Despite selling quite well in the United States and Europe, the Monster Hunter series seems to avoid mainstream exposure whenever possible. I've always been curious about the games, but have never brought myself to even rent any of the games, because I just can't decide if Capcom is proud of their product...or trying to hide it.
It was a good day when it was announced that Halo Wars, the RTS for the Xbox 360 would support co-op mulitplayer. It was a bad day when Microsoft announced they were shutting down the game's developer, Ensemble Studios, upon completion of the project. After watching the latest cinematic trailer for the game, it makes me very sad that we won't see this kind of quality from them again.
Today's featured game is not what most people would generally think of as a co-operative experience. I certainly have more than my fair share of memories of playing against others, and not with them, in this classic title. However, the co-op experiences I had were particularly memorable, and in fact may have saved my life. That may be an exaggeration, but still, co-op probably prevented me getting punched in the nose, at the very least. Let's look, then, at the co-op aspects of what I consider to be the greatest video game of all time, bar none: StarCraft. Let's flash back to the mid 90s. The first person shooter has hit the PC gaming world by storm. Shooters like Quake, Hexen, Duke Nukem 3D, and many more were the games of choice for LAN parties. Typically, I'd get together with friends every weekend to hook up and play some deathmatch . When I got my own place, my two roommates and I got our PCs linked up as quick as we could. I have many, many fond memories of staying up til dawn playing Diablo, Duke Nukem , and many other titles. It seemed though, that we played FPS games the most often. This was quite unfortunate, because I totally suck at shooters. I still do, whether we're talking keyboard only,mouselook, or on a 360 controller. I always had a good time, but rarely did I do very well.
A while back, we wrote an article detailing the Co-Op games listed on Steam, but that was before Valve announced they would begin hosting popular user mods and total conversions on the service. As chance would have it, a pair of co-op enabled mods have appeared in the games list!
So here's the thing, despite having some of the hottest box art to date, the original Left 4 Dead box was missing something (besides a thumb). You see, the hand displayed was actually the right hand, not the left. Missing the obvious pun, the zombie artists have corrected their mistake with a new and improved box.
It's Friday, and that can only mean one thing - HUD time! This week on the GameDaily HUD we are joined by special guest Dan Hsu, former Editor-in-Chief of EGM. What questions could the evil powers at be have for us? Here they are in a very particular order.
We've all been there. You co-op halfway through a game with one person, only to finish the second half with another. Usually it's no big deal, sure you feel guilty but they'll get over it. But what if the co-oper you cheated on lives with you? Worse yet what if they are your significant other?
Gears of War is the perennial champion of co-op games in our database, with an impressive rating of 4.3 stars, with 95 votes. Even by another name, it would still be sweet. It's understandable, then, that news of the upcoming sequel is to us, like a light breaking through yonder window. First off, scans of the manual have popped up, full of the stuff that dreams are made on. There's not a lot of new info here, but still, seeing an entire section about chainsaw duels has us thinking such thoughts as would make one get to a nunnery.
A friendly fellow over at 1UP named Philip Kollar has told a beautiful story. It's a tale of the birth of a beautiful butterfly, and the tale of hideous zombies. These zombies of course are from Resident Evil 5, and these butterflies are actually issues of EGM. Strange, I know, right?
Merely seeing the words Red Alert kicks off the Hell March theme in my head. Red Alert 2 has always been one of my all time favorite RTS titles. When I heard Electronic Arts was creating a sequel, I was a giddy as a little girl. When I heard the sequel would be completely designed around cooperative play...my panties exploded.
Left 4 Dead is rushing (or shambling, considering the game's content) towards its November 17th release date. So, it seems only natural that more details for the game's upcoming demo (set to be released before the game comes out) have been discovered. IGN has recieved details from Doug Lombardi himself, who said the demo will take place:
