Alliance of Valiant Arms added their new co-op mode and features in the latest update on September 9th. If you need to know the goods on it, we had a preview of it here. In addition to that coverage we have a brand new trailer showcasing the mode, which you can see below.
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Bungie's final pre-Halo: Reach weekly update gives us two impressive looks at the co-op campaign and Firefight (2.0). The campaign mission is "Tip of the Spear", and is played by composer Marty O'Donnell and audio lead Jay Weinland. Firefight is played by senior designer Lars Bakken, sandbox designers Sage Merill and Josh Hamrick, and mission designer Mike Tippewulf.
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Ummm....Halo Reach? Yeah - it's coming out next week. Perhaps you heard of it? Oh, you did? Good. Everybody on the staff is itching to get their hands on it. It's worse than that time you wanted Voltron for Christmas in 86, and you were just laying in your bed the night before wondering what it'd be like to run around the house yelling "and I'll form the body and head!" Yeah, worse than that. It's bad.
Back in 2009, Gameloft released a little game for the iPhone called Dungeon Hunter. It was a Diablo-inspired hack-and-slash where you leveled and built up a character. Now Gameloft plans on launching it in HD exclusively for PlayStation Network - and this time with 4-player online and offline co-op! An HD-overhaul goes beyond a visual face-lift, taking the opportunity to bring in a new art-style as well. No word yet on pricing, nor is there a trailer available yet. But there are some delicious screenshots (mmm, screenshots!). We'll keep you posted!
Project Aces keeps with its strong traditions for Ace Combat: Joint Assault. But will classic training and muscle memory be enough when bogies appear on the horizon?
No doubt taking a queue from their title World of Warcraft, Blizzard have revealed a crafting system for Diablo 3 called the Artisan system. Instead of the player actually crafting the item, they'll be bringing raw materials to an artisan in a caravan or town to create the item they so desperately want. In the field you'll be able to break down weapons, armor and other items into raw materials and bring them to artisans for crafting.
Apparently, not content to have only one special edition of Dead Rising 2, Capcom has announced an uber limited edition of the game only available on their online web store. Called the High Stakes Edition, the pack not only includes lots of a swag - but a chance to win something truly unique - a 6 foot zombie statue.
One might feel that platform superstar Kirby was cute, sweet, and adorable enough already, with those chubby cheeks, a pink floaty body, and oversized red feet. But, Nintendo has gone and recreated him in yarn form, which pretty much gives Kirby the "awwwww!" power of a hundred puppies. For co-op fans, though, Kirby's Epic Yarn is something to look forward to not just for cuteness, but for two player co-op!
As Rock Band 3's late October release approaches, more and more details about the game are coming to light. The keyboard instrument, new to the series, is perhaps the most intriguing. A new trailer has been released, and a good bit of actual keyboard gameplay is shown off. From the video, we see that on easy and medium difficulty, the note track looks very much like a guitar track, but on hard and expert, the track changes to look like that of the picture above. While the lower two difficulty levels will only have a 10 note range, the tougher versions will require players to shift up and down the ivories often, more directly mimicing an actual keyboard playing experience.
You’re about to enter the “no hero zone” in the latest Badman game titled No Heroes Allowed! There are, however, two villians out to dig the dungeons to trap intrepid heroes that wander out on their quests for glory, girls, or whatever else motivates heroes these days. No Heroes Allowed! follows the henchman “God of Destruction” as he builds dungeon after dungeon of impossible foes, aided by his daughter and heir to the destruction throne, Badmella.
