With all this talk of PS4s and Xbox Ones, there has been a silent evolution occurring for years. Members of the PC Frat will tell you to keep your puny consoles and allow them to bask in the power of the Personal Computer. However, consoles try to catch up all the time e.g. PC may have received Update 11 for Warframe last month, but now the PlayStation 4 is hot on its heels.
BattleBlock Theater's developer, The Behemoth, created the level editor feature for, not only the gaming community, but for themselves to bring new content to their game directly. Soon the "Monster Playlists" will be hitting the scene and with a new character head to grab.
With a triple combo of regular bundles, a dedicated storefront, and weekly sales, the folks at Humble Bundle are sending so many games our way we're thinking about installing baleen on our hands to help sift through them. Or, would that be our eyes, because of seeing things on the screen? Either way, this week's sale features two co-op games that should capture your attention: Zeno Clash and Zeno Clash II!
Happy Wars is running some Christmas special events this December. Until December 25th, players of this XBL Gold Subscriber free-to-play game can log into the game and get 80 Happy Tickets for free. These tickets can be used to purchase premium items from the shop.
So we can pretend all games can get along in this melting pot of a market, we present the latest edition of Beyond Co-Op, our weekly round-up of single player and competitive multiplayer news. We might even talk about that secret game the cool kids play in the park. Bases ball? Something like that. Or maybe Game of Thrones and Firefly are much more interesting.
What's better than double XP in Call of Duty: Ghosts? How about double XP with live developer Q&As and info on upcoming features? Today, starting at 10am PST, Infinity Ward is hosting the world wide Extinction Day, inviting players to not only earn double the precious experience, but also get some great info about the future of Call of Duty: Ghosts.
DOTA 2 has gotten another co-op mode and this one is a bit more official and closer to our definition of co-op. While the game has always had a comp-stomp style of cooperative play allowing you to practice against bots with friends, the new mode is a survival style map where five players work together to defend the Skeleton King from enemy onslaught.
Brrr, it's friggin freezing outside. I mean, it snowed in the damn desert of Egypt for crying out loud. We'll be keeping warm by our computers and consoles this weekend, snuggled up with our co-op partners. Here's what the staff is going to be doing this weekend in their gaming ventures.
2025 aims to be a really weird year if Earth Defense Force 2025 is to be taken as a glimpse into the future. Robots and insects decide to put aside their differences and team up because they are sick of humans forcing them to build cars and/or scorching them to death by reflecting the sun with a magnifying glass. Mankind must rely on the titular Earth Defense Force and their cyborg-suited samurai to survive the robot onslaught. You and up to three pals can dance around the battlefield and rip insects to shreds.
One of the most watched titles on next gen consoles finally got a release date, and we're pretty happy with it. Destiny, coming from Bungie, the creators of Halo, will launch worldwide on September 9 2014 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
Recently announced by publisher 505 Games, Terraria is at long last releasing for PlayStation Vita! The portable version features all of the content in the PS3 version with reworked controls that include touch support. Better still, the game features Cross-Platform Play, allowing Vita owners to join in with PS3 players like one big happy Sony family.
With the current generation systems taken care of, Ubisoft has finally announced the release dates for Rayman Legends in North America on Xbox One and PlayStation 4: February 25th, 2014. For your patience, Rayman will reward you with enhanced graphics, shorter loading times, exclusive costumes, and extra challenge levels designed to take advantage of all that fancy next-gen hardware.
