As a twin stick shooter fan and as a Warhammer 40K fan, it's hard not to be excited for the upcoming game Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team. Combining these two things players are put in control of one of four different characters Sternguard Veteran, Techmarine, Vanguard Veteran and Librarian. The classes all have base starting points and their own unique special attacks.
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier plays faster than the previous Ghost Recon games. You need to know this before we go any further. In fact, when you watch the videos below you'll notice a striking similarity to Splinter Cell: Conviction, both in aesthetic and in gameplay. This may be a little premature to say without getting some hands-on time with it, but: it seems safe to assume that if you liked Conviction you'd be right at home with Future Soldier.
We're working through our coverage of games from Day 2 of E3 as we head into Day 3. We're loaded with a dozen or so appointments today of some great co-op titles from publishers like Bethesda, Sega and others. While you wait for more hands on previews from the Co-Opticrew enjoy some pictures from around the show.
E3 2011 has brought us some goodies from DICE's upcoming Battlefield 3. The single player, co-op and versus game was in full effect at the show, with a video unveiling of "Operation Thunder" at EA's press conference. We've posted that video below - and yes - that's what it looks like in game. The video follows a tank column on an assault of an enemy compound when they are suddenly intercepted by an enemy tank formation. Things go boom.
Bad news everyone! BloodRayne: Betrayal is a single-player only affair. We had speculated on a possible co-op mode due to some interesting allusions on the BloodRayne: Betrayal website. There is some good news for you BloodRayne fans; the game looks great. Designer/Director Sean Velasco played through some of the game for us. The game had a fluidity to it that's hard to describe. Velasco claimed that WayForward has lovingly crafted 4000 frames of animation for the sultry Dhampir. I can't count that high while watching a demo, but I'll take his word for it.
Every year I loved to be surprised by games I had absolutely no interest in before E3. My game for day one of E3 was Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure. To call it a game though, is a bit of an understatement, in reality Skylanders is a new product line from Activision that melds the character collection of Pokemon with an action adventure game and versus battle brawler all rolled into one. Oh, did I mention there's real figures to collect that save your character data and transmit it between platforms like the Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii?
Today, I attended my first honest to goodness E3 hands-on appointment. The lucky winner was developer Certain Affinity, makers of Crimson Alliance, yet another hack and slash action RPG. What separates Crimson Alliance from the glut of recently released dungeon crawlers? How about fast-paced action, a streamlined inventory, and most importantly, co-op done right. You can play Crimson Alliance with four players online, four players locally, or any combination you wish. And best of all, your character save data stays with your Xbox Live Gamertag.
When we think of E3, we often think of game and hardware updates and reveals, but hey, you need accessories to go with said games and hardware. This week at E3, SteelSeries announced their partnership with Blizzard Entertainment in co-marketing a family of Diablo III peripherals. This line consists of a SteelSeries Diablo III Mouse, Headset, and two mousepads with artwork of the Barbarian or Witch Doctor.
Today at E3 one of my highlight appointments was with Lexis Numerique for their survival horror game Amy. Amy features two main protagonist characters, but they interact with each other and are not independently playable characters. At any rate, I went on an in-depth tour of the world of Amy, and I'm going to explain it to you anyway.
As expected, Nintendo announced their long-rumored sequel to the Wii today. The new console, dubbed the Wii U, will be released sometime next year. The Wii U will output at 1080p in HD, which means you will no longer be embarassed at all those jaggies on your fancy big screen TV. The Wii U will be backwards compatible with Wii games and controllers; backwards compatibility is something Nintendo always gets right.
News from E3 is coming fast and furious, with a lot of great games, platforms, and features for we gamers to which to look forward. Until those release dates roll around, though, it seemed like a perfect time to take a little look back at some great co-op Indie Games available now!
There are only a few things you need to know about Ruin, an upcoming game from Sony San Diego, for it to pique your interest...
