Welcome to a brand new edition of Beyond Co-Op Reviews. We've given the feature a bit of a facelift, and are going to continue to bring you great game reviews of games that don't necessarily have a co-op mode.
Batman, WET, NFS: Shift, Darkest of Days and Scribblenauts!
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
The stories for this week:
- BioShock 2 Out February 9, 2010
- Tales of Monkey Island Episode 1 Free Today
- Facts Build on Wii Drop to $199 on September 27
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves to Tweet Trophy, Multiplayer and Single-Player Accomplishments
- Halo 3: ODST Stands on Top of Releases this Week
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
The stories for this week:
- Sonic to Return in 2010...in 2D!
- Zenimax (Bethesda) Buys Prey Rights
- Two Batman: Arkham Asylum DLC Downloads Coming in Next Two Weeks
- Disney Acquires WideLoad/Bungie Co-Founder Put in Charge
- Big Release Week
If you happened to catch our first interview with the good folks from Telltale Games, you'll likely remember that we had the opportunity to do two separate interviews with two different groups of folks from the development company that's leading the revitalization of adventure gaming. In our second interview, we sat down with Mark Darin, Designer/Programmer at Telltale Games and the director for Tales of Monkey Island Episode 2: The Siege of Spinner Cay, to talk about what influenced the making of the Tales of Monkey Island series, as well as how you can find co-op in the least likely of places.
Dave Grossman, Dominic Armato, and Chris Schmidt
While at PAX, we had a chance to sit down not once, but TWICE with a few folks from Telltale Games to talk about their recent episodic release, Tales of Monkey Island, the lessons they've learned from previous releases, and what are some of their favorite co-op titles. In the first interview we were joined by Dave Grossman, Design Director for Telltale; Dominic Armato, voice of "Guybrush Threepwood"; and Chris Schmidt, PR Manager. All of them love playing and talking about games so much, we didn't want to leave anything out. So we've included the complete audio from the interview, as well as pictures taken by Rob "mightbe" Schuster during the interview, after the break.
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
The stories for this week:
- PAX, PAX and more PAX
- Lots of Releases this Week
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
The stories for this week:
- Microsoft and Live to Blame for Champions Delay
- Microsoft Drops Elite Price to $299 to Counter PS3 Slim
- Raven Software and Maxis See Layoffs
- Guitar Hero 5, Champions Online, Muramasa This Week
- PAX This Week as Well
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, the weekly feature where we look at gaming news around the industry. Here are this week's stories for August 16th, 2009 through August 22nd 2009.
- Blizzcon kicks off with a ton off news
- BF1943 delayed on PC, No DLC currently planned
- Alan Wake is 'Done'
- Eve Online's Unholy Rage Unleashed on Gold Farmers
We only talked a brief bit about Shadow Complex on the site a few weeks back, and mostly it was due to its lack of cooperative play. But Shadow Complex is the perfect example of a game that in no way needs co-op play, it's a tight single player experience with high production values, great voice acting, and a cheesy fun story. Did I mention it was a $15 XBLA game?
Welcome to another edition of Beyond Co-Op, where we take a look at the most interest and important gaming news in the industry.
On tap today:
- Don't Expect another Elder Scrolls Game Anytime Soon
- Raven Dev to Reimburse You for Wolfenstein...if they beat Madden
- Community to Decide on Map Packs for Modern Warfare 2
- Xbox 360 is the ONLY console that shows growth this year
Found 68 Articles
| Game | Platform | Date |
| Serious Sam HD |  | 11.24.2009 |
| GREED | | 11.29.2009 |
| Avatar |  | 12.01.2009 |
| Spelunker HD |  | 12.01.2009 |
| Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond | | 12.01.2009 |
| Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles | | 12.01.2009 |
| Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond |  | 12.01.2009 |
| Alien Breed Evolution | | 12.01.2009 |
| Serious Sam HD | | 12.21.2009 |
| Guitar Hero Van Halen |  | 12.22.2009 |
| Guitar Hero Van Halen |  | 12.22.2009 |
| 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 |
Co-Optimus Co-Op Events
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Games for Windows Co-Op Night features monthly PC co-op gameplay. An Official GFW Event!
| Game | Platform | Added |
| Donkey Kong Country |  | 11.20.2009 |
| UP | | 11.20.2009 |
| UP | | 11.20.2009 |
| UP | | 11.20.2009 |
| Diner Dash | | 11.19.2009 |
| Conflict: Vietnam | | 11.18.2009 |
| Conflict: Vietnam | | 11.18.2009 |
| Conflict: Vietnam |  | 11.18.2009 |
| Conflict Global Terror | | 11.18.2009 |
| Conflict Global Terror | | 11.18.2009 |
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves on Playstation 3
Call of Duty: World at War on Wii
AI War on PC
Castle Crashers on Xbox Live Arcade
Pixel Junk Monsters on Playstation Network
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Launched January 28, 2008, Co-Optimus is a website dedicated to cooperative games. The site features a focus on co-op games through a game database, blog style commentary, and featured articles. Our goal is to bring you the most comprehensive source of co-op gaming information and to inform gamers about the co-op experience.
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