This news isn't exactly surprising, but it's still good nonetheless. Harmonix has announced, via Facebook, that Rock Band 3 is being developed, and will hit store shelves late this year. We've got next to no details, but here's the actual announcement.
A swecond expansion for Magic the Gathering Duels of the Planeswalkers has been announced. We already knew the expansion was coming, but now we've got some details. The expansion is as of yet untitled, and will feature Sorin Markhov, a vampiric Planeswalker, pictured above, as the "big boss" character. Three new decks, including the blue/black/red deck used by the first expansion's Nicol Bolas, will become available once the single player campaign is defeated. No word on a new co-op campaign, but both previous releases included a local two-headed giant style campaign, so we'd guess that trend will continue.
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 big item of interest this weekend is the official Halo Waypoint event this evening, and we'll be playing Halo Wars. As always, there's plenty more weekend to fill, and for many staff members, Borderlands and Final Fantasy XIII will be the games of choice. Except for poor Nick, who is moving this weekend!
Capybara Games has recently announced they're planning to port their originally Nintendo DS exclusive SRPG Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes to PSN and XBLA. Capybara are also the folks behind the popular Critter Crunch. M&M: Clash of Heroes was released back in December 2009 and was well-received by critics. I raved about this game to my friends and tried to convince everyone I knew with a DS to purchase it. Starting Summer 2010 I can now spread my fanaticism to people with xbox 360s and PS3s as well. What's the even better news? The PSN and XBLA version will have up to 4-player Co-Op as well as a completely new art style!
It's our most action packed issue to date. While the co-op scene has been quite quiet this year so far, the single player scene is jam packed with goodness. We've got 8 reviews of the biggest games so far this year, and some from last!
Co-op fans can be hard to please. Really hard. We know it, and developers know it. Does your game have two-player co-op? Make it four-player co-op. Does your game have splitscreen co-op? Make it splitscreen online. Does your game have co-op side missions? Make it a co-op campaign.
I really don't have the words to describe the latest trailer for Brink, the 8 player co-op action title from Splash Damage and Bethesda. Perhaps the word awesome or explosive work, but I don't think they quite match the intensity or character of the trailer. When situations like this come up there's only one way to solve them, and that's to make up your own word.
Portal 2's co-op reveal was quite shocking, but if you've been following Valve news before it wasn't that big of a surprise. Why? Valve's been running an alternate reality game, or ARG, surrounding Portal 2 for a few weeks now. These meta games blend reality with the virtual reality of a game world into one, and despite the game being announced the ARG is continuing.
Back int' day, when I was was knee high to a grasshopper I owned a copy of Final Fight on the Super Nintendo. Whilst the Sega fans were playing with their Streets of Rage 2, I was happy helping the likes of Cody and Haggar to fight against numerous dubiously dressed gangsters on the mean streets of Metro City. Co-Opt...
We don't normally feature movie reviews here at Co-Optimus, but when one of the top co-op franchises gets its own movie, we'll make an exception.
Peter Molyneux is fresh out of giving a demo of Fable 3 at the Game Developer's Conference 2010, and a few great quotes aren't the only thing that came out of the session.
