Saints Row IV opens five years after the events of Saints Row: The Third. The leader of the Saints (that's you) is now the President of the United States of America, your Vice President is Keith David, you've just cured cancer (or fed the hungry), punched an annoying congressman in the face, and you're on your way to the daily press conference. Suddenly, aliens attack, and our 30 minutes of hands-on time with the game begins.
I can't stand aliens with their advanced technology, big eyes and penchant for probing. They send me into an Alien Pique, an Alien Temper, even an Alien Rage. Thankfully, I will be able to sate my green blood lust in the 2 player co-op shooter Alien Rage. The new trailer shows off over 3 minutes of in game footage.
Rayman Legends is quickly approaching release time. From what we saw at E3, it’s going to be one of the best looking (art-wise) co-op titles on the Wii U. But since this game will be releasing on most consoles now, practically everyone will be able to play this visually vibrant, stunning game come August. But just to grab a bit more eye-candy, we had a few new trailers pop up from Ubisoft that are def. worth watching once.
By now, the hype train surrounding Bungie's next IP Destiny is in full effect. News has been trickling in over the last few months since the epic project has been released, but we were treated to the biggest reveal at E3. During the Playstation Conference on the first day of E3 this year, a rather long segment was revealed for Destiny using the Playstation 4. Our own Jason Love covered the trailer in-depth yesterday. The trailer was nothing short of amazing for the cooperative crowd - featuring an over twelve minutes of action-packed gameplay.
Earlier today we reported on Crimson Dragon's move to the Xbox One and the Kinect controls being rendered optional, so I'll skip over that stuff. Andrew and I both got our hands on the demo at Microsoft's booth, and I'm here to tell you all about it.
I don't know if Dying Light is on your radar, but it should be. While WB Games has not officially confirmed cooperative play, I expect it to support four player online co-op, or at the very least some form of multiplayer. Call it an informed assumption. Techland is putting their zombie know-how to good use, creating an all new survival horror game infused with free running elements.
June has come, and that means the release of Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara is imminent. The upgraded classic that many of us have been oogling over since word of it's release will finally see the light of day this month in exactly a week. It will be released for all current platforms, including PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3. A Wii U version is planned for sometime in the unknown future.
It's that time again - summer. A time to stay out late, go to the beach or the pool, and generally enjoy the summer weather. It is also approaching time for the XBLA Summer of Arcade to hit the digital shelves. Found on the blog of Major Nelson, this year's Summer of Arcade looks to be another great one, with some cooperative titles thrown in the mix.
Day 2 of E3 2013 is well underway and the news about new games, or new details about previously announced games, just keeps coming. Amidst all this, we're going to take a quick break to look back at some of the big press conferences that kicked everything off. Locke, Mike, and Nick offer up their impressions and takes on everything in stunning Ultravision video format! Ok, it's just some regular videos uploaded to YouTube. Enjoy!
The Stronghold series has been around now on PCs for over 15 years, with the RTS garnering millions of sales over its lifetime. Honestly, it's surprising there aren't more games out there that are similar. While the series started out set in medieval England, the Crusader branch took things to the deserts of the Middle East. Now that series is getting a new game on a brand new 3D engine and being self published by Firefly Studios. In an AirStream trailer across from the LA convention center we went eyes on with the new game. Stronghold Crusader 2 is still early in development but it's already shaping up to have many of the core gameplay elements that made the original so popular. While the game will have a campaign, which will serve as both a tutorial and a series of challenges, the meat and potatoes of Stronghold is the game's skirmish mode. It's here that Firefly has put a lot of attention and added the ability to co-op with a friend.
Dragon's Crown stands out in a crowd. The bodacious character design is kind of hard to miss on the E3 showroom floor. As I circled Atlus's booth, avoiding the nice young women who were thrusting foam crowns upon the unworthy masses, I figured what the hell, let's stomp some goblins and look good doing it.
The last bit of news we heard about Crimson Dragon, the game being hailed as the spiritual successor to the widely popular Panzer Dragoon series, was that the PAX East 2012 demo had found its way onto the Japanese XBLA marketplace. This was, perhaps, a bit of fortuitous happenstance for the much delayed title as the project's director, Yukio Futatsugi, received a good deal of feedback about the game being Kinect only. It seems that folks weren't content using only some gestures and their voice to control their dragons, and preferred the tried-and-true method of using those twin analog sticks and face buttons. So, Crimson Dragon will no longer be Kinect only. However, that's not the only bit of news coming out of E3 about this co-op title.
