Rebellion is making a lot of progress in their next installment of the hit stealth franchise, Sniper Elite 3! Currently, this is the only tactical sniping game with under development for the current generation of consoles, let alone with some sweet co-op modes to look forward to.
The PlayStation 3 had a solid list of downloadable co-op games, one of which was a title from Super Stardust HD creator called Dead Nation. Having cut their chops with the PlayStation 4 launch of Resogun, Housemarque moved on to polish up their previous PlayStation Network title.
Diablo 3 has received a major update in preperation for the March 25th launch of the Reaper of Souls expansion pack. Blizzard has dubbed the patch Loot 2.0, which greatly revamps the game's loot system to bring better more relevant loot drops, tweaks the crafting and paragon system, and much more.
Tactical co-op shooters are rare - with the only recent example of a hardcore title being Takedown: Red Sabre. But there's another recent release; Insurgency is the first game by New World Interactive, a new Denver based studio developing the Source engine title for PC. While the core of the game is focused on its four competitive multiplayer modes for up to 32 players, the game does feature an eight player co-op mode.
LEGO The Hobbit is trying to include even more aspects of playing with the real-life LEGO play sets than ever before. Gamers will soon find themselves having to interact with a virtual set of the mega popular toy line within a brand new, in-game feature.
Free to play mech combat game HAWKEN is out now on Steam. The game received a recent update which added a four player co-op mode to it. The Co-Opticrew decided to take it for a spin in their latest Twitch.TV stream. With 25 waves to get through the challenge was going to be tough - would Mike, Nick, Locke and Jason be up to the task?
New figures featuring characters from the mega popular Disney TV series, Phineas and Ferb, will be coming to Disney Infinity soon! This will complete the entire cast of characters for the game and unlock a super special item for avid fans.
The once veritable abundance of twin-stick shooters has slacked off a bit since Geometry Wars first hit the scene. That's not to say there haven't been some great ones released, but they're getting fewer and far between. Fortunately, there's another gem on the way that combines twin-stick shooting and cooperative gameplay with an unlikely element: rogue-like.
A tie-in game to the upcoming film release of "Transformers: Age of Extinction" called, Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark has been announced by Activision and Hasbro. In it, players may find the need to team up once again for a returning, fan-favorite co-op mode.
Locke, Mike and Nick continue their adventures through Trine 2 - the co-op puzzle platformer out on PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U and Xbox 360. Every time we fire up the game to begin a stream it always starts the same way - "wow, this is gorgeous!" Perhaps the game's graphics are, but sometimes our brute force physics puzzle solving isn't exactly what I'd call beautiful.
A short video has been released for Elite: Dangerous, the new game in the long-running series of open world combat/space trading games. It shows off several minutes of gameplay and outlines the upcoming game's multiplayer modes, including a brief snippet of co-op play.
The LEGO series has become a staple element of many Co-Optimus reader's gaming diet, with their hours of 2 player local co-op entertainment. However, until now we have been familiar with the properties the games are based on. Thankfully, the same can probably be said of The LEGO Movie Videogame, the film just made over $69 million in its first weekend!
Announced today by Sega, a new Sonic the Hedgehog game called Sonic Boom will try to re-invent modern Sonic for the hungry masses. Will this new imagining be enough to bring the franchise back from the brink?
