"Gosh," you must be thinking, "these new consoles look pretty fancy, but their lineups offer frighteningly few reasons to yell at my friends over a sushi roll." Fear not, poor soul, for Team17 and Ghost Town Games have you covered. Their hit co-op games, Overcooked! and Overcooked! 2, are being combined into one big, fancy package for both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
I'll admit I'm not the biggest fan of platformers, but every once in a while one comes around that mixes up the traditional experience enough to hold my interest. REZ PLZ from Long Neck Games fit this bill by mixing up old school platforming mechanics with co-op and levels designed around...corpses.
SEGA have revealed some details of Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, a game that was unveiled during Microsoft's recent Xbox Games Showcase event. The title was a surprise to everyone and there was a lot of confusion as to what exactly it was - a reskin of PSO2 or a brand new game. Here's the bullet points straight from SEGA.
The Co-Opticrew has had it with slogging through the same routine every weekend. We've reached our breaking point, so it's only new horizons from here on out. Spurred on by all the new titles shown off in the recent Xbox Games Showcase, we've decided to start playing (checks email thread)... the exact same games we...
Halo Infinite saw its first gameplay reveal today and with it came confirmation that the game will indeed have co-op play. And there was much rejoicing.
Can you believe it's been over a year since Risk of Rain 2 arrived on Steam's Early Access program? My sense of time has fallen to absolute pieces lately, but it feels like the roguelike shooter first graced us with its presence only yesterday. Nevertheless, it's pushed closer and closer to an official release in that time, with new content and numerous mechanical tweaks coming along the way.
Microsoft is holding its own virtual demo showcase, similar to what Steam did a few weeks back. The focus is on indie games, with over 70 unreleased Xbox games that will be available to download and play between July 21 -27.
Last night we checked out the closed beta version of Blightbound, a three player co-op beat em up meets rogue like meets action rpg on PC. Yes, this is one of those genre bending games that doesn't neatly fall into any one bucket. It's coming to Steam in open beta this weekend and shortly after into Early Access, so let's dive in.
World War Z has allowed PC and Xbox One users to cooperatively slay undead hordes since earlier this year, but up to now, PlayStation 4 users have been left to fend for themselves. Fortunately, developer Saber Interactive is putting a stop to their isolation tomorrow, July 22nd.
Almost exactly three years ago, I reviewed the HyperX Alloy Elite Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. It was the second HyperX keyboard, iterating on the success of the Alloy FPS - a keyboard which had converted me as a believer in the difference that a good mechanical keyboard can make.
Mixed emotions I'm sure as Techland have announced the once a game, then a DLC, now a delayed DLC Hellraid for Dying Light has been bumped from a release this week until August 14th 2020.
The original Dead Pixels has been featured on Xbox Live and Steam for about as long as I can remember and has appeared on a number of “Best of” lists for both services. So it comes as great news that the Dead Pixels sequel, Dead Pixels 2: Straight to Video, has been announced for a Steam release complete with a brand new trailer and some very neon-inspired vibes.
