Dead Island Riptide is still a little ways away from release, but you can get a head start on the game by preordering the “Rigor Mortis Edition” bundle from developer, Deep Silver, today. Fun Fact: The contents of this edition were actually chosen by you, the fans!
Heads up, Dead Space fanboys! The Dead Space 3 Dev Team Edition pre-order bundle will offer all of the extra content found in the limited edition bundle, minus the actual game and in-game bonus content. The question here is: do you like new toys?
The Co-Optimus staff is growing, and we need your help. We have a writing opportunity available for someone who loves cooperative gaming. Here is the first part of the interview:
We take a look at the Secret World dropping its subscription, Final Fantasy XIV preparing for its Realm Reborn relaunch, and Asheron's Call 2 being resurrected from the graveyard of dead MMOs.
We've been keenly eyeing SimCity for a while now, anxious to see Maxis return to the game that spawned the studio. The latest iteration is a lot more ambitious than previous games, not only blending Sims like statistics on a micro level, but larger intra-city possibilities on a macro level. All of this was actually birthed from looking at previous games and the isolationist experience they gave - which - in relation to the "real world" isn't so real after all.
LittleBigPlanet 2 has been out for two years now and over that time seems to have had more DLC than the entire Wii catalog combined. It is hard to know what to buy and what to miss; thankfully Media Molecule have removed this tricky life decision and created the LBP 2 Extra Edition. This new retail version of the game is coming soon and will contain the original game, plus a 'best of' selection of DLC.
Beyond Co-Op returns after its end of year hiatus with chock full of news straight out of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las, Vegas. CES 2013 was this week and it was full of technology goodness that you'll want to add to your living room. Let's take a look at some of the highlights.
Last year's Happy Action Theater wasn't exactly a traditional game, but that's one reason why it succeeded with the Kinec's non-traditional controls. Less than a year after the first installment, Double Fine returns with the more understandably titled Kinect Party. We can safely assume that just about every Kinect owner grabbed it for free oover the holidays, so the question becomes: does Kinect Party provide a better co-op experience and improve on its predecessor's handful of shortcomings?
With the new year comes new games, but sadly, those are few and far between. Luckily for the Co-Optimus staff one of the games that did come out this week seems to be an absolute blast. Other than that we've got the old favorites of Halo 4, XCOM, and a few others showing their face. ...
Koei keeps on pumping out videos and screenshots for Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2. The latest trio of trailers feature everyone's favorite post apocalyptic warrior, Kenshiro, as well as Rin and Bat. That's right. You can play as Rin and Bat!
We are only a few days away from the third installment of Borderlands 2 DLC. "Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt" will go live on January 15. Jason and I have played through the new adventure, and I really can't say anything more than that. I can say that if Gearbox decided to have a weekend event where they offered high powered weapons, you should probably take advantage of it. Oh, what a coincidence! Sir Hammerlock himself, or whoever happens to be running the @ECHOcasts Twitter feed, just announced a "Gear Up Weekend." What does that mean, exactly?
We had a chance to try out the Monaco Beta thanks to the folks at Pocketwatch games. We have been covering the game for a number of years now and have played it at countless trade shows, but it is nice to finally sit down in the comfort of your own home and execute a heist. We captured it all on tape, so check out the two videos we have from the early levels of Monaco: What's Yours is Mine.
