Blizzard has unveiled The Fallen Ones, a breed of enemy found in the upcoming co-op RPG Diablo III. These creatures are said to be of true demonic origin, and in a written diary by Abd al-Hazir, are described in great detail.
Microsoft has just announced the ZuneHD. The long rumored device became official today via a Press Release. But what does it have to do with co-op gaming? Perhaps more than you expect.
Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption has all the makings of a definitive game in the western genre. So far, co-op has not been confirmed; should the Old West be wandered by lone gunmen...or trail buddies? We're not so new to these parts, so we've decided to spur up a another original Co-Optimus editorial. See you on the other side...Hyah!
Fresh new things have been taking place over at Epic games with the Title Update #4 content announcement for Gears of War 2. Epic Games programmer Joe Graf hopped on their forums to give us a few confirmations for the Title Update, including some great news when asked about the availability of experience points in Horde Mode.
We've got a fresh batch of screenshots for Army of Two: The 40th Day. Perhaps they're not completely kid friendly, but I think the above screenshot definitely gives off the whole - "Knowing is half the battle kid" vibe, don't you?
A few weeks ago the co-op RTS from EA, BattleForge, dropped in price. For $30 you got the full game, 3000 in game points and 64 cards to start with. The price and content of this hasn't changed, but there's a new option now.
It's been well documented that Demigod has been having some server issues. And while the game should be about up to snuff at this point, perhaps you are just fed up with things. That's where GameRanger comes in. Never heard of it? According to the GameRanger team it's the longest running multiplayer service, having launched on the Mac back in 1999.
This week Damnation, a steam punk meets western action game, hits the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. What sets Damnation apart from other shooters is the game's verticallity. That is, the levels are designed to be more up and down, not just front to back.
The Pixel Junk team has announced their next PlayStation Network game, one that was previously named Pixel Junk 1-4, has gotten a name and will be getting an upcoming demo. After taking fan entries, and receiving almost 10,000 of them, the official name of the game is Pixel Junk Shooter.
We reviewed Sacred 2: Fallen Angel once before here at Co-Optimus, back in December. Nick gave us his thoughts on the PC version of the game, which were quite positive. I'll not reinvent the wheel with this review of the Xbox 360 version, focusing mainly on the console specific features of the game.
The above screen grab may not be rather enticing to you, but that's because it's from a rather stylistic trailer for the upcoming Fireteams mode for Combat Arms, a free online FPS from Nexon.
Ok, so we know Modern Warfare 2 isn't going to have a true co-op campaign mode. Yeah it sucks. But after watching the latest trailer for Infinity Ward's latest game, you'll get over it. And while we won't get to experience street fighting in South American countries, or riding a snow mobile with our buddy fighting terrorists...well perhaps we still will. Just not in the context of a narrative, one that's explained in this trailer.
