Activision has announced that the demo for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 has hit the Xbox Live marketplace for Gold members. The demo allows players to check out the Washington D.C. mission in the game and also allows local co-op play.
In a Walgreens world, co-op would be completely fluid and friendly. In reality, it has its roadbumps and stop signs. This month Co-Op Couples comes to a quick four-way stop with Pass and Play.
US PlayStation owners may have just gotten their hands on Trine, and it might need a patch, but PC owners have had the game for a good four or five months now. Southpeak has released a patch for the retail edition of the game bringing it to version 1.05 and it fixes a variety of bugs.
Some blurry images were apparently leaked for Halo Reach. Not much can be garnered from the shots, though we do see at least two new weapons. Graphically it looks like Halo...with a return to the familiar HUD with a radar. The game also apparently uses a perks system with three on display: sprint, cloaking and halogram.
Capcom has released a brand new trailer for Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, the on rails shooter for the Wii which wraps up the missing pieces from Umbrella Chronicles. The trailer showcases new environments, new characters, and some sticky situations for our cast of characters.
If you pre-purchased or plan on pre-purchasing Left 4 Dead 2 on Steam, there's a spiffy little extra you'll get if you also play Valve's Team Fortress 2. Namely you get Bill's beret from Left 4 Dead 1.
Sports games are inherently cooperative, providing a focus on teamwork and communication. But it's rare to find games that cater to that strength, instead the focus is on the competitive nature. Today we examine NBA Live 10 from EA Sports and what it offers to co-op NBA basketball fans.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 launches next week on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. We won't be getting a full co-op campaign, but we will be getting 23 Spec-Ops missions that are fully playable in two player local and online co-op.
Ginger kids, old people, underpants gnomes and other general threats are invading South Park Colorado. It's up to Kenny, Stan, Kyle, Cartman and other South Park kids to keep the evil at bay with their snowballs, special abilities, and a variety of defensive towers. We gave this game a co-op whirl, curious to see if South Park: Let's Go Tower Defense Play! is worth an 800 purchase, or if it's best left in the snow.
It's time for another one of our famous give aways, and this one is going to be a good one. We're giving away one copy of Borderlands for the PC to two lucky winners. Why? Well we've gone ahead and updated our review with some PC impressions and needed an excuse to give out some goodies.
Codemasters has made good on their promise, and officially announced the first content pack for Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising. The pack is called the Skirmish pack and features two new cooperative missions for four players as well as four new maps for competitive play. There's also a new sandbox mode called Island Tour which can be played cooperatively.
"The treasure is in the plaza" says Nathan. All that stands in our way is a gigantic swarm of enemies that will lay their life on the line to protect it. Or perhaps they want to steal it themselves? No matter, our trio will shoulder on and steal what is rightfully ours. If a few goons go down in the process, the world will be a better place for it.
