EA has sent along a fresh batch of screenshots for their two player cooperative action game, Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel. The latest screens show case our new mask wearing duo as they take on the sinister cartels of the underworld. Or Mexico. Someplace bad.
Locke and Nick have a problem. He's 6 foot 7, green, and weighs 400 pounds. His name is Master Chief. There's plenty of Halo 4 talk to go around as we dive into the campaign, Spartan Ops and yes even the competitive multiplayer. We also dive into some news story - including several high profile titles dropping competitive to focus on co-op as well as one company's troubles. Finally we wrap up with some healthy discussion of the Wii U - which launches this weekend. What, you didn't realize that either?
You have questions about Assassin's Creed 3's co-op mode. We have answers.
Assassin's Creed 3 is a milestone for the open world stealth franchise. Desmond's journey through the Animus takes us to an entirely new historical era: Colonial America. Here we will live out the memories of his Native American ancestor, Connor, as the Assassins and Templars do battle in the throes of the American Revolution. There's also a new cooperative Wolf Pack mode, a first for the series. Find out how the franchise embraces co-op in our review.
The Child's Play Charity, created by Mike and Jerry of Penny-Arcade, has been something I've personally supported since it's inception. Like Extra-Life, it's a charity drive that's used to benefit sick children and children's hospitals around the world. Child's Play has grown from humble beginnings of toy donations to an epic undertaking collecting toys and money for over 70 hospitals worldwide in an effort to give these children an amazing holiday. Last year Child's Play raised over 3.5 million dollars. That hopefully brought a lot of smiles.
Gearbox have just released a huge patch for the PC version of Borderlands 2. The automatic update is applied by restarting Steam. Various bugs have been fixed, including connectivity issues for co-op, UI issues exclusive to the PC, and several balance issues including some controversial ones to "The Bee." There's also several enhancements for physics and graphics rendering improving performance for players.
Soldak Entertainment have released a demo for Drox Operative, a space ship combat RPG for the PC. While the game isn't exactly like "Diablo in space," it does remind me of another classic PC game - Star Control. It's a little less twitch based, but there's huge galaxies to explore and lots of ship to ship combat to engage in.
Some basic gaming mathematics: Crytek plus Free plus Co-op = Joy! Warface is the gamefication of this joy, as the free to play 5 player co-op shooter is currently in Beta, but should be on PC for all to play very soon. The game is designed to reward players for individual skill, but also for teamwork. Check out the new trailer that highlights the co-operative elements.
The next chapter in the Starcraft 2 sage has finally found its release date! Those that can wait patiently until March of next year will be quite pleased with what they can grab through pre-ordering.
4J Studios has heard your issues with the current version of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition and will be releasing a new update soon to address bugs and other small issues that are bringing down an otherwise fantastic game.
Open up your Xbox 360 version of LEGO Lord of the Rings game at the store. It may be a demo. That's really all the news here. From Game Informer:
Guns of Icarus was a web-based game that had an interesting concept and some pretty good co-op components, but it always felt a little lacking in some areas. There was definite promise in the underlying mechanics, though, and Muse Games decided to see if they could make some of that promise a reality by launching a Kickstarter campaign a little while back. The fruit of their efforts was recently released on Steam, though it is not a finished product. Currently, Guns of Icarus Online features team-based deathmatches, and that’s it.
