Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage is getting a sequel. Yes, I'm serious. Wait, where are you going? Hold on, it could be good! Cleverly called, "Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2," it should pick up where the 2010 beat'em up left off. We were not overly impressed by the original, but fans of the series must have spoken with their wallets, because Ken's Rage 2 is indeed happening.
Alright! We actually have some co-op games coming out this week! We've got a tower defense game that advocates genocide, and disease-ridden puzzle game, and a game adaptation of what is surely going to be one of the greatest films of all time.
This Week in Co-Op, Marc and Paul take you on an epic journey into the dangerous punching dungeons of Dungeon Fighter LIVE.
Co-Op upside down shooter, Inversion, has been released for Windows and is available to download via Steam. The two player co-op game features a campaign with a gravity defying gimmick that we thought was "a solid combat experience" but suffered from "a bland story and stock characters."
When Transformers: War for Cybertron dropped, I was surprised how fun the 3 player co-op campaign was. Rather than build on this quality for the sequel, Fall of Cybertron, High Moon Studios have removed campaign co-op and created Escalation Mode instead. One way to salve any self inflicted wounds brought about by this depressing turn of events is to bring back some of the retro skins of the original cartoon series. This is exactly what you get if you preorder the game via Gamestop - Old Skool Optimus!
Orcs Must Die! received much praise, but one thing that many asked was "where's the co-op?!" Orcs Must Die! 2 returns with this greatly desired feature. Is it as epic as everyone was hoping? Find out in our co-op review.
In this installment of Co-Op Classics, we have two brand new retro videos for your entertainment. Tying in to the theater release The Amazing Spider-Man, we looked back through the old catalog for two co-op 90s brawlers. One was an arcade hit: 1991's Spider-Man the Video Game. The other was available on home consoles in 1995: Spider-Man & Venom Separation Anxiety.
FPS/Tower Defense hybrid, Sanctum, was a game we quite enjoyed around here. We gave it a nice 4 out of 5 in our co-op review, and since then the game has sold over 350,000 units, enjoyed heavy content patches as well as DLC, and there's even been word that Sanctum 2 is on its way. Developer Coffee Stain Studios, however, is not content to just sit back and rest on their laurels - now they're hard at work on bringing Sanctum to Mac.
Welcome to another edition of Beyond Co-Op, the weekly news piece where we look at some of the interesting gaming news around the web that may or may not be related just to co-op gaming. It's a pretty quiet time right now in the gaming industry, with many companies getting ready to unleash a wave of titles at us this fall, so the news is pretty sparse. Let's see what's on tap.
It's another grand weekend for the Co-Opticrew. While the Olympics kick up in London and the world competes on stage, the crew will be trying for their own world record - completing the big pile of backlog games. Andrew is trying to set his own record by putting like...a million hours into Borderlands 1. Also - this is your weekly reminder to download (rate and purchase too) SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance on Xbox Live Indie Games. Do it...because I said so.
Skylanders Giants will be invading our homes on October 21st. The insanely popular franchise is back with a vengeance this year, and it has been super-sized for our buying pleasure. The action figure-based video game will feature eight new Giant Skylanders, eight new regular sized Skylanders, eight Light Core figures, and an assortment of reposed favorites from the original Skylanders. I've heard (or read) anywhere between eight and all 32 original characters will be getting the "reposed" Series 2 treatment. All that adds up to a lot of broke parents this holiday season.
Get your tools ready because Paradox Interactive has a new co-op experience coming your way early 2013. A new dungeon-lord strategy game by Cyanide Studios has you controlling a power-hungry imp that is looking to gain status in the underworld. Biulding your Impire looks like it is going to take some skill, deceipt, and a whole bunch of labor and thankfully there is plans for campaign co-op.
