It's possible you may not have heard of Dungeon Fighter Online, but is among the most popular MMOs in the world. Known as Dungeon & Fighter in Asia, the game has more than 200 million players across the globe. That is a lot of co-op buddies! An Xbox Live Arcade version is coming later this summer, marking the first time the game has been available on a console.
In a recent lecture at a Kyoto University, former Capcom studio head and game design legend Keiji Inafune revealed just how close we came to missing out on the Dead Rising and Lost Planet franchises. Apparently, Capcom's sequel-itis wasn't due to a lack of creativity, it had to do with banking on a sure thing. Everyone knows we are actually on the 14th or 15th installment of Street Fighter. Resident Evil has been around forever, and no mortal knows how many Mega Man's exist. Dead Rising and Lost Planet were rejected outright in the prototype stage. One would assume that if Inafune would have titled the games "Dead Rising X4" or "Lost Planet Alpha 3: The New Challengers" they would have been green-lit for a dozen games each.
It's looking more and more like the Dynasty Warriors Gundam series is here to stay. Like the rather prolific and extensive Dynasty Warriors games, Gundam is looking to expand on the lore, and keep going with the improvements until the cows come home. Looking forward, we can expect to see some pretty impressive stuff - and these screenshots give us an early preview.
Japanophiles rejoice! Now you can download the original Japanese voices (for the Chinese characters) from Dynasty Warriors 7 on the Xbox 360. Just follow this link for instructions. This game offers a ton of content, as well as both split screen and online co-op. We gave the game a 3.5 out of 5 in our Co-Op Review. Mike and Jason both agreed that fans would really enjoy this game. In case you were wondering, this will cost you zip, zero, nada.
Taking the Spore franchise down a different path, Darkspore combines action and role playing elements into an addictive online co-op game. We check out the game and find out if it lives up to its hype or follows a similar path of its predecessor.
This week we add two shooter-type games to the ever-growing co-op collection in our new XBLIG database. The first, JoyJoy, draws upon the spirit of Geometry Wars, but adds its own flair. The other, Decimation X3, comes from a studio that focuses on recreating nostalgic co-op gaming experiences.
Brink is out today on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC and we've got the launch trailer to prove it. If you've picked the game up on the PlayStation 3 you might be feeling a bit lonely, mostly because, the PlayStation Network is still down. Eurogamer asked Bethesda about the game's launch, to which they responded, there was no plans to delay the PS3 version. While Brink is an online multiplayer game at its core - it can still function as a single player title thanks to the support of bots.
Blizzard has announced on Activision's latest quarterly earnings call to investors that Diablo 3 should be see the light of day in 2011 - at least in beta form. According to Blizzard's head honcho Mike Morhaime the game has just reached a milestone.
This month MMOCO features a guest writer: the lovely and talented Andrew Gaskill, who is quite possibley writing this very blurb himself. He sure is awesome. Today he'll be discussing his co-operative experiences with the other super hero MMORPG, DC Universe Online.
The latest trailer for Dungeon Siege 3 is out, and we finally get to see all four heroes is action together. Lucas, Anjali, Rienhart, and Katarina will join forces on June 21st. Maybe then we will finally find out what's up with the giant black bird.
We get tips all the time about Warhawk and adding it to our database of co-op games, despite it being a team based shooter. But it seems the game's sequel may find a permanent home in the halls of Co-Optimus thanks to a story based co-op campaign. That's the latest rumor coming from OPM magazine concerning Starhawk.
