We're pretty proud of the face we just reached a major milestone for the website - over 1000 co-op games in our database! To celebrate we're having a monster giveaway with almost a dozen prizes including a new Xbox 360 Slim console, Copies of Crackdown 2, T-Shirts and more!
If there is one game type that needs more co-op it's the addictive action puzzle game genre. Of that genre the most famous for nibbling away at our time is PopCap Games with their Peggle, and Plants Vs. Zombies. Of course this means we're very excited to announce that Plants Vs. Zombies will have a co-op mode when it moves over from the PC to the Xbox LIVE Arcade.
It looks like the power of the Summer of Arcade promo will be holding Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light hostage for a while. Once Lara Croft launches for the Summer of Arcade on the XBLA, the title will not be seen on the PSN or Steam for at least four weeks.
Valve has announced it will be releasing a free co-op top down shooter called Alien Swarm. If that name sounds familiar, it's because there is an Unreal Tournament mod of the same name. Valve happened to hire a bunch of the original mod team and one of their side projects was to recreate the title in the Source engine after working on Portal 2 and Left 4 Dead.
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
You'd think that a game based on Superman would be great. After all, who among us doesn't wish we had super powers like the Man of Steel? The game isn't quite as indestructible, with all manner of odd decisions. I can't think of a more bizarre way to adapt a character into a video game.
As we finally get closer to the release of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty we are hearing a lot more details about the new Battle.net 2.0. With the increasing obsession with achievements and rewards for playing games (aside from the game itself), Battle.net will be catering to gamers desire to show off.
Generally speaking, we're not particularly surprised that Achievement Hunter has set up an Orb map for Crackdown 2, but we're a bit put off that co-op orbs are missing from the list. Anyone who has played Crackdown 2 has noticed the little gray Xbox LIVE Orbs around the city. You need two or more players in the same area to collect these skill enhancing orbs, and the orbs also end in an achievement when you get them all.
Despite a bit of a dry spell with game releases there's plenty to play thanks to the likes of downloadable games. Deathspank and Blacklight: Tango Down seem to dominate our playlists, not to be outdone by the likes of Transformers and others. Comic Con is next week, so expect plenty of gaming news, despite the continued light release schedule. Don't worry, the fall is coming, then we'll all be complaining about too much too play.
Despite a recent premium map pack being released last week, the console version of Aliens vs Predator will no longer receive any patches or content due to Sega terminating support. The assistant community manager for Sega had this to say on the official forums:
When DJ Hero launched last year with its Renegade Edition for $200, well, not a lot of people spent $200 on it. And that's a good thing - for you! Right now Amazon has the Xbox 360 version of the Renegade Edition for $64. Yes...$64. DJ Hero supported a two player co-op mode with one turn table and a guitar.
Remember the good old days when a preview told you a game would have co-op and it meant something? Remember when we told you Killzone 2 would never have co-op? It's starting to look like the same might be true for the game's sequel, Killzone 3.
