Dragon riding aficionados may have noticed something missing from this week's Co-Op Release Alert. Crimson Dragon was supposed to launch this week but was unceremoniously delayed. According the Xbox.com it has been set to release on December 31st, 2799, which means it's not my problem, or anyone else's for that matter.
Gamers who missed out on the first Epic Mickey due to either lack of or apathy towards the Wii have been looking forward to Epic Mickey 2 ever since it was announced for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 (in addition to the Wii). News of drop-in, drop-out co-op got us even more excited. But the lack of release date kept our enthusiasm slightly in check. Thankfully the game now has an official release date: November 18, plus a snazzy new trailer.
The avalanche of E3 is still echoing in my ears. I've got several previews to write, so let's skip the small talk and get right to the hot n' heavy co-op releases for this week.
Ahh, the MMO expansion. That lovely thing that most MMO-players long for in their current MMO, or the thing that they were waiting for to entice them back to a past favorite MMO. This month we look at recently announced RIFT expansion, Storm Legion, and LOTRO's expansion Riders of Rohan.
Resident Evil 6 had the largest presence in the Capcom booth. After swooning over the new design of Dante in Devil May Cry and checking out the big mech in Lost Planet 3, Locke and I had the opportunity to dig right into some two player co-op. Resident Evil 6 boasts three separate campaigns and we were able to sample two of them.
On Wednesday night the Co-Opticrew headed to the Nokia Theater to relax a bit after 3 solid days of hard work. We were set to see Video Games Live, a concert which features music from various video games played with a full orchestra and mixed with visuals from said game. The show was created by industry veteran Tommy Tallarico, a video game composer himself of over 250 games including Earthworm Jim, Prince of Persia and Advent Rising. Tallarico also used to host a TV Show on the G4 Network, which you would think would make him the perfect host for something like this. You'd think.
One of the games I was really itching to check out at E3 was Ron Gilbert/Double Fine's recently-announced The Cave. As luck would have it, it ended up being the very last thing I was able to get an appointment to see, and I think we're in for a real co-op treat.
Focus Interactive took some to show off their wares this E3 with such titles as Sherlock Holmes, Blood Bowl, Of Orcs and Men, and their featured co-op title Realms of Ancient War by Wizarbox. The fantasy set action RPG contains 2 player local co-op where you and a friend will travel through distinct environments battling hundreds of relentless enemies on screen at once. The best thing about it? Finally being able to do this on a console.
As a former mega-hardcore Magic: The Gathering player, the Duels of the Planeswalkers series is a bit of an odd animal for me. While the games play smoothly, with a great interpretation of the Magic ruleset and offer plenty of modes (and co-op!), the lack of custom deckbuilding has always kept me from really digging in.
The Astro A30s are my go to headset, but I've been eyeing up the A40s for quite some time. Now with the Astro A50s on the horizon, basically a wireless version of the A40s, it might be time to finally upgrade my ear cans.
Nintendo was all about the Wii U this year, showing off the capability of the system and the software to back it up. Since Mike was up super early to make it to the press conference and get his Miyamoto street pass Locke and Nick gave their predictions on what Nintendo would bring. Mike and Andrew follow up with their thoughts on the presentation in the video below.
Three of us played Borderlands 2 at E3 2012. Mike and I managed a co-op session together, with myself as the Commando while he tried out the Assassin. Andrew checked out the Gunzerker a little later on. Here's our impressions of the mission that was demoed and the classes we chose.
