News about Overlord
The Co-Opticrew hungrily awaits the Judgement Day of the Penguin.
Our hub site Colony of Gamers has posted a new trailer for Overlord II, the sequel to the third-person strategy/action game Overlord (duh).
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Overlord was a quirky game, mixing humor with fantasy elements, and all from the perspective of the bad guys. The sequel, Overlord II, is coming later this month. The demo is up on Xbox Live now, and you can queue...
Overlord II comes out today on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. The game places players in the role of an Evil Overlord, who while in control of his minions, is capable of creating havok across the land. It's an over th...
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Looks like we're a little short-staffed this weekend, what with our own Nick "bapenguin" Puleo on travel, but we ALWAYS find time to play games. Here's what we're hitting up this weekend:
Marc "DjinniMan" All...
The staff has been busy, but it looks like it's finally time to get back to gaming. Here's what we're doing this weekend.
Nick "bapenguin" Puleo - "It's time to run the Alienware M17x through the hoops. Trine, ArmA...
Most of the team has been in a plastic bubble, trying not to get family sick from their little run in with PAX POX. With the fall weather fast approaching now's a good time to catch up on some gaming!
Nick "bapenguin" Puleo&...
The weekend stretches ahead, full (we hope) of free time for gaming. Here are the games of choice for Co-Optimus staffers.
Nick - "Getting to see some family this weekend I haven't seen in a while so we'll check out some DJ Hero co-op and po...
If the Co-Optimus staff had an office together, I'm pretty sure it would be filled with the sounds of ODST marines shooting/grenading/rocketing/hammering Brutes and Grunts right about now. You see, we kind of dig it.
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FWIW, I haven't plugged my Playstation Eye back in since moving, but I've had a USB keyboard plugged in 100% of the time and a b
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11/22 7:47 am
What's red novemeber like? ANd how do you mean semi coop?
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11/22 3:20 am
What have they started calling that? Something Tuesday or Blue Monday or some silly thing.Though I do remember many of the onli
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11/22 2:20 am
i don't have any of those for the PC i play battlefield 2142 and left 4 dead 1&2 on the PC along with some random free to play r
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| Serious Sam HD |  | 11.24.2009 |
| GREED | | 11.29.2009 |
| Avatar |  | 12.01.2009 |
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| Guitar Hero Van Halen |  | 12.22.2009 |
| Guitar Hero Van Halen | | 12.22.2009 |
| Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | | 12.31.2009 |
| LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 | | 01.01.2010 |
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| Donkey Kong Country |  | 11.20.2009 |
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| Diner Dash | | 11.19.2009 |
| Conflict: Vietnam | | 11.18.2009 |
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| Conflict Global Terror | | 11.18.2009 |
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