This Week in Co-Op, Nick and I decided to take on a swarm of aliens and save the universe from an invading threat. First, though, we had to determine which swarm of aliens we were taking on: the aliens from Alien Swarm, or the aliens from Alien Breed?
No, really - that's a literal interpretation. Okay...instead of explaining the title, how 'bout I continue with the news story, eh? Okay - in a nutshell: a really good free game just got a really good free update.
What can be better than a free game? How about a free co-op game from Valve, one of the premier PC developers and publishers of today. Wait, it gets better. There's also full mod support built right in. What is this mythical creation? It's Alien Swarm, and it's our review.
Valve has announced it will be releasing a free co-op top down shooter called Alien Swarm. If that name sounds familiar, it's because there is an Unreal Tournament mod of the same name. Valve happened to hire a bunch of the original mod team and one of their side projects was to recreate the title in the Source engine after working on Portal 2 and Left 4 Dead.
