When I'm not busy playing games with you fine folks, I'm usually busy working on adding site features and improvements. Today I bring you not one, but two site additions.
First up is our dedicated co-op games store. This store is our set of referral links into every co-op game listed on this site. Whether it's buying a game new through Amazon, or buying a preowned copy from Gamefly - every purchase made through the store's links help keep this site afloat!
As a kick off promotion we will be giving away ANY game listed in the store ($59.99 or less) to one site member. We'll also be giving away a $25 Amazon.com gift certificate to one member. How do you enter? Simple - just check out the store and look for the "promo code" at the bottom of items. Reply to this post/thread with that code and you are entered!
Finally I've completely revamped our search engine. You can now search articles, features and games. We've even integrated a Google site search and overhauled our advanced search queries.
Thanks for visiting Co-Optimus!
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In an effort to further the cause of co-op gaming, we have no launched our Official Facebook Page as well as a Facebook Group. So if you are a member of Facebook, be sure to become of fan of the page or join our group to help spread the word!
As a bonus I've uploaded some hi-res artwork and wallpaper to the Facebook Page to download. Enjoy!
Right now there's a great contest going on called the My360Theme Contest. It allows users to create Xbox 360 Dashboard themes, upload them, and then be voted on by everyone. I've just uploaded the Official Co-Optimus Theme, so everyone should head on over there and vote!
In fact - I highly recommend everyone creates and account and votes for our sister site - Evil Avatar. You can vote for as many themes as you want! And if you want to upload one of your own for your chance at winning a prizes, make sure you affiliate yourself with EvAv.
It's always nice to see when the mainstream press picks up on a growing trend in the games industry. Yes, that's right, the San Francisco Chronicle has written a great article on cooperative gaming, and how it's increasing in popularity? Sound familiar? Of course it does! We've been saying the same thing around Co-Optimus HQ for months now. I mean, just look at this genius quote.
"Competition is fun, but it's just as fun to do teamwork," said Nick Puleo, founder of Co-Optimus, a Web site devoted to cooperative gaming. "Co-op is more of a positive thing than going around and killing the other team. It's built around a story or an objective that you can accomplish together."
Oh...hey...that's me! Ok, so that's not the only great quote in the article. In fact there are quotes from the likes of Greg LoPiccolo, vice president of product development at Harmonix Music, as well as Reid Schneider, senior producer for Army of Two at Electronic Arts. Both talk about the importance of the cooperative experience in their product.
It's time again for another Co-Optimus giveaway. What are the generous robots of cooperative play giving away this time? How about a 12 month subscription to Xbox Live?
So how do you enter to win? Simply reply to this post and you are automatically entered. We'll draw the winner sometime next week.
We'd just like to take a moment and thank our sponsors for helping to keep the site afloat. With that, why don't you take a look at the deals below and see if anything peaks your interest! And don't forget to check out our Store! We only have co-op games available to purchase there!
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Just noticed that Amazon is running their Deal of the Day and Lightning Deals with nothing but video games today!
Help Support Co-Optimus by purchasing through Amazon links!
Deals over!Are you looking for the best co-op games available on each platform? If so you should be checking out our Best of Section on Co-Optimus.com.
We'll show you the top 5 cooperative games from each platform so you know what you should be playing with your friends.
We've even added a Family Friendly version so you can see what games would be great to play together with your kids!
Want to tell all your friends about Co-Optimus? Why not add us as a friend on MySpace!
Well folks, our first week is over and it's been a fairly successful one. We've gone from 0 to almost 300 members in no time! We've almost doubled our database of Co-Op games, we've added a classics section and made some changes based on your feedback!
We'll be announcing the winners of our launch giveaway later today, but now we've got another giveaway!
What's up for grabs?
1 Code for Rez:HD on Xbox Live Arcade
1 Copy of Killzone: Liberation for the PSP
How do you enter? Simply become a member of the site. Or if you already are a member...you are already entered!
Update: I forgot we are also giving away a copy of Uno for XBLA!
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View the top Co-Op Games on Each Platform including our family friendly list!
