A modder with too much time on his hands has lovingly created a Left 4 Dead Survival mode map that allows the Survivors to defend Helm's Deep - as seen in Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
THQ plans to unveil a Saints Row movie fairly soon, most likely at next month's Spike TV VGA Awards.
It seems everyone is hopping on the co-op bandwagon now a days. Gamestop have launched a contest aimed at the co-op gamer for Bethesda's Hunted: The Demon's Forge, the two player co-op action/RPG launching on the 360, PS3, and PC early next year.
Earlier this year, we brought you the news that the upcoming sequel to de Blob would include a rudimentary two player co-op mode. Described as being similar to that of Super Mario Galaxy 2, the co-op allows a second player to control Pinky, who can only interact with the game in limited ways: slowing down enemies, disarming traps, that sort of thing. Obviously that's not ideal, but it means de Blob 2 might be a great game to play with younger kids.
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I'm pretty sure this is the biggest variety of games we've had on Our Weekend in Gaming. Everything from Call of Duty to Assassin's Creed is on display. Fable 3, Dead Rising 2, Lost Planet 2, and Enslaved? Yeah we have that too. Seriously there's just a ton of gaming planned for the weekend around Co-Optimus HQ.
Call of Duty: Black Ops has only been out a little over a week, but the game has already received a major patch on PC and first on consoles is now out to tighten up the experience. The current patch seems to have fixed a lot of problems with the multiplayer versus mode - mostly due to people trying to glitch and cheat. But some have it affects the co-op Combat Training mode as well.
Apache: Air Assault comes to us on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. With flight simulators so hard to come by lately, we take the game for a test flight to see if the genre still has legs. Two player local co-op and four player online co-op help its cause as we battle it out in the unfriendly skies.
Codemasters have just released two new screens for Operation Flashpoint: Red River. There's not much to go on in them, but we do know the four player co-op title is planned for a Spring 2011 release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. About the only thing we can discern, is that the setting seems quite a bit different than that of Dragon Rising. While Dragon Rising had lush green and rolling hills, it looks like Red River has more of a desert inspired canvas.
I felt the acting in this film was more wooden than plastic
We've been excited about The Lord of the Rings: War in the North for a while now. The good people over at Snowblind have been pumping out trailers for the past year. The latest trailer features actual gameplay footage. The game looks like it has more of a third-person action feel than the studio's previous isometric games like Champions of Norrath and Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. This game will also be rated 'Mature,' a first for the series.
Sony Bend, Rare, Rocksteady Games...these are all studios whom I admire for the simplicity of the core of their games. Bizarre Creations once again makes that list with the 007: Blood Stone multiplayer.
