While the title has been available since July on the PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Switch, Dragon Quest Builders 2 shifts over to PC next Tuesday, December 10. Square Enix released a playable demo for the game just this week so you'll have a chance to try it before you decide to buy.
Knights of Unity released their cooperative renovation game, Tools Up!, earlier this week, so Locke and Jason decided to don their hard hats and tool belts, roll up their sleeves, and get to work under Mike's careful (?) supervision.
While renovating a run-down mess of a house may be therapeutic, it isn't quite what I would call a "fun and chaotic" experience. As a matter of fact, I would likely use the exact opposite words to describe the process. That said, though, I've never done so on a timer and while working with three of my most exasperated friends.
On behalf of the Co-Optimus team, I'd like to extend a sincere thank you to everyone who participated or donated to Extra Life this year. Thus far we've raised over $13 million total for kids in Children's Miracle Network Hospitals! Our team has contributed $1,740, and there's still time to make an even bigger impact. In fact, today is a perfect day to donate!
It's time to once again to scour the internet and find the best deals on co-op gaming stuff we can locate. This year Amazon feels pretty light on the games themselves, though there's plenty of great finds on hardware. Below are some of our highlights for co-op game deals this black Friday.
The most sibling-friendly entry in the Wolfenstein series, Wolfenstein: Youngblood has received a free content update bringing new abilities, pep signals, missions, and maps.
Stardew Valley has finally resolved the issues prolonging the multiplayer from reaching Xbox One, meaning, as sole-developer Eric Barone wrote, “The most recent big news is that XBOX and PS4 now both have the 1.3 multiplayer update, bringing all platforms (except VITA) into parity with one another.” Further, Barone announced his plans to continue development in what he calls additional “polish” such as removing odd bugs, fully fleshing out features, and making sure the game runs as intended across all consoles.
While Gearbox might be riding high right now with Borderlands 3, it wasn't that long ago that they attempted a whole new IP that didn't fare well. Development and updates for Battleborn officially ended two years ago and, honestly, I thought that the game was done around that same time. Apparently it's still been kicking around, but publisher 2K is now calling it quits and pulling the servers down... in another two years.
Red Blue Games' Sparklite arrived a couple weeks ago and while its co-op is limited to couch co-op only, Steam's new "Remote Play Together" feature makes it possible for us to show off these titles for our weekly streams. So "Let's Play" some Sparklite!
The Co-Opticrew has finally broken free of Destiny 2's iron grip... for the most part, anyway. There's still a lingering sense of Stockholm Syndrome, but we're beginning to branch out, breathe the fresh air, and remember that other video games exist. We've got a pretty solid mix of old and new titles planned for the weekend, so good/nostalgic times should be had all around.
A couple days ago, Gearbox revealed the first DLC for Borderlands 3. Titled "Moxxi's Heist of The Handsome Jackpot," players will be recruited by Moxxi to break into an abandoned casino that was built by Handsome Jack back when he was 1) alive, and 2) President of the Hyperion corporation. Your goal is to break into the core of the casino and take over (anyone want to bet that it'll be turned into a Moxxi-themed casino when you do?)
We're quickly approaching the end of 2019, and in case you forgot (I know I did), Echtra Games' Torchlight Frontiers was slated for a 2019 release date. Yeah, that's not happening. At this past weekend's ExileCon, Steven Messner from PC Gamer had a chance to talk with Max Schaefer, the studio's founder and the co-creator of Torchlight and Diablo. In the course of that conversation, Max stated that the game "wouldn't be releasing in the 2019 time frame that was indicated two and a half years ago."
