In "we should have seen this coming" news, Dead Island's upcoming DLC has been delayed. We recently reported that the Bloodbath Arena DLC would be out by the end of the month. It turns out Techland wants to focus on fixing the many issues that have plagued the title since launch. There have already been patches for the PC and Xbox 360 versions, with a PS3 patch yet to come. Despite the game's flaws, it has been selling incredibly well. We're rather fond of it, ourselves.
The Gunstringer was murdered by his former gang. Returning to the world of the living as one angry skeleton with a six-shooter, he’s on a quest for revenge. Oh, and it’s all a puppet show and players pull the strings with Kinect. Has Twisted Pixel made their best game yet?
Some things I noticed in this new Starhawk trailer: the game's awesomeness, space combat is fun, Transformers are cool in any franchise, and the developers are pretty unclear as to how the whole "space" thing works. I don't think a thermal sweater/gas mask combo will help you in a vacuum, but hey, I'm ...
If you are a rabid fan of the Warhammer 40,000 setting, a lover of tactical decision making, or you just like co-op games in general, Space Hulk Death Angel The Card Game is absolutely worth a purchase.
A new developer diary has been released by Trendy Entertainment for their upcoming four player co-op Action/RPG/Tower Defense game Dungeon Defenders. The game has been a long time coming to consoles and PC after seeing versions appear on Android and iOS platforms, despite the game first being seen on the PC.
Eurogamer 2011 is fast approaching, which reminds me of my co-op surprise of last year; Kirby's Epic Yarn, a game I previewed at the show. Whilst that was a fun two player co-op title, Hal Laboratory have upped the stakes this year with the 4 player drop in/drop out Kirby's Return to Dreamland. A new trailer details the game and shows some 4 player action.
If you picked up the recent Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad on Steam or at retail, you may be having trouble finding the game's co-op mode. We'll save yourself some time, and have you stop your search right now, because the game is currently missing the planned co-op mode. There's an update to the game that'll be available in the coming weeks, after the developers wrap up the "post release fix those bloody bugs" phase, which will add the campaign co-op play in.
Hi, folks! Remember, way back when, where I briefly broke down the structure of some of the different types of game trailers? It seems like only yesterday when I wrote, "Most (trailers) splice together dynamic gameplay footage and add in some appropriately themed music, tossing in a quote here and there." This new Rage trailer does exactly that. It's overflowing with cool stuff backdropped by a pounding track from A Perfect Circle, and yet it somehow manages to tell us nothing about the game. All I know from this trailer is that I'm supposed to shoot everything while trying not to get squished (:56). Works for me!
Guardian Heroes HD comes out in about a month, and will hopefully be a nice shot to the nostalgia vein of gamers who loved the original. What fans might not know, however, is that the project was originally envisioned as a sequel to the Sega Saturn game. When developer Treasure pitched Guardian Heroes 2 to their publisher, SEGA told them to first re-establish the IP. So there you have it, the fate of Guardian Heroes 2 will be determined by how well Guardian Heroes HD does.
Game trailers come in many different flavors. Most splice together dynamic gameplay footage and add in some appropriately themed music, tossing in a quote here and there. Others are crafted around an emotion, which works to varying degrees. (See Dead Island or the latest Gears of War 3 trailer.) Then there are others that tell you exactly what you can expect in the game. They screen almost like a manual. That's what we have here. The following video appears to check off boxes on a features list, telling us every bullet point in The Cursed Crusade. It's not artsy, but damn, it got me interested in the game.
Activision's Cabela's brand is launching two games this fall, both of which will support four player co-op in "Shooting Gallery" modes. These light gun shooter like game modes have players tackling different challenges, targets and even "bosses" together while working for high scores.
It appears as if there are a lot of people on vacation this past week as publisher Deep Silver has announced Dead Island has shipped more than 1 million copies of the four player co-op game to North America alone to fullfill demand. The world wide numbers are close to 2 million copies of the game, a number expected to be hit by the end of the week.
