Way back in the simpler time of 2008, Arika and Nintendo released a cooperative diving game called Endless Ocean on the Nintendo Wii. Somebody must have liked that game, because it now has a sequel coming called Endless Ocean Luminous. This installment promises beautiful underwater visuals, peaceful gameplay, and 30-player online co-op. ...
When there are islands in the sky, somebody's got to explore them and go on adventures - nothing else will do. That's where Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure from Snowcastle Games and Jetpack Collective comes in. Following the release of the Steam version last fall, Ikonei Island is finally about to arrive on consoles. With 4-player online co-op and a helping of fresh content, this will be a great time to set foot on the island.
Make me farm by myself, and I'm not having any fun. Let me farm with friends, and things get much livelier. The developers at Untold Tales realized this, and so they've just added online co-op to their 3D farming adventure, Everdream Valley. At last, a team up of up to four friends and get down and dirty together - in a colorful, family-friendly way, of course. The co-op update has arrived on Steam ahead of the console versions, but they'll be getting multiplayer in the future as well.
Sabotage Studio's Sea of Stars quickly won the hearts of RPG players everywhere when it launched in August of last year. It's an incredibly beautiful game that hearkens back to the golden age of 16-bit role-playing games. How do you make such a well-liked RPG even better? By adding 3-player local co-op, it turns out! Sabotage has teased the new mode with a few details and an extremely short video that give players a hint of what to expect.
Sometimes you just want to get away. Where better than an alien planet? In Time to Morp from Team Halfbeard and Yogscast Games, up to four online players can team up to colonize an alien planet. On that planet, they will raise cutesy aliens called morps, harvest resources, and build machines. Time to Morp has just arrived on Steam Early Access, so it's officially morpin' time.
Last year, Outright Games announced that it would be creating a game based on TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, the hit animated movie. However, the publisher known for its licensed games revealed absolutely no other details at the time: not the title, the player count, or anything. This year, perhaps inspired by Game Mill's recent TMNT game announcement, Outright has finally revealed that their game will be called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed, and it will support 2-player local co-op.
Arcades might have dwindled in the United States, but they still exist. Companies like Raw Thrills even make new arcade games such as 2017's TMNT arcade game. Seven years later, Game Mill is releasing that game onto consoles and PC as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants. It will support 4-player local co-op, and it's due in late April.
Back in 2021, D3 Publisher and Yuke's unleashed a family-friendly spin-off of the EDF series called Earth Defense Force: World Brothers. We quite liked that game's colorful, voxel art style and humor. Fast-forwarding to 2024, it looks like we're in for another good time because Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 has been officially announced for a September release on PlayStation and Switch!
Deathwish Enforcers Special Edition arrived on Steam this month, bringing some good, old fashioned arcade-style run-and-gun shooting to PC. While the game's reception has been quite good, developer Monster Bath Studios is already pumping out updates to fix the minor issues that players have discovered. It's great when a developer cares about their product!
