Capcom held their annual Captivate event last week in Rome, Italy. The press and community event invites various outlets to check out upcoming Capcom games and witness announcements in exotic environments. Among those games on display were Resident Evil 6, a co-op game we knew very few details about.
The two player local co-op action game Twisted Metal, featuring brutal car on car action, is on sale today over at Amazon for only $39.99. While the co-op felt a bit lacking, overall the game was a solid experience. Now that it's at a more affordable price point it might be worth checking out - especially if you are a fan of the series.
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About a year and a half ago, we covered a cooperative board game called Castle Ravenloft. That game was the first in a series using rules known as the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure System. This system allows all players to play together as a team, with no Dungeon Master required. Castle Ravenloft was quite good, as was the follow-up, Wrath of Ashardalon. The third (and perhaps last) game in the series, The Legend of Drizzt, is the topic for Tabletop Co-Op today.
Part two of my appointment with Perfect World Entertainment was for the other F2P MMO they have in the works: Neverwinter. This is a title I’ve been excited about every since it was announced, but it’s gone through some big changes since that announcement. The developer from the start has always been Cryptic Studios (the guys behind City of Heroes/Villians, Champions Online, and Star Trek Online), but they’ve changed publishers. Also, I was originally under the impression that it was intended as a multiplayer game, and now it’s a F2P MMO. I won’t lie - I was a little nervous about some of these changes; it turns out though that my fears were unfounded because the game looks absolutely great.
Prepare to die. Again. Dark Souls is coming to the PC. According to German gaming magazine, PC Action (via a very literal Google Translate): "The stick hard console-rpg finally conquered their PC!" You see kids, online petitions do work! "Stick hard" indeed!
PAX East 2012 has come and gone. This year was an interesting year for me as I not only tried to cover the numerous co-op games during the show, but show off a co-op game of my own. Thankfully as Tally had said in her Raiderz preview, it was the year of the Free to Play. Free to play MMOs, RTS, MOBA, FPS, and any other achronym you can think of were on display. Huge booths from Firefall, World of Tanks, Terra, and League of Legends dominated a show floor. Their only competition were Ubisoft and 2K Games, which sat side by side competing with Farcry 3, Ghost Recon and Borderlands 2.
Bad news, everyone? Gears of War: Exile, an unannounced game lacking any details other than this header image, has been struck down by the Hammer of Dawn. It's been chainsawed to bits. It has ceased to be. Dry your tears. We first brought this "game" to your attention back in January of last year. Many speculated that the title would be an on-rails shooter utilizing the 360's Kinect peripheral.
PAYDAY: The Heist players were given an Easter present this past weekend with a huge update that adds a higher difficulty setting to the game, new achievements and weapons, as well as drop in-drop out capabilities. Grab your mask, guns, and three friends who want to reinact Heat and check out the full update details.
After surveying the show floor at PAX East, Nick and I came to the same conclusion: 2012 looks like it's going to be a strong year for free-to-play (F2P) games, MMOs, and yes, F2P MMOs. Case in point was my first PAX East appointment: publisher Perfect World Entertainment. PWE's specialization is quality F2P MMOs and they were showcasing two such titles for the convention: Raiderz and Neverwinter. This post will be covering Raiderz.
This is a dismal week for co-op releases. We have one, count it, one co-op game coming out this week, and it already came out on the PC last year! It's a good time to tackle that backlog before The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings hits next Tuesday.
Indie developer Carbon Games were showing off the latest version of their RTS/MOBA hybrid called AirMech at PAX East 2012 and I chatted with a member of the developer about the game. The idea of it is a hybrid of the genres, players won't be building any bases like traditional RTS games, but they will have a variety of structures to manage units from. And unlike most MOBA games (think League of Legends) - players have more direct control over the other units on the battlefield.
