to both the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360 via the PSN and XBLA, respectively.
Miner Wars 2081, the game that's all about mining and warring in space, has just received a major update, switching the rendering engine from XNA to DirectX for improved stability along with a few other tweaks and fixes. More notable, however, is the fact that both the game and the VRAGE engine's source code have been released, opening the flood gates for the modding community to sweep in and do what they do best.
As of this moment, Legend of Dungeon is available to purchase. The 2.5D sidescrolling roguelike takes a page from old school brawlers like Double Dragon and wraps everything in a moody, dynamically-lit RPG shell, complete with randomly generated content. The result is a challenging and great-looking game that throws everything at you from snakes to crawling things that latch onto your face.
A quick video showcasing the co-op play in Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army. This standalone expansion to the Sniper Elite series contains 2-4 player online co-op where players must face off against the hordes of zombies plaguing Europe during World War II.
SimCity is all up in the news these days and for all the wrong reasons. What should have been an incredibly interesting and unique co-op experience was marred by server issues and other problems. The Co-Opticrew discuss everything about EA and Maxis's always on requirement and talk in depth about the game in general.
It doesn’t matter if you’ve descended from Irish or not, Borderlands 2 will make your St. Patty’s day all the more meaningful. From now until Sunday night, players can use the “Luck of the Zafords” event to increase chances of rare loot being dropped and grab some free green gear.
Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm launched this past week - and while it didn't add any co-op specific stuff to the core game that wasn't there already - it seems a few of the staff members have decided to dive back in. Dark Souls once again is on a lot of lists - this game just won't die.
Saints Row 4 will be crotch-punching its way to store shelves this August. The follow up to 2011's unabashed depravity simulator will feature, well, a whole bunch of stuff. The reveal video has about 60 different cuts of gameplay footage, many including shots to the man region --and car chases, explosions, black-barred nudity (NOT the good kind), dancing, super powers, aliens, robots, and giant kaiju energy drinks. Just strap in and watch the video.
There is no denying that Firaxis knows how to make an addictive game. Like its predecessors, Civilization V is addictive, fun, and engrossing. The first expansion, Civilization V: Gods and Kings, packed a surprising amount of content for an expansion. Firaxis just announced in a press release that the next expansion for Civilization V will be titled "Brave New World." Like Gods and Kings before it, Brave New World will be loaded with extra content. It will also introduce new ways to play the game and carve your way to victory.
