In a time of dying consoles, misguided reveals, and lowered expectations, Insomniac Games and Electronic Arts have decided to drop a brand new IP on a grumbling gaming public two weeks before E3. To make matters worse, this particular game has been re-branded and re-imaged after a much lauded E3 reveal dating back to 2011. Is Fuse worthy of your precious leisure time and hard-earned money? Find out in our Co-Op Review.
Fuse marks Insomniac Game's first foray into multiplatform gaming. The squad-based, third-person shooter is built for cooperative play. Our Co-Op FAQ will guide you of co-op functionality, including player counts in local, online, and combo play, player connectivity, and character and story progression.
Yawn. It's Monday morning. It's also the beginning of the end of a super great long weekend in the States. Many of you probably won't read this until tomorrow. That's okay. I ain't mad. This week we have only a handful of co-op releases. I can speak from experience; one of them is pretty damn good. I haven't played the other. It may be good, too. Anyway, enjoy your day off. For the rest of you, I don't know. Happy Monday, I guess. Have fun at work. I'm going back to bed.
Well wouldn't you know it, Sanctum 2 just keeps getting better and better. A brand new patch was recently released for the tower defense/first person shooter hybrid, making a few significant changes to how resources are handled along with a handful of minor tweaks. Tower upgrades were also fiddled with, and swarm enemies have been made even swarmier. Should be a blast!
Vanillaware's Dragon's Crown is still a few months away from release, but the team isn't shy about releasing artwork and bits of information about the upcoming action/RPG brawler. A big handful of character portraits, wallpapers and tarot cards have been unleashed, showing some of the game's main characters standing around ready to bash some skulls in. Mostly.
It's been several years since we've seen anything major happen in the N universe. The minimalist take on the classic arcade platformer by Metanet Software started as a PC downloadable game then spawned a copy of itself called N+ for XBLA, PSP and Nintendo DS. Now the studio is working on a proper sequel, N++, but has released a nice little update for N to keep us screaming in frustration. Ladies and gentlemen, N v2.0 has arrived. And it has co-op!
It seems a little $5 indie game has caught the staff by storm in Skyward Collapse as almost half of the staff is checking it out. There's been a ton of other smaller titles out lately as well and it seems they are filling the late spring void for everyone. Cheap, fun games? Yeah - sign us up.
This summer the Xbox LIVE Arcade will be getting another four player third-person shooter called Scourge: Outbreak. Stop me if you've heard this one before: Set in the near future, and small team of specialized mercenaries must take on a secret organization whose mysterious fuel source, "Ambrosia," is threatening the safety of the world. Players will be able to level up their characters and use special perks and abilities. Really? I know several titles have similar story lines, but I finished another upcoming squad-based third-person shooter less than 24 hours ago and this premise seems very familiar.
The latest update to SimCity launched yesterday, and promises to change gameplay quite a bit. Unfortunately, there is no increase to the size of cities this time around. There is also no addition of offline mode. The update did bring many changes and additions to the game, however.
Defiance is free to play on Steam this weekend. Trion Worlds' massively multiplayer third person shooter is still plugging along. The game has received numerous patches since launch, so if you haven't played it since the free beta back in March you might want to check it out. The free trial will last until 1PM PDT Sunday, May 26th. That's more than enough time to shoot some aliens and earn some decent scrip.
Mars. That red planet that floats around with stone faces in the sand, secret alien cities beneath the surface, and a curious little rover scooping up bits of soil. Also, Ironward Game's upcoming tactical survival game takes place there! The studio is currently hard at work on The Red Solstice, a co-op game that supports up to eight players who must work together in order to survive the harsh Martian climate.
Zen Pinball 2 is one of the most played games I have owned on the 360, it is highly addictive and designed to an exceptional standard by Zen Studios. If the developer can bring this expertise to the upcoming 2 player co-op game CastleStorm, we are all in for a treat. CastleStorm is out on the 29th May and the Co-Optimus review will follow soon after, for now check out the informative Dev Diary.
