Okay, so your co-op crew plays Helldivers 2 and maybe Crime Boss: Rockay City or something when you want an endless co-op experience. Still, do either of those games have robot cowboys fighting skeletons in the wild west? I don't think so! Far Far West from Evil Raptor and Fireshine Games aims to scratch that itch. It's out now on Steam Early Access, and it features some wild 4-player online steampunk shooting action.
While Arc System Works is best known for games like Double Dragon Revive and the BlazBlue series, they also make non-punching games from time to time. DAMON and BABY is just such a game. It stars a future demon king named Damon who is bound by a curse to a mysterious baby (more like a toddler, really). In 2-player local co-op games, the second player gets to be Damon's dog! The game has just launched on PlayStation, Switch, and Steam... Poor Xbox doesn't get to hold the baby.
Back in the early days of VR (2016), Arizona Sunshine made a name for itself as an exciting zombie shooter. This month, Vertigo Games finally released Arizona Sunshine 2 on Meta Quest, PlayStation VR2, and Steam VR. The sequel promises lots of zombie shooting with a helpful dog companion, a wicked sense of humor, and campaign and horde mode co-op.
Proper light gun shooters are a rare thing nowadays, but one place the genre lives on is in the world of virtual reality. On Meta Quest, Crisis Brigade 2 is one such popular shooter. There will soon be another thanks to Thunderful Publishing and Sigtrap Games have just announced a light gun-style game of their own called Under Cover. It promises Ti...
Japan has a proud tradition of local festivals that feature parade-like processions, live performances, and food and activity booths. Of course, Japan also had a rich folklore involving a wide variety of bizarre monsters and spirits called yokai. Spooky Spirit Shooting Gallery from Enheart and Aksys Games is a light gun-style rail shooter that comb...
What would a Roguelike version of Borderlands be like? Chinese developer Duoyi Games have answered that question with Gunfire Reborn, a first-person shooter Roguelike that challenges players to team up and progress through increasingly tough levels, strengthening their characters with each run and unlocking new features along the way. Gunfire Rebor...
Way back in 2010, N-Fusion Interactive released a light gun-style rail shooter on Wii called Martian Panic. Earlier this year, Martian Panic returned on Nintendo Switch alongside the Martian Panic Alien Blaster accessory. The game features a deliberately corny retro vibe, lighthearted humor, and 4-player local co-op. Unfortunately, poor controls an...
Aksys Games recently conducted an event called "All Aksys" on Twitch. During the event, the publisher announced several new Nintendo Switch games. Of those titles, Spooky Spirit Shooting Gallery will support 3-player local co-op! A port of a Japanese light gun arcade game, Spooky Spirit Shooting Gallery lets players team up to blast all manner of Japanese yokai (spirits and monsters). It's due for an English release in 2023.
One of the many welcoming trends of modern gaming (in my opinion, at least) is the inclusion of the open beta. Interested in an upcoming title? What better way to determine whether you should part from your hard earned cash than to test drive a portion of the game for free? It certainly beats buying a game based on a few random screenshots plastered on the back of the box.
Far-flung Games' first title, Infinite Desolation, got the Greenlight last week and thus is making its way towards a full release on Steam sometime in 2017. This twin-stick shooter promises "deep character progression, exploration and looting, crafting, day-night cycles, environmental hazards, classic survival mechanics and world-jumping portals."
Thoth is a game that could be considered as treading previously explored waters as most gamers in the modern scene have played a twin-stick shooter of some form. In the case of Double Fine's newest venture, it is all that and a little bit more.
