Konami has just announced a release date for Castlevania Harmony of Despair on Xbox Live Arcade. The six player co-op game will launch on August 4th and feature online co-op play through a brand new Castlevania story utilizing assets and enemies from all previous games. The levels themselves are inspired by Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin and Order of Ecclesia.
Capcom has just unveiled the official box art for Dead Rising 2, the upcoming two player co-op zombie slaying game set to hit the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC this September. As you can see the customizable weapon system is front and center with a chainsaw boat oar kind of thing that's sure to make a mess of some poor zombies head. There's also a guy in a tuxedo wearing a Servbot helmet. So awesome.
You know it's a good time to be a gamer when really quirky, niche titles make it over to American shores. Deathsmiles is one such title; it's a tough shoot-em-up of the bullet hell variety, which is pretty scarce these days. Instead of muscled up soldiers or sleek, swift spaceships, though, Deathsmiles features cute little angels with demonic familiars as the primary characters. Topping it all off, the game is only available in a limited edition, with a custom Xbox 360 faceplate, a soundtrack CD, and special sideways packaging. Sound odd? You bet. But this game is from Cave, a company with a pretty great shmup pedigree. So it might just be worth checking out. We've got a small gallery of screens for you to peruse, all full of happy fun angel destruction.
We love hearing about new things being added to the games we love, and Transformers: War for Cybertron is just one of those things. Recently, Xbox Live had a listing for new Transformers DLC that no one had heard of. The reason? It hasn't really been announced yet, but it sounds pretty cool.
Crackdown 2 took 2009's E3 by surprise storm, and was even playable at PAX East, 2010. How does something turn from announcement, to release in almost one year? Loads of hectic crunch time. Kind of like facing a horde of Freaks by yourself. Good thing Ruffian had a good team together, because they really hit the nail on the head with Crackdown 2.
If there is any one thing this site is familiar with, it’s the challenge of coordinating two or more people to play together. That is, after all, the focus. Sometimes even careful planning can go astray when time zones get in the way. This week in co-op Kat and Sam discover just how interesting, and worth while a cross continental exchange can be.
If you haven't heard, the Starcraft 2 map editing suite is so powerful it allows you to create completely different game types - something akin to Little Big Planet 2. The latest user "map" is a remake of the classic side scrolling shooter Metal Slug, complete with two player co-op support. There's even vehicle support for true Metal Slug action!
Today is Bungie Day, that being, July 7th. To celebrate we've posted a handy guide to getting that elusive Recon Armor in Halo 3. To do so will require plenty of co-op gameplay and teamwork through both Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST. Up to the challenge? Read on Spartans.
It's been some time since we saw anything from Interstellar Marines, a unique tactical co-op game from developer Zeropoint Software. When we last looked at the game we talked about their investment like business model, where dividends were paid out to shareholders in the form of mini-slices of the full product. All this was being done to tide you over till the final release of the game. The latest slice is now available and it's called Running Man.
A fairly long list of positions to be filled has popped up at the Microsoft Careers site; specifically, 24 Halo-related jobs are open with 343 Industries, the team responsible for the Halo Waypoint and any future Halo games that Microsoft wishes to publish.
For those of you who enjoy the addictive, beautiful, rythm-based Patapon series: you'll be excited to know that the Patapon 3 co-op demo is available on the PlayStation Network.
