In the not too distant past, item combination was a very familiar activity for me. I have memories of spending time in World of Warcraft on the holidays running around gathering different items and recipes to make special holiday items that lasted in novelty for all of about a day before I felt a little hollow inside...
One of this week's Xbox Live Arcade releases, Blood Knights, has been mysteriously delayed at the last minute. Thankfully Might & Delight's puzzle platformer Pid is actually available now for XBLA, PSN, and Steam. I picked it up on XBLA, but the developer is now offering a special deal on the computer version that's definitely worth a look.
Dynasty Warriors 8 was recently announced, an inevitability of which I'm sure no one disputes. So far, the game has only been announced for the PS3, and while a Co-Op Story Mode is expected, there's no word yet on how many players will be able to play together, and if the co-op is online, offline, or both.
Many folks were disappointed to learn that Halo 4 was dropping the co-op fan favorite Firefight mode. After watching this trailer, perhaps its time to change your mind. Halo 4's dedicated co-op mode replacement is something called Spartan-Ops; it's a weekly content pack which tells the story post Halo 4's single player end game. Included in each week's episode are cinematics and new missions for you and up to three additional friends to combat.
Orcs Must Die! 2 has gotten another piece of DLC, errr, booster pack. The latest piece of content is called Are We There Yeti? and features three new ice themed levels and new creatures including a Yeti. In the spirit of Halloween the pack also includes new community inspired skins for the War Mage and Sorceress to mix things up. This is the third piece of content released for Orcs Must Die! 2, which features two player online co-op.
Ninja Gaiden 3 for the 360 and PS3 was... a bit of a let down - both from a single-player and cooperative perspective. There is some hope for improvement in the upcoming Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge for the Wii U, which seems to offer some improvements and additions over the original. One of the biggest additions is pictured above: Ayane as a playable character in both single-player campaign and the online co-op mode. A new list of features for the game has been revealed along with a release date - November 18, 2012, the Wii U's launch date.
Oh Borderlands 2, how I've missed you! It's been ages since I've shared any news about your insanely addictive shoot and loot gameplay. Well, I guess it's only been a week, but who's counting? At least today's news is good news. Gearbox is finally offering something other than Golden Keys with their infernal Shift codes. (Does anyone else plan their life around Randy Pitchford's Twitter feed?Just me? I'm okay with that.)
Twas All Hallows' Eve, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even an undead mouse. If Halloween teaches us anything, dressing up as the undead is great fun, new details about the PSVita 4 player co-op title Soul Sacrifice, suggests that playing the dead can be just as fun.
A bunch of nice co-op titles are or about to be on sale over on the Xbox Live Marketplace into November. So, for those of you who waited up until now to grab these gems at a good price: your patience is rewarded.
We’ve been growing thin and stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread, waiting for the release of a great looking Lord of the Rings title to pass us by. Luckily for us, the LEGO Lord of the Rings release date has officially been announced, exciting us to try the new couch co-op relatively soon.
Serious Sam 3: BFE publisher, Devolver Digital, is drawing a line in the sand. They're sick of lackluster military shooters. Medal of Honor: Warfighter recently launched to less than stellar reviews, and doing so has earned Devolver's ire. They take offense to the overused tropes of the military shooter genre. "Peeking out from behind a wall" is not something manly men do. Real men circle strafe the crap out of their enemies, like god intended.
More Dark Souls. That's really all you need to know. The viciously difficult action/RPG arrived on consoles over a year ago. The game's popularity led to a PC port dubbed the "Prepare to Die" edition, which released in August. This version featured extra content not available in the original game. A whole new area was added to the world of Dark Souls, including new enemies, armor, weapons, spells, and bosses. We knew this extra content would make its way to consoles eventually, and it finally arrived last week.
