There are literally over a dozen AAA Co-Op titles coming out from now until the year's end. While most of them have the monicker of "2" after the title, there are a handful of fresh new franchises on the rise. We've listed our top 5 most anticipated co-op titles for the rest of the year. Do you think your wallet can handle it?
Castle Crashers has finally arrived, and we couldn't be happier. Is the game worthwhile? Do the network issues break the deal? Or does the appeal of hilarious hacking and slashing knights swinging swords and slinging spells overcome these obstacles? Read our review to find out!
As promised in our last column, we'll take a look at Sega's Altered Beast this week. First gaining fame as an arcade hit, Altered Beast eventually got released for the Sega's classic Genesis system. Back before Sonic (it's hard to remember back that far, isn't it?), Altered Beast was the pack-in game for the Genesis. You'd better hope you sprang for the extra controller, because Altered Beast was a co-op fan's dream.
Wow! We are already upon week 4 of the HUD (I know I missed 3, I was at PAX - sue me), and the questions just keep getting better and better. What's on tap this week?
This is a story from Joystiq where they sat down with Brian Intihar, Insomiac's Community Manager (and former 1Up/EGM Editor we might add), at PAX 08 last week. They asked him a bunch of questions about the upcoming Resistance 2 game and at the very end there are a few questions about the co-op part of the game.
Over at the official Call of Duty forums, Treyarch developer "JD_2020" has posted an explanation regarding co-op gameplay on the Nintendo Wii version of the upcoming Pacific theater shooter.
We've been covering the development of Ghostbusters and 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand for quite some time. Ghostbusters keeps losing features left and right, and 50 Cent looks a bit derivative, to put it nicely. Perhaps we should have seen the writing on the wall, as it looks like both games might be sold off! MCV reports that Activision Blizzard, taking over for Vivendi, may not release the games at all, and is "reviewing its options regarding titles that it will not be publishing.” In other words, maybe they can sell them to cover their losses. Other Vivendi titles like Crash and Spyro will be released, according to the report. Personally, the loss of 50 Cent doesn't bother me much, but I know others were looking forward to it. Perhaps Ghostbusters will get snagged by someone else who will put the co-op back in story mode, which SHOULD have been a no-brainer. Maybe we should take up a collection and buy it! Let's all pitch in... oh, I dunno, say... 50 Cents? *rim shot*
It's not often a console gets a price cut, and in the case of the Xbox 360 there's only been one in it's lifetime, and it was $20. Today though there's a major price drop of $50-$80 across the board for the console making the cheapest version available for $199.
I should first remark that this news isn't really about a co-op feature or anything. But then again, it is about getting somethings nice for free. So, I don't think you'll mind.
The folks at Pandemic Studios are back with their sequel to the hit PS2 and Xbox game Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. We take a look at the new title on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and give you the goods on the aftermath. Are you ready to blow stuff up with your friends? We think this game might be for you. ...
From IGN comes word that Resident Evil 5 is going to have a totally different control system that will be unveiled at the Tokyo Game Show in October. This new control system is said, via game producer Jun Takeuchi at a recent Microsoft Media event, to be based around the Gears of War style of control. Best guess would mean this will involve such things as a cover system and the ability to quickly move to another place with cover.
Electronic Arts has decided to promote the release of the upcoming co-op-able 360 and PC RTS Red Alert 3 by making the original PC version of the game available for a FREE download.
