Attention Sega Genesis fans! I know you're out there. There's a new collection of Sega classics available on Steam right now, and the price is hard to beat. You can pick up some good ol' co-op titles like Golden Axe 3 or Streets of Rage 3. If you're in the mood for some old school single player RPGing, Phantasy Star II, III, and IV are available, as well.
What's that I see? Is that a woman dual-wielding flaming fans about to start a fight with oncoming traffic? It must be time for an Anarchy Reigns update!
There are a fair number of PC games just around the corner, some of which have been 10 years in the making (good to finally see you again Diablo), while others put you and your friends into the shoes of military with the latest tech in Ghost Recon Future Soldier. Your PC may be up to the task of rendering these games in all their glory, but are your mouse and keyboard ready?
Hello friends. How's your day going? That's great. Ready for your co-op gaming release schedule? Of course you are! Both the PS3 and Xbox 360 are launching some pretty big co-op titles this week. One focues on building things out of blocks, the other lets you drop buildings on you enemies. And that's where the similarities end. Stay tuned to Co-Optimus for our upcoming Co-Op Reviews.
A new trailer has been released for Heroes of Ruin, the action/RPG coming to the Nintendo 3DS this summer. The game features four player online co-op with drop-in and drop-out support through the entire campaign. Players can choose from one of four characters based in a universe that combines modern weaponary and fantasy weaponary.
A Valley Without Wind is difficult to describe because it shatters any confines of genre. It can be described as rogue-like, or even a platformer. It actually feels like a dungeon crawler, but it simultaneously acts like an adventure game. There's magic, mining, and exploration and when you try and wrap your head around it...well, you may end up with a headache. All of these influences come together to form a Frankenstein monster of a game that only a certain type of gamer will appreciate.
Here we go again, folks! It's a new edition of Beyond Co-Op, the weekly column that rounds up some of the interesting industry news that doesn't strictly pertain to co-op. This week we have a selection that pertains to new games and upcoming shows/conventions! Here's what we have on tap:
Can you believe it's May already? E3 is a short month away, which means soon we'll be hearing about what we'll be playing come this Fall. Until then though, there seems to be no shortage of quality titles to help us avoid the out doors and all that damn pollen. Seriously plants - can't you have your sex behind closed doors?
Aw yeah! One of the biggest Xbox Live Arcade blockbusters ever is finally making its way to PC via Steam! I know you've all been waiting for this moment. The Adventures of Shuggy shot to the top of the charts on Xbox Live when it launched last June, and the Steam debut is expected to be the gaming event of the year!
The sharp-eyed dinosaurs of Siliconera have spotted a hot new re-release for one of our favorite titles from 2011. The Dead Island: GOTY edition has been outed by the UK ratings board. I went to the ESRB and British Board of Film Classification and found no such listing, but the dinos got a fancy screenshot, and really, who would lie about such a thing?
Welcome to Episode 3 of Good Coop. Bad Coop. - a tale of two three friends who love playing games together. After taking a break from from killing insects in Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon in the last season, our co-op friends are ready to try their hands in another game - Call of Juarez: The Cartel.
Still think Japanese developers don’t have what it takes to make fun games? Well, Square Enix had signed on to make a new game called Catacombs and was well into development of the RPG Shooter co-op before deciding to put it on hold.
