The Year of the Action RPG continues! Heroes of Ruin has been a long time coming and arrives complete with an impressive array of co-op features. Will it prove to be a portable hack & slash paradise? Let's dig in and find out.
New details on Resident Evil 6 are surfacing today. We know the survival horror/extreme action title (apparently Capcom doesn't know the difference) is centered on three cooperative campaigns. In addition to the co-op gameplay there will be a little something extra for the more competitive gamers out there. RE 6 has a new mode for all the griefers, player killers, and all-around unloved evil people out there.
There is a certain game that hits today on PSN offering some twin-stick shooter style gameplay with co-op and a few well-known movie guys. At least one Co-Optimus staff member is super excited and, as is my understanding, has been eating more meat than usual in order to become "manly enough to handle it." However, if you're a bit leary of movie tie-in games, and looking for a game with perhaps a little more substance, then perhaps you'll be interested in the Recruits.
To say July was a bit underwhemling on the gaming front would be an understatement. The month was mostly barren for news and releases, giving true meaning to the summer gaming drought. The good news is a lot of backlog games were finally played.
While PC owners dove into the icy waters of Cold Stream last week in Left 4 Dead 2, 360 owners were left out in the...uh..cold. Luckily the delay for the console version is short lived, with the official Left 4 Dead twitter account announcing the content will be available for purchase this Friday, August 3rd.
When the original Borderlands was released, umbrella sales went through the roof. It was the only way that people could protect themselves from the shower of blood and limbs in the game. Personally, I like my rain filled with meaty chunks, but others may not. Therefore, news that Borderlands 2 will have a gore filter will be music to their still attached ears.
We've got a killer giveaway today for you. There's going to be five lucky winners of some truly EPIC loot from SteelSeries. Up for grabs are Diablo 3 branded mouse pads, the QcK Limited Edition mouse pads to be precise. We'll be giving away five of them to some lucky readers of our website and one lucky reader will also walk away with a Diablo 3 gaming mouse. Click click click.
If you're like me, you've been ho-humming through the summer, waiting for the onslaught of upcoming fall games. There have been a few shiny distractions here and there, but nothing has really held my interest, until today. I fired up the new demo for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron and lo and behold, I actually wanted to play it again, and again, and maybe even one more time after that. I don't know if I'm that starved for the next big thing, but this demo at least provided an appetizer.
At Co-Optimus, we've always been impressed with Signal Studios' console releases. Toy Soldiers was a fine first outing, deftly mixing the tower defense and action genres with a dash of nostalgia. The follow-up, Toy Soldiers: Cold War really put the developer on our radar thanks to its addition of cooperative multiplayer. Signal's next game, Ascend: New Gods (first announced at E3) looks more ambitious than not only their previous games, but even a great many retail titles. While Ascend's initial announcement only mentioned the Xbox 360 and Windows Phone platforms, we're pleased to share some exclusive news with you today. It's coming to PC next year as well!
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is not only one of the best downloadable co-op games this generation, but arguably one of the best full stop. 2 gamers can play in local or online co-op over a seriously impressive number of levels, but even they come to the end. That's unless you take part in this week’s...
We only heard about Warface earlier this year, but apparently the game is already out in Eastern European markets. While a release date hasn't been announced we do know where the free to play shooter will live, and that's with publisher Trion Worlds. Trion Worlds is responsible for the popular MMO Rift and the upcoming MMO-RTS End of Nations.
Hey retro gamers out there! If you’re a fan of the old-school, Contra days of the NES and SNES, then 8-Bit Commando is the game for you to check out. Developer 2DEngine went back in time and decided to satisfy our retro hunger, because there’s practically nothing modern going on about this game (and we like this very much).
