While the mainline Dragon Quest games are single-player JRPGs, the series has numerous spinoffs that mix up the genre and sometimes incorporate multiplayer. Such is the case with Dragon Quest Smash/Grow, a mobile game that just launched on Android and iOS today. Smash/Grow features Vampire Survivors-style combat along with plenty of RPG-style quests and equipment, not to mention 4-player online co-op missions.

Dodge Roll and Devolver Digital's Enter the Gungeon is a hit twin-stick shooter roguelike that debuted nearly ten years ago. Since then, it has received several DLCs and a single-player spin-off called Exit the Dungeon. Well, it seems that there's more life left in Enter the Gungeon yet. It's finally coming to Android and iOS, and with online co-op not found in the big-screen versions.

Rebel Moon is a series of Netflix-exclusive movies directed by Zack Snyder. Despite those things working against it, Super Evil Megacorp is developing Blood Line: A Rebel Moon Game in partnership with Netflix Games. A lot is still unknown about the game, but it seems that it will deliver a TMNT: Splintered Fate-like cooperative experience in a gritty science fiction setting. 

Geolocation games (also known as location-based games) are mobile games that incorporate changes in the player's real-world location into the gameplay. The most famous example is Pokemon Go, but there are other geolocation games out there too. Mythwalker is one such title from NantGames. It allows up to three players to team up to battle monsters and complete quests together, even if they're not located in the same area.

The Sniper Elite series allows players to enjoy the thrill of sneaking around during World War II and sniping Nazis. Hey, they deserve it! Although the series is up to part 5 now (which I badly need to play!), Sniper Elite 4 has just launched on iOS. It can be played on iPhone, iPad, and even Mac. The only downside to this news is that the 4-player online co-op of the console and PC versions didn't make the cut for the Apple versions.

Last year, River City Girls, WayForward's seminal beat 'em up RPG, arrived on mobile through the Crunchyroll Game Vault. That partnership was such a success that WayForward is bringing three more games to Crunchyroll's mobile app: Dawn of the Monsters, RWBY: Arrowfell, and Spidersaurs. This is cool news for mobile co-op fans because two of those three games support local co-op. Dawn of the Monsters is available right now, and the other titles are coming soon.

WayForward's River City Girls is an incredible beat 'em up RPG that has spawned a successful franchise and even an artbook. The first game has appeared on every modern platform other than mobile - until now. River City Girls is now available on iOS and Android through Crunchyroll Game Vault. Basically, paying Crunchyroll subscribers get free access to games in the vault, which is a great deal if you're already relying on the service to stream anime.

It’s a brand new year and a new decade to boot! For this issue of MMOCO, we’ll be looking at a new class for Black Desert Online, the cinematic trailer for mobile MMO Dragon Raja, and anniversary gifts for DC Universe Online. Let’s get started....

The sun is out and summer is looming. This month for MMO Co-Opportunities, we have details for Cloudrest (the 12-person trial in ESO’s upcoming expansion), an overhaul to Guild Wars 2’s underwater combat system, and a release date schedule for Black Desert Mobile. Upcoming ESO: Summerset Trial, Cloudrest, Detailed For MMO player...

Last Saturday at PAX East 2017, I had the pleasure of interviewing Alex Verrey, the Director and PR head at LucidSound. We talked about the history and future of the company as well as the different types of headsets it offers gamers.

The Diablo-like indie RPG series Torchlight has amassed quite a following, especially the co-op friendly Torchlight II. Now, the franchise is making the jump to iOS and Android devices with a brand new adventure designed exclusively for mobile devices.

Scroll through the comments page of just about any single player game on Steam and you'll find messages like the following: "game is ok would be better with co-op". Big, impressive titles with hundreds of hours of gameplay are released on a regular basis, but there's still a legion of players out there that refuse to have fun...