Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable will be out early next year. How early? How about January 8th, which is just in time to catch the trade-in rush from all those single playthrough games you got for Christmas. This announcement literally doubles our title count for co-op games coming out in January. Hopefully some more games pop up, or it's going to be a long a winter.
Atlus have just announced a brand new 3rd person shooter called God Mode, which is being billed as a "humorous take" on the underworld and features an RPG like system for upgrading and customizing your character. Players take on the role of a descendant of an ancient god who is turned mortal when his family is banished from Mount Olympus. You'll be battling through the Maze of Hades in the underworld to seek redemption and show them who's still a god.
Whatever you do, don’t delete all of your hard earned Scott Pilgrim vs. The World data off of your hard drives just yet, folks. It looks like this game will be receiving its long awaited DLC after all, having almost been swept quietly under the rug.
The upcoming two player co-op Star Trek game has gotten an official release date. The game is scheduled to be released on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC on April 23rd, 2013. This should coincide nicely with the upcoming Star Trek movie, Star Trek Into the Darkness which opens May 17th in theaters.
The massively multiplayer online survival horror game The War Z has been removed from Steam following consumer complaints. The War Z presented information on the Steam page that did not appear to be true in the actual game, and that doesn't jive with Valve. People have demanded refunds, and as of yesterday Valve has offered refunds to those who purchased the game.
We're a smidge late in reporting this since it started on Tuesday, but the Xbox Live Countdown to 2013 Sale may be the single best sale the Xbox 360 has ever had. Each day until December 31st consists of themed daily sales, with today's Platformers sale knocking co-op standout Rayman Origins down to just ten bucks. And on top of that, more than ten XBLA and Games on Demand titles are on sale for the diration of the promotion, such as fantastic co-op titles Sonic 4 Episode II and Simpsons Arcade. Head past the break to find out which games feature cooperative multiplayer!
New concept art has appeared on the Japanese Dark Souls II website. The recently added image gallery is primarily made up of stills from the sexy announcement trailer that debuted at the Spike TV VGAs. That's nice, but the last eleven images are really interesting. A handful of new environments, items, and ghoulish enemies can be found in the gallery. That badass chariot up there is part of the set. I may be mistaken, but that appears to be a two headed undead horse. Fantastic.
This week in Indie-Ana Co-Op we speak with Terry Welsh, the one man development team at Really Slick. His first game release, Retrobooster, is set to launch next year and is reminiscent of Asteroids and the classic cave shooters of old. We spoke with Terry about his upcoming game and his journey from NASA employee to indie game dev.
The third installment of Borderlands 2 DLC, "Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt," was made official via Twitter yesterday. Everyone who's still interested in roaming the wastes of Pandora heard about it a few days ago, when several key details were leaked in the latest title update. Well the Bonerfart is out of the bag, isn't it? "Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt" will be arriving on your gaming machine of choice next year. Wait, next year?
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is looking good on the Wii U. Sure, it's basically an HD "Turbo Edition" of the Wii's Monster Hunter Tri, but it may be new to you. There are new monsters to hunt, and some sweet interconnectivity between the Wii U and 3DS versions.
Another step closer to Christmas day and another new one day only offer from Microsoft and XBLA. Several arcade games are present, but the one that catches the co-op eye is Trine 2 for only 400 Microsoft Points, that's down from 1200. This 3 player co-op title is one of the best download experiences out there and a steal at that price.
THQ, publisher of such co-op titles as Saints Row The Third, Dawn of War 2, and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, have filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in the United States to bring them out of some troubled financials that have plagued the company over the past few years. Since 2009 the publisher has tried to reinvent itself and image, trim the fat so to speak, focus only on top tier titles to stay afloat, and even offer up their games on the Humble Bundle website - sadly it seems nothing has worked.
