F.E.A.R. 3 - which we saw in action at E3 this year - finally has a release date: March 22, 2011. Sporting a two-player story mode, this shooter is bound to fill a certain gap in games with co-op campaigns. The new release date comes after having been delayed from this holiday season into next spring.
Call of Duty: Black Ops may not be launching till next week, on November 9th, but we're still getting the official launch trailer today. The trailer was shown last night during Sunday Night Football but now you'll have the pleasure of watching it over and over again. The music throughout is the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" - no doubt chosen in part for the time period the game is set during.
The fall update for the Xbox 360 dashboard is now Live. The next time you fire up your Xbox 360 consoles you'll be prompted for the update which not only aesthetically changes your dashboard, it'll add a bunch of new features including Netflix Search, Zune Music, ESPN integration, and most importantly for, you know... people that actually use the console to play games - improved voice chat quality.
With less than a month until the official kickoff of the holiday shopping season, retailers have begun to gear up for big sales. Amazon today is matching a deal that's also available locally at Target - buy two games get one free. Of course the list of titles that qualify for this deal are limited, but, there are a ton of recent releases on there like Rock Band 3, Civilization 5, and NHL 11. There are titles on just about every platform from consoles to PC to handhelds.
It's time for another pair of videos for Co-Op Classics. This week, we look at an early co-op game known more for the characters than the co-op: the original Mario Bros. arcade. Our second video is from the co-op golden age of the early 1990s: Sunset Riders.
Steam is having a weekend sale on Dawn of War 2 and Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising. The two player co-op RTS from Relic was one we certainly loved and the expansion pack was equally as entertaining. If you haven't picked up either yet - you can snag both in a Gold edition for only $20, or you can snag the expansion pack for $10.
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Red Dead Redemption has made a comeback amongst the staff, most likely due to the truly excellent DLC just released. With Halloween on the horizon everyone is in the zombie game mode, so Undead Nightmare is the perfect distraction.
Halloween is this weekend and Rockstar has a treat for you! In yet another stunning example of how zombies do indeed make everything better, Undead Nightmare is the fourth DLC for the open world western juggernaut, Red Dead Redemption, and it is the biggest and best one to date. While the previous three DLCs focused on competitive and co-operative multiplayer aspects of the game, Undead Nightmare is a sizeable addition to an already substantial single player experience. In addition to the new single player missions, there are some new co-op modes that gamers can sink their teeth into.
This week in Co-op Nick and Kat struggle to get their Fable III games to connect (claiming the DLC was incompatible, but that didn't seem to matter after Kat got in to her sanctuary to save and restart the game). So we get a late start to the week in co-op, but it's complete humorous banter between a Queen in her realm and a newcomer King out for the wooing. Nevermind that Kings and Queens don't particularly communicate well.
We've got a couple bits of news for you after Rock Band 3's release earlier this week. Ever been listening to the radio, hear a cool song, and think, "Wow, that would be awesome to play in Rock Band. I wonder if it's available?" But, you aren't close to your console to check it out? There's now an app for that, albeit an unofficial one. Called the "RB Song List", the app is free. Now you'll be able to see whether "Wipe Out" is available in Rock Band anywhere you go.
