Cuphead and its heavily stylized run'n'gun gameplay first landed on Xbox One and PC back in 2017, but it quickly became clear that the title's brilliant blend of cartoon aesthetics and unforgiving difficulty shouldn't be sequestered to Microsoft's corner of the industry. In the time since, it's also been released on Nintendo Switch, and finally, the game has arrived on PlayStation 4.
When SEGA’s Phantasy Star Online 2 launched on the Windows 10 Store on May 27, fan excitement was quickly tempered with disappointment over numerous technical issues. Some issues resulted from players having originally disabled or changed Xbox settings during their Windows installations, but others seem to have resulted from an extremely buggy installer. These issues necessitated the popular use of the fan-made PSO2 Tweaker tool, but even that tool couldn’t solve many users’ problems.
"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.
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.
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.
Jason and Nick are a duo in our latest Sea of Thieves stream, so we board our sloop and head to the high seas to take on the ghost fleet spawned by the Haunted Shores content drop from the game.
Deep Rock Galactic has been in Early Access since early 2018. And while early access doesn't always yield a positive result, DRG looks to break that mold as it officially breaks out into public release. The crew has had various experiences with the four player co-op game and we thought it was a good time to give some fresh impressions since we last looked at it in 2018.
It's been a long time coming, but Hellraid is finally going to see the light of day. While the development of medieval style game was halted back in 2015, it lived on within the walls of developer Techland. Now a full fledged piece of DLC for Dying Light, players can finally experience at least some of what was originally intended.
The Steam Summer Sale 2020 is in full effect. If you didn't know it's the annual time of year where your wallet screams for mercy because "oh, it's only $4" times 37. There are plenty of big name co-op games on sale, you've got your Borderlands 3, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and Monster Hunter: World among dozens of others. But we're going to dig a bit deeper than page 1 and show you some of our favorite games we've found on deep discount.
