While the title has been available since July on the PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Switch, Dragon Quest Builders 2 shifts over to PC next Tuesday, December 10. Square Enix released a playable demo for the game just this week so you'll have a chance to try it before you decide to buy.
Knights of Unity released their cooperative renovation game, Tools Up!, earlier this week, so Locke and Jason decided to don their hard hats and tool belts, roll up their sleeves, and get to work under Mike's careful (?) supervision.
It's time to once again to scour the internet and find the best deals on co-op gaming stuff we can locate. This year Amazon feels pretty light on the games themselves, though there's plenty of great finds on hardware. Below are some of our highlights for co-op game deals this black Friday.
The most sibling-friendly entry in the Wolfenstein series, Wolfenstein: Youngblood has received a free content update bringing new abilities, pep signals, missions, and maps.
Stardew Valley has finally resolved the issues prolonging the multiplayer from reaching Xbox One, meaning, as sole-developer Eric Barone wrote, “The most recent big news is that XBOX and PS4 now both have the 1.3 multiplayer update, bringing all platforms (except VITA) into parity with one another.” Further, Barone announced his plans to continue development in what he calls additional “polish” such as removing odd bugs, fully fleshing out features, and making sure the game runs as intended across all consoles.
Red Blue Games' Sparklite arrived a couple weeks ago and while its co-op is limited to couch co-op only, Steam's new "Remote Play Together" feature makes it possible for us to show off these titles for our weekly streams. So "Let's Play" some Sparklite!
Red Blue Games' Sparklite is now available on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC. The game is touted as an action-adventure title with rogue-lite elements, which are all fairly accurate descriptors based on my time with it thus far. Two player couch co-op is supported in the game, but it's worth noting that the second player is (literally) relegated to a "helper bot" role.
Bubble Bobble 4 Friends, the sequel to the 1986 arcade hit Bubble Bobble, is arriving soon (Nov. 19) on the Nintendo Switch for all our co-op friends in Europe. Those of us in the States need to wait just a little bit longer until we can get our hands on it, but for everyone, ININ Games and Taito have released some new information about the game, along with a new trailer and a website that breaks down the history of the series.
In a quick but drastic shift, Starbreeze has declared it will continue development on 2013’s PAYDAY 2 through both free and paid content, which is in direct contrast to their previous ideology of winding down support for the title and providing any future content for free as part of their “Ultimate Edition” of the game.
Cococumber's voxel-styled action-RPG, Riverbond, will arrive on the Nintendo Switch next month, which has been out on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 since June. Its debut on the Switch isn't the only piece of news here, though, as there will also be a free content update, "Crystalwatch," that will release the same day for all versions of the game.
Blizzard held its annual convention, aka BlizzCon, this past weekend and had a couple big co-op announcements. The first of these is Overwatch 2, which will be heading to PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch sometime in the future. While there are some visual and gameplay tweaks, the part we're most interested in are the new PvE Story and Hero missions.
The cat-heavy RPG, Cat Quest II, has finally arrived on the consoles complete with its own launch trailer, which can be found below. In the trailer the praises of the game are sung by fellow sites such as Kotaku and Gamespew who state that Cat Quest II is, “the purrfect RPG for pet lovers” and “Easy-going and enjoyable adventure” respectively. Cat Quest II can be purchased on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One now at $14.99 across all aforementioned platforms.
Minecraft Dungeons is set for a 2020 release and, with 2019 coming to a close, we have finally been given a small taste as to what next year’s title will bring. In the new developer’s video log the team at Mojang laid out the direction of the upcoming Action-RPG, explaining that players will equip items to alter their character’s abilities, use enchantments to alter items, and more. Feel free to check out the nearly five minute video in full below!
