A what? A graaaaaaaail? Yes it is a quest for the Holy Grail in The First Templar, a hack and slash co-op adventure for the PC and 360. We take this title for a spin in our latest review and see if this is a quest for glory...or doom.
Its been some time since Sega announced Renegade Ops, a digital download title on the PC, 360, and PS3 from Just Cause 2 developer Avalance Studios. Today though we finally have some details about the game as well as the first gameplay footage.
Not all of us are asked to go into battle with no top on either
We've updated our Fable 3 review to include impressions and details about the recently released PC version of the game. Ready to head back into Albion? Read on!
In one corner, we have a gritty, brutal sword and sorcery beat 'em up. In the other, two hyper-adorable reptilian grinners who use bubbles as weapons. The two games could hardly be more different, yet each was highly successful in arcades and has spawned many follow ups over time.
Viva el verano! Call of Juarez: The Cartel is being shipped out this summer, but so far a solid release date has not been set by Ubisoft - at least, not publicly. Luckily, our friendly retailers have tipped us off. Best Buy and Gamestop have it listed as June 28th for the United States. Amazon UK shows July 01st as the PAL release date, which seems to confirm the former.
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
It looks like the survival horror puzzle platformer (try saying that ten-times-fast) simply titled Catherine is going to offer a co-op mode of sorts. Our early reports are pretty vague, but it looks like completing the game will unlock a colosseum mode where you and a friend work together against the forces of the Catherine Universe.
It's another late spring weekend, but the Co-Optimus staffers are too busy playing lots of games to enjoy the great outdoors. As usual, recent releases are quite popular on the weekend's gaming buffet. LA Noire, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, and Brink make multiple appearances, as does Sony's venerable handheld, the PSP.
Earlier this week, ArenaNet announced the seventh profession (out of eight total) for Guild Wars 2: the Engineer. The last profession announcement (the Thief) was at PAX East, over two months back, so we're certainly excited to finally get a new reveal. Engineers will use offensive turrets, bombs, mines, flamethrowers (yes, flamethrowers!) and the like to wound their foes, but will also have the ability to drop healing turrets and throw around beneficial elixirs to support their allies. Their unique profession mechanic (besides turrets) will be Kits (in Weapon and Backpack varieites) which allow them to greatly customize their playstyle and can be swapped in and out as the situation warrants.
The latest developer diary for the Hunted: The Demon's Forge delves into an oft overlooked aspect of games: sound design. How do they get arrows to sound like arrows? Sadly, they don't shoot arrows inches away from a microphone. How do they get sloppy sound of a gory kill shot? Believe it or not, you just can't kill stuff on a sound stage, at least not in this country. Find out little secrets like these and more in this enlightening 4 minute video. There's plenty of in-game footage, as well.
Do you like a little friendly competition in your co-op? Are you all for the team until there's a scoreboard? Do you steal kills to pad your stats, blasting baddies over teammates' shoulders? If any of these apply to you, the scoring system of F.E.A.R. 3 may just scratch your competitive itch, while still letting you play cooperatively. It appears that after each mission players will be evaluated on things like Aggression, Tactics, and Aptitude. The player with the higher score will earn bragging rights and be declared the "Favorite Son." Players can earn bonus points by completing skill challenges. Hopefully, this scoring system will bring an element of replayability to the campaign.
