Good Co-Op, Bad Co-Op - a tale of two friends who love playing games together. The man who gives the best upsidedown hugs, Sunflower4000 and the love wizard Locke have put their differences aside and teamed up cooperatively in a battle against fate.
Were you like me and highly intrigued with Relic and THQ's Warhammer 40K: Space Marine until you found out the co-op mode was more of a Horde mode instead of campaign co-op? But a nice low price can make a difference, and that's where GameFly comes in. The rental service/used game seller has both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions of Space Marine on sale for $9.99 with free shipping until 5 PM Pacific Time today. GameFly includes original materials like online passes in the games they sell, so don't worry about being locked out of multiplayer. What better chance to step into a space marine's bulky armor?
Aw yeah! Another House of the Dead game is getting the PlayStation Move treatment! We've been anxiously awaiting the release of The House of the Dead 4 ever since it was announced back in January. Well, at least I've been looking forward to it. I loves me some on-rails shooters!
After much speculation, after a lengthy beta, after almost 12 years...hell will be unleashed again. Diablo 3 is coming to retailers and Battle.net on May 15th, Blizzard have announced today. The action RPG is part of a series that is one of the most popular and longest played co-op series of all time.
As a long time PC gamer I have fond memories of the Cannon Fodder franchise. It was a game where you controlled a mini group of soldiers that either lived or died on deadly missions through the jungle, desert and snow. If they lived, the characters (all named) moved on to the next, if they died, their grave was added to the list of the fallen. Because of this, you became attached to the little guys, and did everything in your power to make sure they survived to see the next battle. Despite what sounds like a sobering game, it was incredibly entertaining - and actually quite silly.
If my Xbox friends list is anything to go by a lot of Co-Optimus readers are currently playing Mass Effect 3, both in single player and in co-op. The co-op maps may be fun, but I have played them all, shot all the bad guys and juiced up my hero to over Level 40. I want more and this leaked image suggests that I will get what I want.
Yep, looks like Sega will need to think of yet another way to re-invent the Blue Blur, as they have decided to possibly halt Sonic the Hedgehog 4 episodes indefinitely.
A knight, a thief and a wizard walk into a bar. The knight clears the way to the bar, the wizard levetates the bartender, and the thief quickly nabs the cash from the cash register. Then they all run like hell. I bet you thought there was a punch line coming... I'm not that clever. That's just my plan for my Trine themed bar heist. I'm pretty quick with my hands, so I think I'd make a good thief. I just need a knight and a wizard to complete my team. Any volunteers? No?
For the past month or so, I've been in a bit of a gaming funk. My loyal ten-year old co-op partner and I have pretty much wrapped up all the games in our collection. The War in the North was ended successfully, and we managed to survive Raam's Shadow, leaving very little in the backlog. So, we scrolled through the long list of Xbox Live Arcade games to see what struck our fancy for our gaming time this week. There are literally dozens of games there that are perfect for short bursts of co-op gameplay before dinner.
Shoot Many Robots launched today, and if you haven't noticed, we're pretty excited. Not only is the game a solid cooperative experience, but it features the Co-Optimus robots Billy, Player 1 Bot and Player 2 Bot as an in game item. So it's time to celebrate.
One of gaming's most punishing franchises returns to consoles next week. Ninja Gaiden 3 will continue the tradition of being painfully difficult. I remember my time with 2004's Ninja Gaiden remake on the original Xbox. I tapped out around the third stage. I think I was fighting on a blimp, or something. I just remember hating every enemy, including the scrubs. Since then the series has become more accessible. You can always increase the difficulty if you're a masochist.
Yup, it's happening again. EA has announced that they will be shutting down more servers for several more games. And once again, a co-op title is affected. This time, LEGO-esque downloadable title Spare Parts is getting the bat. You'll probably remember that this has happened before to another co-op game, Army of Two. That game, though, at least had a few years of online play available to gamers. Spare Parts, however, has only been out for a little more than a year. Though we felt the game had its share of flaws, it's still a sad day to see an online or offline co-op title lose the whole "online" bit.
