We've all been in situations that forced us to cooperate with a bitter rival. Maybe you need a partner for doubles ping pong, and Ernesto, that jerk from the second floor, is the only one left in the break room. Or maybe you have to pass it to your team's ball hog because, let's be honest, he's the only one on your intramural team with any actual skill.
When it comes to shmups, do you really want anything less than a "full blast" experience? Arcade-styled shooter FullBlast from UFO Crash Games sticks to its roots to provide a deliciously old school shmup experience, complete with two player couch co-op. The game has already been released on Ouya and Wii U and is now greenlit for PC by the Steam community!
The top-down old school arcade shooter Meltdown has just gotten a bit more futuristic. A recent update to the PC version of the game added support for Oculus Rift, bringing a touch of virtual reality to the sci-fi game. Don't worry, co-op is cross-platform, so you don't really have to cram your buddies into a single Rift.
Well, it's been out on Android, iOS and OUYA for, like, a year. Don't you think it's about time Billy and Jimmy got their act together for some PC co-op brawling? DotEmu agrees, and so Double Dragon Trilogy is finally available on Steam and GOG!
It's not every day you find a mobile game with co-op. It's also not every day that said mobile game looks gorgeous and has explodey bombs, too. Eric Froemling's party game BombSquad for Android and OUYA managed to squeeze all of that into a single package.
Were you alive during the '80s? That's the 1980s, for anyone who's about to get all pedantic. You probably remember two world leaders who had something of a rivalry going on: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. It took a few decades, but someone finally found a way for those two rapscallions to get along. Lucky for us it's a top-down arcade game and not some boring political whatever!
If you're looking for a cheap yet fun 4-player local co-op game that slightly resembles something you used to play which may have involved an Italian plumber or two, then Super Cosmonauts has got you covered.
2D zombie killing platformer Left 2Die is available this month on OUYA. Four players work together using different classes such as the Medic or Farmer to fight waves of zombies in various outposts. After protecting four outposts in each level, you'll face off against a much more powerful boss.
Released this month for OUYA, Double Dragon Trilogy includes the three installments in the classic 1980s beat-em-up franchise. For $2.99, you'll get Double Dragon, Double Dragon 2: The Revenge, and Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone - that's about a buck per game.
OUYA is a platform where almost anyone can publish a game. Here are some of the recent co-op OUYA titles we've added to our database:
OUYA owners may have noticed some interesting games in the store this week. Through a beta program with cloud gaming company Playcast Media, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes and Splinter Cell: Conviction are available to play completely free right now on OUYA boxes.
In terms of co-op experiences on OUYA, Order of the Metal Glove is very easy to pick up an play. Sadly in its current state it suffers from several design flaws that bring the experience down. The game plays from a top down perspective with 2D visuals as you guide your character from one bunker to the next, all the while fighting off near endless hordes of robot insects.
