Those of you lucky enough to have gone to Gamescom this year may have had the chance to play the new demo for upcoming 2 player co-op title Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel. VG24/7 happened across the demo and posted over eleven(ty) minutes of footage for the game and it looks good.
It's been a while since we mentioned Orc Attack, a 4-player brawler that's loaded with flatulence and other humor based around the grossness of orcs. Developer Casual Brothers continues to plug away at all four versions of the game, but the PC version in particular needs gamers' help. Steam has recently launched the Steam Greenlight program in which users can vote for games (indie or otherwise) to join the Steam portfolio. So if Orc Attack is ever to see a Steam release, it needs your vote!
The Playstation 3 is pretty much the place to go for downloadable NEOGEO games thanks to SNK's NEOGEO Station label. Not only does the Station offer a broader selection of NEOGEO classics than the 360 or Wii, but it's even got a massive sale going on right now. Through September 25, 16 classic NEOGEO games are available for half off their regular prices, making them just $4.49 each. This includes at least four co-op classics: Alpha Mission II, Metal Slug, Metal Slug 2, and Shock Troopers.
Frozenbyte recently announced that an expansion to their gorgeous puzzler, Trine 2, will be released September 6th for Mac and PC. Entitled Goblin Menace, the expansion will feature a new six level campaign as well as new skills that are also available for use in the base game. Trine 2: Collector's Edition owners should already have access to the beta of the game so they can leave feedback via the game's forums.
For September's Co-Optimus Community Voice, we want to see your in-game creations. Fire up your blog, start your blog post's title with "CCV", and tell us all about your creations. It doesn't necessarily have to be from Minecraft, or even a co-op game, but a co-op tie-in is always a plus. Snap screenshots, record a video, and throw down a few paragraphs describing your creations. Tell us about all the effort you put into it, and who helped you.
Well folks, we've made it. We're through the summer slowness and now officially into the "Fall" release season for video games. While this doesn't look like a year that'll be too crazy, there's still lots of great titles coming. Lets take a look back at August and see what news, features and games you may have missed while you were asleep.
We have a good chunk of information about two upcoming titles we can’t wait to sink our teeth into: Sacred 3 and Dead Island Riptide. Our friends over at Deep Silver have given us a lot to talk about in this relatively slow news week we’ve been having.
Torchlight 2 has been an illusive tease for quite some time now. We've been positively aching for this game while Runic has been polishing it until it shines. It seems as if our prayers have finally been answered, however: the official word is that Torchlight 2 will release September 20th, a paltry three weeks from now!
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is a fun little platformer that began as a Flash game, made it to the PlayStation Network, and will be coming to Steam later this year. The PSN and upcoming Steam versions offer both a single player and cooperative campaign. I decided to take it for a spin before the fall gaming rush eclipses all but the most overhyped titles.
Anomaly: Warzone Earth has finally arrived on PSN, but why should we care? Because it has two exclusive co-op campaigns that can only be found on the Sony behemoth. The launch trailer is out and contains war, zones, but ironically very few anomalies.
It was Nintendo’s promise to consumers that fresh, downloadable Coin Rush mode courses for New Super Mario Bros. 2 would be ready for release right up until the launch. However, nothing new in the matter has been announced and players becoming concerned that they won’t be arriving at all. Luckily, we have some reassurance from Nintendo to be patient, for the courses will be arriving shortly.
Last time on Co-Op Classics, we brought you two extreme games from 1987. The first was Xybots, an unusual third person shooter taking place in a series of mazelike, isometric view levels. The second, Xenophobe, was just as unusual, with three player co-op allowing each player their own section of the screen for maximum freedom. Today, we've got gameplay videos for these... er, excellent titles.
