Ten years ago today Microsoft changed the console war from a battle between two, to a battle between three. The Xbox, a big black box loaded with a "duke" controller became a staple of hardcore gamers. It contained a hard drive and a network connection, and it was the beginning of a big change for consoles. The system saw many great co-op games over it's life span, though none may be more iconic than the one it launched with in Halo.
The winter sales are starting to heat up. This week you can pick up Ms. Splosion Man and Streets of Rage 2 for 50% off through the Xbox Live Marketplace. Ms. Splosion Man will cost you 400 MSP, or $5, and Streets of Rage 2 is going for 200 MSP, or $2.50. Both are great games that any co-op gamer will enjoy. These games should be on sale from November 15th through the 21st. Check out Major Nelson's blog for all the Xbox Live Marketplace deals of the week.
Looks like PlayStation 3 owners won't be receiving exclusive content for Saints Row: The Third. What content is that? No one knows. Apparently a Sony exec claimed that the PS3 version would have an exclusive mode back at E3 2011, but there has been no further mention of the mystery content by either Sony, Volition, or THQ.
It’s without a doubt that the biggest selling and most popular franchise of this generation is the Call of Duty franchise, more specifically, the Modern Warfare iterations of it. Now onto the third and final chapter that tells the story of the world’s battle against a psychopathic Russian terrorist named Markov, Modern Warfare 3 is bigger and better than ever.
It's hard to believe that 10 years ago today, Microsoft launched the Xbox console. At the time I was a college student and I remember thinking - there's no way Microsoft can compete with Sony or Nintendo. Yet, there I was on launch day with my college roomate picking up the big black and green box with a copy of Halo. That weekend we spent the entire time playing through the game in co-op.
Open your pre-ordered copy of your new game and take out the scratch card. Behold the free DLC (or access to online), everyone is a winner. Except for people who bought the game second hand; no free DLC for you (no free online access!). Even when you get a freebie, they sometimes take an age to arrive; Space Marine's Exterminatus mode, and Dead Island's Bloodbath DLC are two examples. Techland have finally announced the date for the Bloodbath - 22nd November, let's hope it does not slip again ...
Black Friday is a sales holiday that occurs the day after Thanksgiving each year in the US. This year’s takes place on Friday, November 25. It’s a fantastic time to pick up additional consoles on the cheap so that you and a friend or significant other can play online and system link games in the same room. Seriously, you can get a new 4 GB Xbox 360 for as low as $140 this year! But for most people, Black Friday’s just a great time to pick up relatively new games on the cheap.
This is it folks. The last big week for co-op releases. There are still a few games coming out this year, but tomorrow marks the last day of the season with multiple retail co-op launches. I hope your wallets are intact.
It's the busy fall gaming season, which means dozens upon dozens of games competing for your gaming dollar. This is a good thing because it also means gaming deals! Amazon is first up to the plate to save you some hard earned cash on some recent co-op releases like Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One, RAGE, and even Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Right now those titles as well as others like Skyrim are available for Buy One, Get One 50% off.
Saints Row: The Third steps out from GTA's shadow to move in its own insane direction. Is this a faulty misstep or a stroke of crazed genius? Find out if it works in our Co-Op Review.
PC and XBox Live Indie Gamers may remember a little title a couple years back called Sol Survivor, a cooperative tower-defense game that helped to kick-off the Indie-Ana Co-Op feature. The studio responsible for that game's development, Cadenza Interactive, has announced today that they are releasing their second title. Retrovirus, a "six degrees of freedom" shooter, will include an entirely cooperative campaign mode in addition to a few other multiplayer modes that, we can only hope, will also be cooperative in nature. Full details can be found after the bump.
Good Co-Op, Bad Co-Op - a tale of two friends who love playing games together. The man who gives the best upsidedown hugs, Sunflower4000 and the love wizard Locke have put their differences aside and teamed up cooperatively in a battle against fate.
