With all the Diablo III news going on, it's only natural to want to crack out the original two games. Unfortunately for some it's not an easy find; most local stores don't carry it. Luckily Amazon has the whole shebang, the entire Diablo Battle Chest (Diablo, Diablo II, Diablo II - Lord Of Destruction, and 2 Hint Guides) for $29.99 with free shipping.
You'd think 19 minutes of a trailer would get boring, but in this case, it doesn't! Gamevideos.com provides a copy of this video, featuring a guided tour of gameplay (taken from the Blizzard site, which is understandably a bit hammered at the moment). Our initial impression? HOLY CRAP! Catch the video, and our more detailed impressions of it, after the break. I'll be right back, I have to go change shorts.
Judging by the popularity of our Co-Op Classics story on Diablo, people really like the series. It's successor was even more popular and continues to played today by many. Eight years after Diablo 2 was released Blizzard has finally announced Diablo 3! For an entire week the Blizzard website teased us with something, and many thought it was actually a World of Warcraft Expansion - but alas the great demon is born again!
Well, it's been released and reviewed, and now there is a demo out. That's right, today, Major Nelson is reporting that a demo for Lego Indiana Jones has been released on Xbox Live. So, if you are on the fence about the game (which chronicles the first three movies), check out the demo and find out for yourself.
"Elf needs food... badly." "Elf is about to die!" If you heard these words coming from an arcade machine back in the mid to late 80s, you knew someone was about out of quarters. This warning told everyone around that another player was about to fall before the challenge of Gauntlet. An undisputed master...
Denis Dyack (pictured above) has called out popular internet forum NeoGaf. Apparently "the Gaf" has plenty of doubters of Too Human, so Dyack threw down the proverbial gauntlet. His decree? If you're confident the game will be a letdown, state your belief unequivocally in the thread. If, after finally playing it, you turn out to be right, Dyack has agreed to accept the forum tag "Owned by the GAF." If the haters are wrong they will have to accept the tag "Owned by Too Human."
Gears of War is one of the finest co-op titles you will find, and the upcoming sequel looks even more promising. A couple videos have been leaked, and they supposedly show some gameplay from the beta of GoW 2. You can check them both out after the break.
I know we've talked quite a bit about a certain RPG coming out soon for the Xbox 360, but there's another one coming out this fall that features 2-player co-op... Fable 2.
Actually, spiffy may not be the right word. You can check the trailer for Lord of the Rings: Conquest out for yourself here, and choose your own word to describe it. The fact that four players can play through the campaign cooperatively via split-screen or online had us watching the title closely. Given the fact that you can also play through as the bad guys? That just puts it over the top. Maiming hairy footed halflings with a buddy for an evening sounds like fun to me. Hobbits, you are going down!
Sometimes, you just don't have the time to get knee deep in a game like Crackdown or GTA IV. That's where XBLA comes in handy. With its multitude of great arcade games, Xbox Live Arcade serves as a great balance for the hardcore gamer in all of us. This week I've had barely any time to game, and that's when XBLA came in to save the day with the wonderfully fun Assault Heroes.
It wouldn't be a good week if we didn't get a new video of Too Human. Well folks, it's officially a good week as we have a new co-op video of Too Human.
Guitar Hero: On Tour hits stores this week, and we've got your co-op review here at Co-Optimus. How's the Guitar Grip? What about the song choices? Is rocking out with a buddy in co-op mode as awesome as on the home versions of Guitar Hero? Read on to find out.
