Get ready to battle the League of Evil Exes! To coincide with the DVD and Blu-Ray release of the film on November 9th, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game is half off. We really liked this brawler when it came out a little over two months ago, giving it a co-op score of 4 out of 5 in our review. Normally 800 Microsoft Points, Scott Pilgrim is now available for 400 MSP. That's five dollars in real money!
While lost in the Texas tundra this weekend, my mind wandered to Black, an old favorite shooter game that was ahead of its time in some ways. My train of thought barreled into Bodycount - Codemasters' forthcoming follow-up game - and coincidentally the weekend headlines have revealed that the co-op bullet orgy has been delayed.
The classic co-op PC RPG Icewind Dale 2 has now become that much easier to find and play. Good Old Games have added the 6 player co-op game to their library of titles. Setting you back $10 you'll get Icewind Dale 2, Icewind Dale 2 Adventure Pack, The Soundtrack, HD Wallpapers, and lots more.
For this month's edition of MMO Co-Opportunities we're doing something a little different. We'll be looking at Final Fantasy XI, but since I have very little personal experience with this MMO, I've turned to the gaming community for a community contribution of co-opportunities!
This week is arguably one of the biggest video game releases of the year with Activision and Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops hitting the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on November 9th. We've been covering the game for ages and have given you every morsel of goodness we could muster from it. We've covered the 6 player combat training co-op mode and we've covered the four player zombie survival mode. We've even covered the mode that Activision apparently doesn't want us to see - the co-op Dead Ops mode. We know you're excited for the game, we know you're going to play the heck out of the game, so why not enter a contest for a chance to win prizes JUST FOR PLAYING THE GAME.
Most of the time, things we experience don't live up to the hype. I am happy to report to you, with great confidence, that this week's Co-Op Classic, Ninja Baseball Bat Man, is not this way; it's every bit as good as it's stellar reputation.
A demo has been released for Apache Air Assault on Xbox Live. It weighs in at around 900MB and features two missions and a training section. Sadly the game's local co-op mode of play isn't on display - where one player controls the helicopter while the other is the gunner. Apache Air Assault is from developer Gaijin Entertainment, who created the famous PC game IL-2 Sturmovik Birds of Prey. The good news is you can play Apache Air Assault as either a sim or an arcade style game with more forgiving controls.
Aspyr Media have announced that it will be publishing the Macintosh version of Civilization V. The PC version was released this past September with three player co-op support, while the OSX version is being slated for November 23rd - just in time for Thanksgiving in the US. Now you can use your turkey induced coma to conquer nations!
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Harmonix has long set atop the music game pecking order, and Rock Band 3 is another very strong effort. The gameplay we've enjoyed for years is as good as ever, and arguably the best it has ever been. But the inclusion of an entirely new instrument and Pro mode are Rock Band 3's true focus.
Halo Waypoint Co-Op Night is tonight and we're going to focus on the campaign. If you want to join just look for some of the staff on Xbox Live or use the game's built in matchmaking. That's not all we are going to be playing this weekend though as it seems some of us still have zombies on are minds with Dead Rising 2.
Round two of the battle between the biggest game titles featuring a grammatical colon kicks off November 9th with the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops. Round one was easily won by Halo: Reach, which was probably due to the fact that it came out a month and a half ago. Be prepared to see so many commercials for Activision's military shooter that you'll think its running for office.
