This week is a light one for co-op gaming, which is fine by me. Like many of you, I'm still plowing through the terrific games that launched last week. If you are in the market for something new, checkout Colour Blind. It's a thinking man's puzzler.
Realms of Ancient War launched quietly on XBLA during a week dominated by Borderlands 2 and Torchlight 2. Is it worth tearing yourself away from those other Action RPGs? Find out in our co-op review.
Kinect Nat Geo TV is one of those games that flew under our radar for a while, its cooperative multiplayer somewhat undertouted until the eleventh hour. But the game has just launched, and it definitely supports 2 player local co-op, so here we are. Just look at the picture above and tell me you're not eager to let out your inner animal. We've got more screens and impressions after the break.
The first patch for the Xbox 360 version of SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance is now available. The update brings a host of improvements including difficulty balancing, AI enhancements, control tweaks, and general bug fixes. It's taken quite some time for this patch to finally be available, and your patience is appreciated. All of these enhancements have been available on the PC version now since release.
Warren Spector is one of my personal heroes in the game industry, and when I heard we were given an opportunity to sit in a roundtable session with him to talk about Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, I jumped at the chance. We were treated to an hour-long discussion and hands-off demo of Epic Mickey 2 and learned just how much of a Disney nut Mr. Spector is.
In 2008, one of the greatest beat-em-ups of all time was released on Xbox Live Arcade. It went on to become a smash hit, one of the best selling games on the service. In 2010, that same game was released on the Playstation Network, allowing PS3 owners to enjoy it. Now, more than four years after its initial release, non-console gamers can get their hands on Castle Crashers.
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, the weekly column that takes a look at the non-cooperative happenings in the videogame industry. With Borderlands 2 and Torchlight 2 dominating the news this week, other gaming news was slim pickings. But we've still found a few choice morsels for hungry readers to savor.
Is there such a thing as too much loot? With sequels to two of the best Action/RPGs in years coming out within days of each other, the staff seems to be buried in item comparison dialog boxes.
Double Dragon Neon reimagines the beloved beat-em-up series as a love letter to the 1980s, with tons of humorous references to the time period. Does it still feel like a Double Dragon game? And is the co-op brawling as fun as it ever was? In a word, yes, dude.
Borderlands 2 is out, and most people really, really like it. We do too! You can read all about it in our Co-Op Review. Heck, you can even get all the co-op details in our Co-Op FAQ. But if you're like some of my very best friends, you may not be into the whole "reading thing." Who has time to read in this day and age? What you need is someone to vocally summarize the review while blasting your face with fancy moving images! We got you covered. Enjoy!
News reached us some time ago that DLC was incoming for Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013, but what we thought was originally only 5 new decks is actually a lot more; including new campaign levels and challenges.
We went eyes on with Ratchet and Clank: Full Frontal Assault during PAX 2012 while members of Insomniac demoed some of the PS3 exclusive's features for us. The game is the next in the Ratchet and Clank series but instead of doing a straight sequel, the team has decided to mix things up quite a bit by adding tower defense sections to the game as well as a full out versus multiplayer mode.
