A new week means a new batch of co-op releases. We're starting to wind down a little from the frenzy of the past couple months, but there are two great games out today that are well worth checking out. Nioh makes its debut on the PC as Nioh: Complete Edition, and twin-stick shooter fans should definitely check out Assault Android Cactus on the Xbox One.
Young Horses Games has announced that their octopus dad sim, Octodad: Dadliest Catch, will be coming to the Nintendo Switch on November 9th. If you somehow missed noticing this singularly unique game when it originally released back in 2014, Octodad is about a caring father and husband who just happens to be an octopus in disguise.
Hi-Rez Studios has added another limited time co-op event for SMITE, the mythical gods battling simulator. While the core of the game is a 5v5 MOBA-style title, you can battle against bots with friends and, occasionally, the developers feature some other ways to co-op via special events called "Adventures." These events switch out every six weeks and the latest, "Shadows Over Hercopolis," brings a little action-RPG fun to the mix.
We've raised a good chunk of donations for Extra Life, but we have quite a ways to go! Help us reach our goal of $3,000 raised for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Most of our team has started their 24 hour gaming marathon this morning, and we're going to need donations to keep us going!
Alright, guys. It was funny the first few times these articles were filled with Destiny 2 plans, but it's starting to get kinda old. At least our site owner, Nick, knows when it's time to move on, right? Let me just take a gander at his... oh. Huh. Well, whatever, everyone has their own joke threshold. I know! I bet our lead editor, Jason, will have the decency to take this fun goof offline... oh, come on. Even Locke? Really?
It was promised when the title was announced earlier this year and Creative Assembly has delivered. The free "Mortal Empires" DLC was put up on Steam last week and owners of both Total War: WARHAMMER 2 and Total War: WARHAMMER can now play as 12 of the possible 13 factions (Norscans will be added later) across a large map that combines the "Old World" map from the first game with the "Eye of the Vortex" of the second.
While Paris Games Week officially kicks off today, Sony was out in front of it all with some news of their own. Revealed during their pre-show press event, Monster Hunter: World will be getting a PlayStation 4 exclusive beta next month, and some additional special content.
While the trailer for the first expansion to Destiny 2, "Curse of Osiris," was shown during Sony's press event at Paris Games Week, more details always have a habit of coming out once the big reveal is over. This time, though, it seems there isn't too much else to share.
One of the more charming, interesting, and fun "Metroid-vania" style games I've played in the past few years was DrinkBox Studios' Guacamelee! During Sony's pre-show conference yesterday for Paris Games Week, the sequel got announced. Get ready to rrrrrrrrrrruuuuuummmmbbbbbllllleeee!
The Nintendo Switch has become the go-to destination of late for successful "indie" titles (plus Skyrim) from the past couple years, and with good reason. It's the perfect opportunity for developers to re-introduce their games to a potentially wider audience, and one with strong desire for smaller games to play on the go.
October comes to a close today, and thus we're afforded one last chance to enjoy all of the Halloween-themed content offerings in our games before they get replaced by new holiday-based cosmetics. Epic Games dropped some new content into Fortnite last week that provides players with a chance to pick up a rocket launcher that shoots pumpkins, and also added some appropriately themed missions.
An official website for Konami's Metal Gear Survive went up last week and there's quite a bit of info to parse through there. While the official release date (Feb. 20, 2018) and a better explanation of what the co-op will entail (more on that in a sec) are nice things to know, there was another bit of info that might be a bit of a bummer to folks out there: you'll always need to be online to play, even in single-player.
