It's the last weekend before the Christmas holiday, which means it's time to wrap up all those presents you were going to give your friends and family but decided to open and play for yourself. It seems a lot of the staff have taken to playing board games this weekend, which is ok by us.
Those of us who enjoyed Diablo 3 may now schedule time off of work with confidence. Reaper of Souls drops March 25th, 2014. Start planning your co-op parties now so you aren't surprised in three months when your squad is composed of nothing but witch doctors. There'd be demon dogs for miles.
The crazies behind Dark Souls II have announced a Dark Souls live action event in the form of this little teaser. There is going to be some sort of Dark Souls thing starring real-life people. I can see the casting auditions now. "Let's see your skills in action. How would you pull of, say, being stabbed to death by a horse-demon? Good, good. Okay. Now how about being crushed by the scepter of an immortal stone colossus? Not bad!"
A new skin pack is coming to Minecraft on Xbox 360 featuring all your favorite heroes and villains from the Marvel universe. Dress up as The Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Phil Coulson, Red Skull, Loki, Kang and more as you play in theI world.
Capcom is giving you more time with your family this holiday in the form of some delayed DLC for Dead Rising 3. Operation Broken Eagle, originally scheduled to hit the Xbox One on December 24 has been pushed back to January 21.
Once again it's time for the Co-Op Game of the Year awards. This is our sixth year we are giving out the award. Previous years are found here: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. We've decided to keep the same format as last year, splitting up the votes between AAA titles and Indie titles across all platforms.
Once again it's time for the Co-Op Game of the Year awards. This is our sixth year for our awards, choosing the best cooperative game in the industry. (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012). Like last year we've split the voting between two categories this year - AAA Games and Indie games. Despite two new console releases, almost none of the new games have made our list of notable co-op games. It's a slight disappointment that the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are no shows, but hopefully that changes next year.
Level Designer of Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine, Andy Nguyen, updated the game today with a brand new patch titled: "The Architect Patch". New streamlined campaign experiences being featured, as well as other new gameplay additions, perfect Pocketwatch Games' already very addictive co-op title.
We liked Ryse: Son of Rome a lot more than we expected, and while the co-op mode wasn't the deepest or most versatile, what it does it does well. It should come as no surprise, that as a first party title, the game is going to get a bunch of DLC to support the two player co-op gladiator mode.
Just in time for the release of the second film in the series, LEGO The Hobbit finally has a trailer. The full game won't see the light of day until next Spring, but they want you to go ahead and get pumped for their upcoming title. If you've seen the first movie (or the second one, I guess) you'll recognize some scenes recreated with syrupy-sweet Lego charm. Shocker: It looks a whole lot like a Lego game. Check it out.
As 2013 draws to an end and we look ahead to what the new year and next gen consoles will bring, there's plenty that's happened over the past year that's worth a bit of a revisit. Here, then, is a recap of some of the stand out Indie-Ana Co-Op features over the past several months, and my own personal list of favorite indie games I've played in 2013.
If Zombieland taught us anything, it is that cardiovascular exercise is key to surviving the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse. Don't try and fight hoards of flesh hungry deadites, get out of there ASAP. The upcoming 4 player co-op title Dying Light agrees with this principle as the new 10 minutes of gameplay footage shows; more flight, less fight.
