The Gears of War franchise is a little bit like the Wii: it just keeps printing money. Not only is it one of the best co-op series on any platform, but it is selling like snowcones in a heatwave. It just makes sense that Epic will be working on a new Gears game, if they aren't already, right?
The upcoming Resident Evil game looks to have a prominent character in the series kick the bucket. Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has run an ad for Resident Evil 5, call Biohazard in Japan, featuring the details. We aren't going to spoil it for you, but the above picture features the character's name. Of course, this could just be a cruel trick on Capcom's part, or perhaps it's somehow integrated into the story. Maybe the goal of the game is to use the Umbrella virus to bring this charcter back to life?
I spy with my little eye a BAPenguin avatar! Can you see it? The Good Major has brought word that Xbox 360 owners can download a neat and free app called the SnowGlobe which puts your friends list inside a..uh...snow globe. Watch as the helplessly try to get out of your maniacal trap; tapping on the glass, screaming for help, and desperately gasping for air. Ok, so I made that last part up, but you can shake it and watch it snow. White X360-Mas indeed.
We've been covering a bunch of Call of Duty news in the past few days, and with good reason. Tonight is our monthly Xbox Live Co-Op night and the game of choice is the aforementioned title. We'll be kicking things off around 7:30 PM Eastern and playing until...well until we get yelled at by our wives.
Here at Co-Optimus, we look back fondly on the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games. TMNT IV: Turtles in Time is one of my favorite co-op experiences ever, as you'll recall from our coverage in Co-Op Classics. If you look at the last few Turtles games, though, the experience was... not so great. Most of the Turtles titles I've played recently were either single player (the horror) or just mind numbingly repetitive.
The other day, we posted a news story where we reported that Lord of the Rings: Conquest only had one Co-Op achievement. Sad news, to be sure! Luckily, our good friends at Pandemic sent along the official, complete list of both Achievements and Trophies, along with the clarification that any and all achievements related to the campaign are able to be earned in cooperative play by both players!
Earlier today, Nick posted Gears 2 versus Left 4 Dead, a comparison of two of this season's hottest co-op games.
We're big fans of Microsoft's revamped dashboard called the New Xbox Experience. It's not just the fancy features like a party system, streamlined interface, Netflix, or even avatars. Nope, we love it because of the new events channel which showcases awesome community events like our very own Xbox Live Co-Op Night!
The fine folks over at Gamasutra have posted an article examining two of the best co-op games to come out in some time, Left 4 Dead and Gears of War 2. In fact, we gave both games a perfect score in their co-op reviews. (Gears and Left 4)
When Call of Duty: World at War was announced to have a four player co-op mode as well as split screen play, we were all pretty happy. Then the Zombie mode was announced and we jigged with excitement. Finally a Call of Duty game with co-op! And even though we reviewed the game fairly positively there are some glowing problems, specifically with the split screen mode.
Fifteen years ago a legend was released upon PCs. I still remember the day my father brought home the shareware disks from a guy at work. DOOM. It was gory, it was dark, it was intense and it was 3d! It was my excuse to buy a 14.4 modem. Why? It had co-op.
Sony has announced that their Home "service" is launching tomorrow to most regions around the world in the form of a public beta. We had posted some impressions before, but now everyone will get their hands on just what this service entails.
