Gamers are still waiting for the total co-op GTA experience, until that time though they'll have to contend with truly excellent Single Player titles with only a taste of co-op. Chinatown Wars continues the tradition, only in portable format. We give our take on the co-op modes.
Patapon 2 is just a few weeks away from it's digital release on the PSP. The PlayStation Blog has the details on the game's four player co-op mode called Bring the Mysterious Egg.
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Добро пожаловать (Welcome), comrades! As Jim highlighted in last week’s “This Week in Co-Op,” sometimes a great co-op experience can be found lurking in the catalog of last gen’s titles. So this past weekend I dusted off my copy of one such co-op title that was overlooked when it was released, The Red Star, and decided to give it a run through. With my partner in tow, we stepped into an alternate Russia where two soldiers seek to put an end to a corrupt government being lead by a mystical, and evil, sorcerer known as Troika.
Several weeks ago, Bubble Bobble was the topic of our Co-Op Classics column. We waxed nostalgic at the cute widdle dinosaurs and co-op action. A remake of Bubble Bobble, called Bubble Bobble Plus!, is available Nintendo's WiiWare service in Japan and Europe. No North American release has been announced yet, but it seems the bubbles will soon be bobbled on Xbox Live Arcade, as well!
With the weather getting nicer, it's a perfect time to take your gaming on the go. We've got three Nintendo DS game reviews this month with Henry Hatsworth: A Puzzling Adventure, Blue Dragon Plus, and Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon.
There's a few co-op games coming to consoles this week.
FLOCK! may only be a week or two old, but the two player local co-op game most likely had a hard time selling at its $15 price point . That's where Amazon comes in! Thanks to their brand new Xbox Live Arcade store you can snag FLOCK! for a $5 off it's normal price.
You may have noticed a rather strange title has been at the top of our "Hot Games" list. Monsters Vs. Aliens has been dominating that chart for weeks now. Should we write this off as a kiddy game, and dismiss it? Or is there actually some fun to be had here? And what about the co-op? The answers are revealed in our review!
Square-Enix, most famous for the Final Fantasy series, has announced a brand new original game coming to the Xbox Live Arcade later this year. Called 0 Day Attack on Earth the game is a four player co-op top down shooter similar to Geometry Wars.
Today Warner Brothers and MTV have announced one of the most family friendly co-op games to date - LEGO Rock Band. The game will combine the multiplayer music fun of Rock Band with the family friendly and light hearted nature of the LEGO Games.
In our most action packed episode ever, Mike and Nick are joined by Andrew "TrackZero" Hodder to discuss this week's co-op news, what defines co-op (to us), and the Army of Two: The Fortieth Day Community Day! GTA: Chinatown Wars is reviewed and we wax nostalgic as we discuss remakes we'd love to see happen. What are you waiting for? Hit the podcast page to listen!
