As we mentioned earlier today, there's quite a few music games coming out this fall. One game though that's doing something a bit different is PowerGig: Rise of the Six String. Like Rock Band 3 and its pro mode, PowerGig is looking to add something to a stalling genre by introducing ways to learn how to really play the instruments. Best of all, it's out now.
It's unclear exactly who is behind this unlicensed, unofficial, free indie game...but they've obviously put a lot of effort into bringing a virtual open world of LEGO creations to life. The concept is simple: pick from around 70 different types of blocks, pick a color for each, and assemble them however you like.
It’s week two in October (half way gone already) and time for some more scares from our Co-optimus Community Blogs! This week we’re peering into the realm of Silent Hill 2 and the general idea of being scared out of your seat - literally. We’re seeing some great Co-optimus Community Blog participation this month, but we want more! Speak up, don’t be shy. Sure, we all get a little scared sometimes and I hear it really helps to let these things out in the open.
We've been squatting on this video link, hoping for a release date. As yet, however, none has been given. Hoard is a simplistic twin-stick shooter with real-time strategy elements - it looks very appealing, and appears to have a bit more depth than originally anticipated. None of the screenshots we've posted so far have truly let the game shine, so we're embedding a video below that showcases one entire co-op match.
Last Thursday we played Borderlands and its DLC for our monthly Xbox Live Co-Op Night. We were lucky enough to be joined by Mikey Neumann, Creative Director at Gearbox Software. Throughout the night we invited members of the community in to join our romp through Pandora as we took on Claptraps, Midgets, and plenty of other baddies.
If you've been following the yearly to bi-yearly releases of music games, you know the genre is becoming increasingly competitive. But could the over saturation of music titles be signaling a change in consumers wants? Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz has put Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock sales numbers at 89,000 units for the first 5 days following launch. It may not sound that bad, but lets look at some perspective.
You may be looking at that headline and thinking to yourself, "Didn't I just read an awesome article titled: Duke Nukem Forever Playable Demo Available Via Borderlands GOTY Edition about a week and a half ago?" You would be right. You may also notice some differences in the title of this awesome article. It seems that Duke Nukem Forever First Access Club passes are showing up on Steam accounts for those of you who bought Borderlands before the GOTY edition was available.
Saints Row 2 celebrated its 2-year anniversary a few days ago, on October 14th. It was a game that we really liked, due to its awesome co-op options. To celebrate the event, Volition is giving away an extremely rare piece of memorabilia: a framed picture containing a poster of front cover of the game signed by nearly everyone on the Saints Row development team, a copy of the back cover of the game, and a game disc.
The first Resistance: Fall of Men featured a two player local co-op campaign that was played through the story, which we enjoyed quite a bit. When Resistance 2 launched with an 8 player co-op mode that was separate from the campaign, one without a real story, we had mixed feelings about the direction. Today we have good news if you preferred Resistance 1 over its sequel for your co-op fixings.
To celebrate the launch of what many (including myself) consider the greatest video game system of all time, I asked the Co-Optimus staff to share their memories of the NES. We will then take a look at the Top 5 greatest cooperative experiences the original Nintendo had to offer.
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
The weather has gotten much colder here in the North East at Co-Optimus HQ - so that means we'll have more time to avoid the outdoors and more time to spend playing video games. Raking leaves? Phhh-shawww. Taking kids to football practice? Ya...right. Me - I'm staying in and avoiding all social interaction unless it's through the buffer of an Xbox Live headset.
