A few weeks back, we had a contest, giving away three copies of Duke Nukem on XBLA. A nice bonus for the winners was the promise of playing co-op Duke Nukem 3D with the Co-Optimus staff. Last Saturday night, one of the winners got together with us for some old school, one-liner spoutin' action. Since Duke Nukem is such a classic, and features co-op, it's only natural that our report on the action would be the topic of this week's Co-Op Classics.
8 Player Co-Op racer Burnout Paradise is getting four new DLC updates -- "packs" -- next year. Presumably, they will carry the same price as the last three packs, but Criterion is keeping mum on that note. Speaking of Criterion, their official site/blog has been updated to accomodate this announcement. While the new iteration i...
Excellent news folks! We've gotten several tips from readers that Gamestop is calling folks that reserved LittleBigPlanet letting them know their copy should be available tomorrow, October 25th. This is a couple of days earlier than the delayed week of October 27th previously announced.
Have you heard about the New Xbox Experience? The NXE? No? On November 19th of this year the Xbox 360 Dashboard is getting a major upgrade that includes a ton of great features and a completely redesigned look. There's even some stuff in there that should make our co-op lives easier.
Guitar Hero: World Tour's release is almost upon us, and, as is often the case, a few interesting news items are popping up as a result.
Earlier, we heard wind of an Army of Two sequel coming down the tubes. Now, it seems that Electronic Arts will capitalize further on the underappreciated co-op game with a movie. Universal Pictures will distribute the big-budget film, and is fast-tracking to start full production in 2009, with Scott Stuber producing in the first partnersh...
Good news Trophy whores! And I mean that in the nicest possible sense. Pandemic Studios has released a patch for the PlayStation 3 version of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames adding full trophy support!
Yahoo Games is hosting an exclusive video for Gears of War 2. Some of you may remember the Mad World commercial from the first game; in the same sense that Gears 2 is a sequel, so is the "Last Day" commercial. While the ad is premiering on Yahoo, it will see a worldwide television launch starting November 2nd with Monday Night Football on ESPN. From there expect to see the commercial on FOX, FX, MTV, and the Sci-Fi Channel.
Is Saint's Row 2 is an open world co-op lovers dream? Or are hotdog suits not all they are cut out to be? We've got a different type of review to answer those questions, read on as we describe what it's like during a night in the Row with a co-op buddy.
Penny Arcade is normally a good source of critical coverage of gaming news, even though they are first and foremost a webcomic. However, they normally are able to combine critical analysis and fun webcomic goodness. An example of this is their recent comic about Little Big Planetand its delay. In the comic, they remark that the inclusion of a song with lyrics from the Qur'an is not nearly as bad as the kind of stuff that the online commuity will come up with.
Play any GTA IV co-op lately? No? You might want to head back into Liberty City then. There's been some changes around town, including a mysterious virus that is changing players into zombies. Brain eating, blood spewing, Russian gangster zombies at that.
Variety online has reported that EA Games president Frank Gibeau has let slip that an unconfirmed sequel is coming down the tubes for this year's most impactful co-op beautiful letdown: Army of Two.
