It's getting mighty chilly around Co-Optimus HQ. If things get any worse, we may be forced to take a few days off and wait for the routes to clear between our bedrooms and... our other bedrooms. There's no telling what could happen if we tried to commute in these conditions, so it's probably better to play it safe.
Not only did the Next Console Generation(TM) finally hit the shelves last month - there were so many games with some kind of co-op feature released that our release date calendar couldn't keep up any more and stopped displaying them. Don't worry though: Our elves in the server mines are of course working hard on the problem. In the meantime check below to see if you might have missed something interesting. The database on the other hand saw an addition of over 185 entries of all shapes and sizes. Dig in!
A long time ago a music games were all the rage. Battles were fought on consoles for the ultimate "hero" game with the likes of Guitar Hero, Rock Band, DJ Hero and many others. But the bubble burst and those games were found few and far between. Now one of the original studios is back, with Harmonix bringing us a brand new game that teaches players about mixing together music. It's called FUSER.
The Co-Opticrew is back at it again with the weekend video games. Now that we're well and truly into those chilly temperatures, we'll be cozying up with our game of choice and enjoying a nice cup of... whatever it is folks are into these days. Pumpkin spice? TikTok dances? Who knows.
The zambies are back. The ZAAAAMBIES return. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has released and with it the ever present zombie mode made famous by Call of Duty: World at War. The new flavor of zombies is a lot of the same, but also tweaked to feel decidingly different.
Earlier this year in May, HyperX and Ducky launched a collaboration: the HyperX x Ducky One 2 Mini Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. This was an exciting collaboration that partnered Ducky signatures (like 60% keyboard size and Ducky Macro 2.0) with HyperX hallmarks (such as in-house HyperX switches with exposed LEDs). Only 3700 units were released, and they sold out very quickly.
Following up on our review of the ROCCAT Vulkan TKL Pro comes the other piece of recent gaming hardware, the Burst Pro gaming mouse. The weight of a gaming mouse has always been one of the most controversial features, while in the past gamers tended towards heavier more stable mice, the new trend is as light as possible. To that end we've seen ...
Since Sony and Microsoft's latest consoles are finally seeing the cold light of day, it's the Co-Opticrew's solemn duty to test them out and report back. I'll give you a quick teaser, though: they're probably just fine. Nevertheless, the examinations must commence, so we'll be slingin' webs and swingin' axes all weekend long.
This is a simple stream recap, we jumped into the final moments of Destiny 2 before the Beyond Light expansion pack hit which saw Bungie deleting several planets including Io, Titan, Mars, and Mercury. With those areas gone the game world has shrunk considerably and strange things are afoot with the new darkness power incoming.
Thanks to Co-Optimus, I've been fortunate enough to get fingers on a lot of keyboards over the years. It's clear that in the 12 years this website has been around keyboard technology has progressed quite a bit. The latest keyboard from ROCCAT Gaming is the shining example of this when looking in retrospect. I've been using the the ROCCAT Vulkan TKL Pro for the past week and I've come away incredibly impressed with modern keyboard keyboard technology.
The Co-Opticrew is getting an extra life for the weekend, and we couldn't be more excited (not a Second Life, though, that's for the Co-Opticrew After Dark stream). Sure, we'll be playing a frankly unhealthy amount of video games over the next 48 to 72 hours, but we're doing it for charity. We're practically heroes.
Sometimes first impressions aren't everything. On the surface Drake Hollow immediately reminded the Co-Opticrew of Fortnite's Save the World co-op mode. But after getting below the surface it was clear that Drake Hollow was less about defense and base building and more about exploration and growth.
