Loads of people right now are working from home and staying inside playing games (including the Co-Optimus staff). MMO studios are in the same boat, meaning that we’ll see some delays in the coming weeks and months for content related to MMOs. At the same time, they’re doing their best to keep us entertained by offering their regul...
Free to Play title Dauntless has been all about hunting giant monsters with friends. But now the game has launched a less stressful co-op activity.
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne has reached the convergence point wherein console and PC players are finally in step with how they experience the game. Now, with the PC version receiving Title Update 3, a big milestone has been reached on Capcom’s post-Iceborne roadmap that ensures all content/event releases across all platforms of the game would be simultaneous. You can check out a brief summary of what’s in this update over on the Steam news page, here.
The Co-Opticrew is cleaning up our act this weekend. We've spent far too long wringing the last droplets of enjoyment out of some recent releases, and honestly, it's starting to look a little sad. Just imagine what our grandchildren would think if they heard about the time their dear old grandparent was found sobbing next to an empty DOOM Eternal case. I shudder at the possibility.
Obsidian Entertainment's upcoming adventure survival game, Grounded, is almost ready for the big (little) leagues. It's headed for an Early Access release later this summer, which will give the developers a chance to make some final tweaks and additions based on player input.
Survival game Green Hell has been a single player experience up until now, with a planned co-op mode coming at some point. Well that point is now and co-op is here in grand fashion as players work together surviving the jungle, avoiding panthers, and removing leeches from each other.
Risk of Rain 2, the action co-op rogue-like game has seen a steady stream of content patches since it hit early access and release last Spring. Let's look at what's changed.
From Norway, today Pineleaf Studio and Merge Games have announced a brand new co-op real-time strategy game called DwarfHeim for PC. The game focuses on city building and defense against hordes of nasty trolls and rival dwarven clans with a focus on working together with your teammates to succeed.
Adorable co-op puzzler, Biped, wobbled itself onto PC in March of this year, leaving console gamers pining for their chance to guide the game's cute lil' robots. As it so happens, the wait is already almost over, as the game is releasing on PlayStation 4 tomorrow (April 8th).
Looking to scratch the twin-stick shooter itch from being inside all the time? Then look no further than HyperParasite, a new action game from Trologbytes Games. The hook? You play as an alien parasite capable of infecting other NPCs and controlling them in a retro 80's meets cyberpunk style setting.
The days are starting to blend together here at Co-Optimus HQ, but based on my series of chalk lines homemade calendar, I think the weekend is about to start. There was a small blip of game releases that happened a few weeks ago, and it seems that the Co-Opticrew is trying to wring every last morsel of entertainment out of them. Hard times, indeed.
After an extensive five-year development journey (three of which were spent in Early Access), developer Awesome Games Studio is finally ready to, uh, unleash its creation upon the world. Fury Unleashed, an action/platformer/roguelike played out over a series of procedurally generated comic book panels, will enter its final form on May 8th.
