Borderlands Will Have Split Screen Play
Great news couch co-op fans! We just got word off the E3 show floor from our Colony of Gamer's Reporter that Borderlands, the four player co-op action RPG from Gearbox, will indeed have split screen play.
Great news couch co-op fans! We just got word off the E3 show floor from our Colony of Gamer's Reporter that Borderlands, the four player co-op action RPG from Gearbox, will indeed have split screen play.
By all reports the four player co-op Beatles Rock Band is shaping up to be another solid co-op music game. There's not much different here in terms of gameplay from other Rock Band titles, save for the harmonizing vocals. But what we do have is something fresh in the design of the campaign mode.
Though it's been warned that one shouldn't judge a book by its cover, we couldn't help it with Trine. Luckily, those warnings that fell on deaf ears didn't apply anyway, because after some demonstrations at E3, it's been said the game is at least as fun as it looks. This is great news for gamers, because they game looks phenomenal. 1up got their hands on this baby for an in-depth crash course, and share some intimate details with us.
There's only been a handful of co-op game announcements to come out of E3 this year, but one that seems to be surprising everyone is a game called Brink, developed by Splash Damage and published by Bethesda.
Tekken 6, the elusive arcade game, is finally coming to the Xbox 360, and Playstation 3 consoles with a few nice additions. Since we've got the story, that's right, co-op will be included in the story campaign mode. The level of depth added with co-op and other new features to this classic fighter is sure to deliver. With destructable environments, additional characters to the familiar cast, weapons and upgrades, as well as some of the most amazing visuals you'll see in a fighting game.
Perhaps you want to pick up Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for the game's co-op multiplayer mode. Perhaps. The reality is, you are going to want the single player more than anything, and that's OK in our book. The first game was an amazing piece of interactive entertainment on the PlayStation 3, and the second one looks to continue that tradition.
PixelJunk Monsters on the PSN was a solid co-op tower defense game. Now Sony and the Pixel Junk team are bringing the game on the road in Pixel Junk Monsters Deluxe for the PSP.
After being somewhat diminished to obscurity, Borderlands has come back with a vengeance in the past few months. It all started with a little announcement about a change in graphical style, and now we've got full on live demos on the E3 show floor.
The Guitar Hero games have long been very co-op friendly, and that trend will continue in DJ Hero. We have a gallery available for your viewing pleasure, and if the above screenshot is any indication, there will be two player turntable action. Fret not (rims shot here), plastic guitar lovers, a very cool turntable/guitar combo mode is in the game as well. Want to see how it works? Check out the hands on video of this cool new co-op option, courtesy Joystiq.
There's still very little details about LittleBigPlanet for the PSP, we aren't exactly sure what it will contain. And while the latest screens only show one SackBoy, it's be pretty much video game suicide to not include co-op in the next incarnation of this title.
Metal Gear Solid made several appearances at E3, including a whole new game for the Xbox360, and a PSP "sequel" to Metal Gear Solid 3. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is set 10 years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 3, covering the conflict that lead to creation of the original Metal Gear's "Outer Heaven."