Last week we reported that Gunstar Heroes, the Sega Genesis classic, would be returning to the Xbox Live Arcade. Today, Sega has officially confirmed the rumors stating that not only would the game find it's way to the Xbox Live Arcade with 2 player local and online co-op, but to the PlayStation Network as well.
After numerous delays, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel has finally hit the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game features a four player co-op mode that allows gamers to meet up both locally and online at the same time. There's also drop-in and drop-out support so at any time you can bring a friend in for some dragon slaying action.
Our friends at Loot Ninja have worked up an editorial not too dissimilar from our 2008 retrospective "Co-Op Successes and Failures" (by Jason Love) and more recent "Innovations in Co-Op Gaming" (by Katrina Pawlowski feat. the staff)...the Loot Ninja staff seek the definitive answer to a question that has been hounding our forum-goers for several months now: Do All Games Need Multiplayer or Co-Op?
Another patch will be available tomorrow for RTS/RPG hybrid Dawn of War II. The update will take the game up to version 1.3, and features your standard bug fixes plus a bit of new content as well. Only a couple co-op specific fixes are noted.
IGN broke the news one year ago that the solitary Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare map pack had registered over one million downloads in less than ten days, on Xbox Live alone. To this day, it remains the highest downloaded item on the Xbox Live Marketplace and Playstation Network.
As the ArmA II website beefs up with new content -- including gameplay footage -- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising has been delayed from "Summer 2009" to "Fall 2009".
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you a new era of hype. What we have here is a trailer of a trailer for an upcoming game. It's sort of like an announcement of an announcement, but with a little more meat. The trailer of the trailer of Modern Warfare 2 was shown during the NBA Playoffs on TNT, announcing a full trailer coming at a later date.
Despite strong reviews, it appears one of two things may have happened with the latest 50 Cent title to bring on disappointing sales.
The final song list for next month's Guitar Hero Smash Hits has made it to the internet. Previously, the songs included from the original Guitar Hero, as well as Guitar Hero 2, had been revealed. Now, the contributions from GH3, Rocks the 80s, and even a song from the Aerosmith disc are all included.
When someone works for over ten years on the same project, well their portfolio tends to not have a lot in it. With all of 3D Realms let go with the studio's closure, there are plenty of artists looking for a job now, and most of them have a portfolio filled with Duke Nukem Forever goodies.
Be warned, readers. I am torn about whether or not I should even write this article. I like to tie in my weekly columns with new game releases, or movies, as you may have noticed. Digging through the Co-Optimus database, only the new D-A-C game and an older Trek game I hadn't played turned up. Since I prefer to have actually played the games I write about, I had to look elsewhere. Imagine my surprise when I rediscovered an arcade lightgun shooter based on Star Trek Voyager after a quick Google search. I had totally forgotten I had ever played it, which didn't bode well. Perhaps it was not the best choice for Co-Op Classics, perhaps, but hey, sometimes you just have to boldly go.
Officially unveiling a rumored title to Entertainment Weekly, Krome Studios and LucasArts are showing the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 some Clone Wars love with Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes this September 15th.
