Today, Sega's Dreamcast system turns 10 years old. A system most consider ahead of its time, the Dreamcast still has a lot of classic titles that are played today. Sega's console met an early demise thanks to the juggernaut that is Sony and their announcement of the PlayStation 2. It only lived a little over two years, but it was an amazing two years.
Last week we unveiled a brand new live action trailer for Halo 3: ODST along with some unique information from the PAX panel. Today, Gametrailers has an exclusive version of the trailer that's a full one minute longer than the original.
Game Name: Jumpgate Evolution Co-Op: Yes Co-Op Type: Massively Multiplayer Publisher/Developer: CodeMasters (Publisher)/NetDevil (Developer) Release Date: TBD
First thing is first - if you were at PAX this year at the Washington State Convention Center and you are feeling ill in any way, go see a doctor immediately. As of now there are 15 20 confirmed cases of Swine Flu from the show. You may or may not have been on a flight with someone who has had it, and to check you'll need to see this post on Penny-Arcade.com for details. If you do get confirmed to have the oinker disease, please contact the email address in that linked post to update the information.
Game Name: Dead Space: Extraction Co-Op: Yes Co-Op Type/Multiplayer Type: Local, Drop-in/drop-out Publisher/Developer: Visceral Games Release Date: September 29, 2009
One accessory that seems to be becoming extremely popular are gaming headsets. What's a gaming headset? It's a pair of headphones that offers solid positional audio combined with a microphone for voice communication. Turtle Beach had a few pairs of their latest and greatest headsets on display on the show floor, and I put my ears to the test.
Game Name: Fairytale Fights Co-Op: Yes Co-Op Type/Multiplayer Type: Local/Online Publisher/Developer: Playlogic Release Date: October 27, 2009
Gearbox has just kicked off a new series of promo clips for Borderlands, the first which introduces a little robot named Claptrap. If you attended the Gearbox Panel at PAX 2009, well then you've seen this. If not, well then you need to watch it. The video attempt to describe the game's randomly generated monsters...but there's some...uh...difficulties.
This my friends, is a jam packed episode full of so many game impressions I can't list them all here. Every co-op game we got our grubby little hands on during PAX 2009 is discussed! Not only that but Jim, Jason, Nick and Kat discuss some of the finer points of the show and there's even a special guest appearance by a certain Left 4 Dead character. Freaky!
Bioware was kind enough to let us chat with Mass Effect 2's lead writer Mac Walters. We talked about the various improvements in the game. One really interesting piece of the discussion deals with how your data carries over from Mass Effect 1. And of course we ask the question - what happened to co-op?
Game Name: Left 4 Dead 2 Co-Op: Yes Co-Op Type: Four player online/2 player split. Story based and survival modes. Publisher/Developer: EA/Valve (publisher) / Valve (developer) Release Date: November 17th, 2009
PAX 2009 has come to a close, and the Co-Optimus staff are all home safe and sound. Over the next few days we'll be continuing to bring you hands on impressions of dozens and dozens of games that we played.
