Hot off the fresh trailer from Gamescom 2012, we've got the 10 minute demonstration of Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel from the EA Press conference. It showcases the game's co-op gameplay as Alpha and Bravo deal some serious damage in what is claimed to be a much more mature game. As long as they are wearing those ridiculous masks, it's hard for me to take that last line seriously.
It's been almost two months since Spec Ops: The Line was released and finally we have the game's promised free co-op content. Called the "Co-Op Challenge Mode," two players can cooperative online through four different maps each with varying objectives. In one you'll need to disable a series of communication towers scattered across the ship graveyard, another has you fighting off waves of enemies while you try to make your escape to a helicopter.
The New Super Mario Bros. 2 game is now out in stores, along with Nintendo’s official New Super Mario Bros. 2 website to promote its flagship title’s new features. Co-op mode, like in the other New Super Mario Bros. titles, is highly encouraged to players and we couldn’t agree more.
More Skylanders figures are heading our way. The new Skylanders Giants game will be out this October. It will launch on every conceivable system and require parents to buy even more of the lovely little action figures for their children. Okay, you can use your old figures in Giants, but trust me, your kids are going to require you to buy more.
The Scott Pilgrim vs The World DLC was supposed to be available on Xbox Live today, adding in the much needed online co-op functionality that gamers so desperately craved while also adding in a new playable character. According to Ubisoft though, the content has a new "release window" which is sometime this Fall.
This week the plumbers are at it again, bear witness to the fall of the Transformers' home planet, and PC gamers who like it rough are in for a treat.
Microsoft and 343 Industries have announced the content of the upcoming Halo 4: Limited Edition. The Xbox 360 game package will include a drop ship worth of content for $99. Content includes the full 90 minute Forward Until Dawn movie, nine maps for multiplayer, early access to specializations and much more. Here's the complete breakdown of what you'll be getting with Halo 4.
Many Co-Optimus readers are just like me. They bought a Kinect for their 360, but it sits there gathering dust, making you feel guilty. The only time it gets used in my house is when my nephews come to visit. One of their favourite games is Happy Action Theater. They will be giddy with excitement now that Double Fine have announced a sequel containing 17 new mini games over at GiantBomb.
As of right now you can pre-order SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance on PC digital distribution service Desura. The game is available in two flavors - Standard Edition and Digital Special Edition. The Special Edition of the game includes the soundtrack, printable manual, ship blue prints, crew logs, and concept art. SCHAR: BSA is a co-op twin stick shooter created with involvement from current and former Co-Optimus staff members. It's also available on Xbox Live Indie Games.
Many of us are still knee-deep in LEGO Batman 2, but Traveller's Tales is already hard at work doing the only thing they know: making another LEGO game. Luckily LEGO The Lord of the Rings looks just as ambitious as the last entry, with an amazing 85 characters and fully-voiced story sequences taken from the movies of the same name. One of those characters, Gollum, can be glimpsed in his kind of goofy-looking glory in this new batch of screenshots.
Another week has come and gone here at Co-Optimus, and that means it's time once again to take a look at all that other non-cooperative gaming news that's circling around the web. There are a couple of stories coming out from Gamescom, which is currently underway in Cologne, Germany, an interesting/convoluted story about a game service that seemed too good to be true, and a blast from the past returns this December.
Many were surprised to see Team Fortress 2 suddenly add a co-op mode this week, and many were even more surprised to see it become so popular you had to wait an HOUR to get into a match. Never the less, that's where we are at. A few of the staff hope to get some matches in, while the rest work on that precious back log.
