With the next Peter Jackson film, “The Hobbit”, arriving in theaters in a couple of months, now is a great time to reacquaint yourselves with the mystical world of Tolkien. Monolith Productions has released a video and a few new artworks of two more characters being featured in the future Xbox LIVE Arcade game, Guardians of Middle-Earth.
Opening up the Resident Evil 6 box, it looks quite empty. We've got a disc and a card for a Blu-Ray movie...and that's it. No manual to be seen. That's ok right? There must be an in game manual, something EA Sports has been doing for the past few years. Nope - nada - we are manual free here folks. What gives Capcom?
Serious Sam 3: BFE will be coming to the XBLA later this month. The old-school first person shooter was a blast on PC and supported four player local co-op and 16 player online co-op. The XBLA version will still feature plenty of co-op, but not on the same scale. According to the game's listing on the XBL Marketplace it will feature two player local co-op and four player online co-op. Not bad.
It's been almost a year since A World of Keflings has received new DLC. Developer Ninja Bee is going to scratch your family friendly, world-building, simulation itch with two new DLCs this month. The first, titled "Sugar, Spice, and Not So Nice," will feature a candy themed realm for your tiny Keflings to build up and explore. It will be available through the XBLA Marketplace on October 10th for 320 Microsoft Points ($4). You can see a video of the sweet new kingdom below.
This week we're lacking a AAA cooperative title, but that's okay. The single player epic, Dishonored, should more that make up for it. There are a few co-op titles for those of you who are into portables, spell casting, dancing, and happy warring.
Guardians of Middle Earth to this point was going to be a downloadable only title on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. Now though, the game is seeing a full retail release along side of the digital only version. Warner Bros today announced a $30 physical version of the game which will include a Season Pass code for access to all future digital content. The digital version will set you back $15 with the option to purchase the season pass separately, though a price hasn't been disclosed. Using some complex deduction skills, we're guessing the season pass will cost $15.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is coming to the PlayStation Vita, something that was revealed during E3 earlier this year. Details about the game have been scarce, we do know it serves as a prequel for the Black Ops series though. And with that sort of pedigree with expected to see a solid co-op mode being added as well, preferably of the undead variety.
If there's one game that makes thi writer really wish for a 3DS, it's Code of Princess from Atlus. The spiritual successor to Guardian Heroes (much as Crimson Dragon is the successor to Panzer Dragoon), Code puts beat-em-up gameplay, a deep story, RPG mechanics, and tons of characters into a bowl and mixes them together. The results sure look tasty, as this new batch of screenshots proves.
Even though I was hyped for Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior's Rise prior to its release, the final release left me severely disappointed. As I state in our review, even the 2-player local co-op is bad, and that's hard to do with a brawler! But even terrible games get downloadable content it seems, and this one is no exception. The 'Kung Fu Master Levels' DLC is now available for 240 Microsoft Points ($3).
Welcome to another edition of Beyond Co-Op, the weekly piece where we look at news in the game industry that transcends the co-op only genre. Despite us being in the thick of the Fall gaming season, news has been pretty light, that said, there's definitely a few diamonds in the rough.
This past week tower defense/FPS hybrid Sanctum received both a free update as well as a DLC map pack. The patch, entitled Still Alive, adds a new weapon (the Tesla Gun) as well as two new towers (the Drone and the Accelerator) to the base game. The map pack (entitled Map Pack 2, who would have thought?) gives purchasers access to three new levels (Industry, Chasm, and Invasion) for the price of $4.99.
Tonight is the first Xbox 360 Co-Op night we've had in quite some time. On the plate - Borderlands 2. Many of the staff will be online playing the game with community members of Co-Optimus and Xbox. Be sure to join us!
