Gears of War 3 has received two, count'em, two new DLC's in past few (okay, six) weeks. The first was the Horde Command Pack, which features new multiplayer characters, weapon skins, Horde mode upgrades, and a few new maps. That's all well and good, but the meatier of the two DLC's came out yesterday. RAAM's Shadow offers a whole new co-operative campaign which takes place before the events of the first Gears of War.
Some months back, we talked about an online action-rpg coming to the PC that offered the kind of cooperative gameplay found in classic Super NES games like Secret of Mana. The game in question is Wanderlust: Rebirth and you can now hack n' slash your way through foes with friends at a fraction of the cost! Until December 25th, Team Wanderlust is selling their debut title at just half its usual going rate of $10. The savings really start to add up when you purchase mutliple copies to share between you and your fellow adventurers, as you can get four copies of the game for just $15! That's almost as good a deal as the latest indie bundle.
The latest Humble Indie Bundle, number four to be exact, includes co-op titles Jamestown and Shank along with single player indie games Super Meat Boy, NightSky HD, and Bit.Trip Runner. Spending more than the current average price of about $5.33 will also net you Cave Story and Gratuitous Space Battles.
Tecmo-Koei have announced a new Dynasty Warriors game, called Dynasty Warriors Next, is coming to the PlayStation Vita. From the description it looks to be a standard Dynasty Warriors affair with several additions just for the Vita including four player co-op, control enhancements and several social features.
Voltron: Defender of the Universe has some new DLC for fans of the game. The "Arena of Doom" offers a survival mode that can be played cooperatively with the five robot lions. I was cleaning out my car and managed to find 240 Microsoft Points, so I ponied up the points and gave it a spin. I've got to say, I wasn't too impressed.
Sam Stone is feeling the holiday spirit. All that running around in the desert has made him miss the snow, candy canes, and shiny wrapped presents. But Sam has a present of his own, in the form of a 16 barrel grenade launcher armed to the teeth for Mental's hordes.
Shoot-em-up fans know that XBLA shmups seldom go on sale, if ever. That’s why we’re both surprised and delighted to see not one but four Xbox Live Arcade shmups on sale this week, all of them with 2-player co-op. The highlight of the sale has to be Radiant Silvergun, a port of the extremely rare Sega Saturn classic from Treasure. But heck, if you’re a fan of the genre you’re probably going to want them all.
Didn't some pessimistic jerk just claim that there's nothing coming out this week? Man, I'll have to talk to the boss about him. Anyway - Gear of War 3 DLC is coming out tomorrow, December 13th. It's titled "RAAM's Shadow" and it's a prequel to the trilogy we all know and love. You'll experience a new take on the Gears universe as you step into the heavy boots of the Locust General and unleash hell on the COG forces. That's right, this additional storyline will include a campaign from the Locust perspective. Not only that, the whole thing will support two player local co-op and four player online co-op.
Poor Billy. Poor, sad, Billy. Poor, sad, lonely, Billy. Poor, sad, lonely, depressed, Billy. Poor, sad, - okay I think you got it. I regret to inform you, dear reader, that there appears to be a shortage of co-op game releases this week. And by shortage, I mean none. Even the XBLA and PSN have let us down. So what's a gamer to do?
Another game that was revealed at this year's VGA Awards was a game named The Last of Us. Created by Uncharted developer Naughty Dog, The Last of Us looks to be an interesting departure from their most recent series which focused on archaelogical adventure. The new game is a post apocalyptic story where it appears some sort of virus has wiped out the world's population. The trailer focuses on a middle aged man and a young girl as they attempt to survive in what's called their "daily routine." It already feels much darker, but still strongly character driven.
Bioware's been putting out some videos for upcoming RPG/action game hybrid Mass Effect 3, splicing together some general information on stuff like pre-ordering and edition details with some behind the scenes interviews with developers. The latest video in this series highlights collector's edition details and class combat.
Last night at the VGA Award, Epic Game's Cliff Bleszinski revealed a trailer for their new game called Fortnite. From the trailer we see a group of folks working together to gather supplies and then use those supplies to fortify a base during the day. As night quickly approaches so do the strange creatures which the survivors must defend their base from. It's a bit like a tower defense game and a bit like Minecraft.
