Amazon is having a huge PC download sale today to celebrate Valentine's Day and what better way to do that than to offer plenty of awesome co-op titles for super cheap! Highlights of the deals include Borderlands: GOTY edition for $6.99, Dungeon Defenders for $2.99 and the Magicka Collection for $4.99.
Just a few days ago, in a Galaxy not very far away, the LEGO Star Wars franchise sold over 30 million copies. This number spans the entire series all the way through to LEGO Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars. If 30 million sales was not enough excitement for LEGO developer Traveller's Tales, they are celebrating this landmark by signing an extension to their contract with LucasArts until 2022.
The tower defense genre is a crowded one, but variations on that theme can hit with great success, such as Co-Optimus favorite Dungeon Defenders, Orcs Must Die, and last year's FPS twist on the genre, Sanctum.
Twisted Metal is almost upon us. The demo has dropped, and no doubt interested parties have already had a taste of the carnage. I've played the demo, and I've gotten my rear end handed to me on numerous occasions. If you're curious as to whether or not Twisted Metal is the game for you, these two new videos may help. The first video covers many of the weapons. It does a pretty good job of explaining how each one can be used to your advantage. The second video re-hashes a bit of the first, and then it covers some tactics and vehicle profiles.
We have been pondering the features of Binary Domain's co-op mode since last May. The third person shooter focuses on a robot uprising in (where else?) near-future Tokyo. The single player campaign features a "Consequence System" where you will give voice commands to your squad mates. They'll either listen to you or they won't, depending on how much they trust you. Great. Sounds like it'll be just like playing a game with a bunch of house cats. This seems like the perfect opportunity to allow real life human players to join in the fun.
Not being able to understand Japanese doesn’t prevent us from looking at a trailer of One Piece: Pirate Warriors and smelling some potential co-op action in the works.
Happy Valentine's Day! What? You forgot? Dang. You're screwed. Nah, I'm just kidding. Valentine's Day isn't until tomorrow. Buy someone something nice. Or don't. It's your call. If you're really smooth you could buy your significant other (or mom) a sweet PlayStation Vita launch title, you know, drop a little hint for the February 15th release of the Vita's First Launch Bundle.
Patience is a virtue. It’s also for greybeards who don't mind waiting whilst the rest of us rock out to some Mass Effect 3 demo footage. The demo is due out on the 15th February for Battlefield 3 online pass owners and the 17th for the rest of us. A YouTube user has provided over 50 minutes of footage of the demo. Beware these videos contain more spoilers than a Pimp My Ride reunion.
The Darkness II's co-op mode, Vendettas, was announced only a few months before the game's release. How does Vendettas stack up? We find out in our co-op review.
The NES is arguably the greatest video game system of all time. Nintendo's first home console saved the video game industry, and most gamers look back on the system fondly. Recently, I sat down and played through some of my favorite NES games with my son, and recorded the experience for lucky Co-Optimus viewers. In my happy memories, I somehow didn't remember the games being quite this way...
It's Valentine's Day this week and that means the perfect opportunity for some couples gaming. The folks at Misfits Attic have launched a pre-order promotion to celebrate such an occasion for their four player co-op puzzler, A Virus Named TOM. Basically you can pre-order the game for 50% off, a lowly $5, and if they reach a total of 50 pre-orders, every pre-order will get a bonus copy of the game for free! Also included is beta access and a high score contest.
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