Happy Independence Week, America! Does anyone else think we should take the whole week off when a national holiday falls on a Wednesday? My hangovers usually take a minimum of two days to get over, so this week is pretty much a wash. Hey, at least the holiday didn't happen on a Sunday. What a waste that would be. Right, Canadians?
Belgium based Larian Studios recently announced the latest entry in the Divinity series, Divinity: Original Sin, which is a "return to roots" for them as this Divinity will offer a gameplay experience similar to a tabletop RPG and, for you RPG old-timers, Ultima VII. What's more, the game will also allow you and a friend to play through the entire campaign cooperatively as you control the main protagonists, the condemned warrior and the mystical sorceress. However, up to four players can join in on the fun, so how does that work?
Sony Computer Entertainment today have announced that they have acquired cloud gaming provider, Gaikai, for 380 Million dollars. Cloud gaming services are in their infancy, with OnLive being Gaikai's main competitor at this time.
Brawl-PG fans - that is to say, fans of beat-em-up RPGs - will have reason to celebrate next week. Neople's Dungeon Fighter LIVE: Fall of Hendon Myre finally comes to Xbox Live Arcade on Friday, July 13. That feels like a long wait for yours truly, as I absolutely love the genre (and Dungeon Fighter Online for PC). In the meantime, this batch of new screenshots and a trailer will have to tide folks like me over.
The launch of Ghost Recon Future Soldier has not been the smoothest of rides, whilst console gamers had a pick up and play experience; PC players had a glitchier encounter. In a bid to avoid any more bad press, Ubisoft have done a wise thing and delayed the 3rd July bound Arctic Strike DLC to polish the content i.e. make sure it works.
For your viewing pleasure today, we've got a gameplay video for the game we covered most recently for Co-Op Classics: Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa! It absolutely screams "early 90s brawler", from the anthropomorphic protagonists to the run and gun gameplay. It's so great we gave it the super sized treatment and feature it all by itself! (Besides, there's no room left in the article title for any other game!)
Welcome to another edition of Beyond Co-Op, our weekly feature where we take a quick look at stories from the gaming industry at-large, even if they don't contain as much co-op as we'd like. (Hint: It's usually none!). Studio closures are always sad to report on, and in 2012, we've had more than our fair share.
Hey hey - we're having a heat wave...again. Oh right, it's summer. I guess you can't call it a heat wave. So kick on the AC and pour yourself a margarita (or fruit punch) and couch co-op with a friend. The Co-Optimus staff has plenty on their plate to play while avoiding the harmful DEATH RAYS of the giant light bulb in the sky.
Episode 7 of Good Co-Op Bad Co-Op has the team heading down to a lovely gentlemen's club where they have to shake down some of the employees for information. They have a couple drinks, ask a few questions, and then it is all downhill from there.
While a proper Steam Summer Sale has yet to be announced, gamers can get their Warhammer 40k fix from the latest Steam deal. "Warhammer Weekend" features several 40k games, expansions, and DLCs for 75% off. The entire Dawn of War franchise is on sale, as well as Space Marine. If you're into giant dudes in badass armor spouting nonsensical holy rhetoric while murdering space orks, this is the series for you.
It's summer time, which means all the new retail games go on vacation and leave us with nothing but backlogs, downloadable titles, and seasonal sales to appease us. Sony is kicking off their week long Summer Sale 2012 next Tuesday. PlayStation Plus members will be able to pick up 11 different titles for 50% off. Regular people will have to settle for a 30% discount.
We first saw Guardians of Middle Earth a few weeks back at E3. The game immediately impressed us, not only for the slick use of the Lord of the Rings license, but for the way the team at Monolith appeared to have successfully brought the MOBA genre to consoles. We were also incredibly excited to hear the game would have full co-op support, something many folks strongly desire in a MOBA. We sat on a recent conference call with Monolith as they dished the goods on the upcoming game.
