You may remember our coverage of a visit to an actual classic arcade a few months ago. One game in particular stood out among the rest, and took up quite a bit of our playing time. That game was Rampage, a hilarious, action packed monster fest featuring co-op. Rampage has been quite popular over the years, and has spawned a few sequels/remakes. We'll be taking a look at the original, as well as more modern titles in the series for Co-Op Classics this week.
It's Friday the 13th (for the second month in a row) so that means it's horror time! Resident Evil 5 is the perfect game to fill that void.
With the launch of Resident Evil 5 today, Capcom has announced a new game in the series, this time for the Wii. The new game is called Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, and is a sequel to the Wii exclusive two player co-op Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles.
Gears of War 2 has been updated before, and a new update is coming up later this month. First up is a revamp of the online experience system, which doesn't really apply to either the campaign or Horde mode. A few tweaks and fixes do apply to co-op, though.
Astute Co-Optimus forum reader Tino got his latest issue of Game Informer magazine. The cover exclusive is details and screenshots of the upcoming Bioshock sequel called Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams.
As spring nears, a lot of great video game titles are released. And sometimes, yes sometimes, they don't include co-op. Every month we cover some of the titles you may have missed in the video game industry with our Beyond Co-Op Reviews.
It should come as no surprise to many readers of this site that co-op gaming makes any game much better. And not only does it make a normal game something extraordinary, it adds longevity as well as meta games to them simply by the nature of itself. The folks over at Platform Nation have recently had the same epiphany - yes folks - co-op gaming friggin rules.
The buzz about Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. has been going on for some time now, and it continues today with a round-up of headlines that we hadn't been able to squeeze in earlier without making you utterly sick of seeing jet fighters on the Co-Optimus front page. The above image probably doesn't help the cause...
Close on the heels of our Call of Duty: World at War announcagasm comes the official trailer sans GameSpot watermark. You can view it by clicking the "Read More" link or by visiting our Co-Optimus YouTube channel!
There's still not much information in the way of the upcoming GI Joe games from EA. We know they'll have some local co-op action, so you and a friend can argue exactly who gets to be Snake Eyes. Other than that, we know it's based on the upcoming live action movie of the same name.
Army of Two was released last year to fairly positive reviews, it was a game that we enjoyed quite a bit. Crazy masks, upgradable weapons, and true co-op play throughout the entire game made this a solid action title - and a somewhat risky one for EA - with the focus on co-op.
The day Resident Evil 5 was announced to have a co-op campaign we were simply elated with joy. Fans of the series though, well they weren't quite sure about the decision to take a lone survival horror game and add a buddy system. Tomorrow, Friday the 13th, all of our questions are answered as Resident Evil 5 is finally released on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
