An 85% discount on an item is a pretty good deal, wouldn't you think? You could pick up a brand new Corvette for under ten grand. A nice steak dinner for under $5. An mp3 download for fifteen cents. Or, you could pick up a highly polished, deep, and charming puzzle game with an innovative co-op mode for $1.50.
Simon Vicklund of Overkill Software recently sat down with the good folks at PlayStation.Blog to talk about Payday: The Heist. If that name seems familiar to you, it's because I played through a level of Payday with Simon in my E3 preview. And you have an incredibly random memory. They talk about all things Payday, and even mention where they drew inspiration from (Dane Cook!?!?!). Read on to see 17 minutes of footage edited into a :46 second, short-attention-span-friendly trailer and some of the highlights from the interview.
Well this certainly doesn't suck. The new Aliens: Colonial Marines trailer actually looks quite stupendous. The atmosphere and sound are perfect. We even get a glimpse of a Power Loader and an Alien Queen. Looks like Gearbox wants to remind everyone that all their efforts aren't just going to Borderlands 2.
All co-op, all the time. The latest DLC pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops is out and it features nothing but co-op zombie slaying across five maps including the brand new Moon map in zero gravity. The other four maps are remasters of the World at War maps which were available to owners of the Prestige and Limited edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops already.
I've talked about Freddie Wong before on Co-Optimus, the YouTube film maker creates slick action shorts around some subject and loads them up with special effects. His work has attracked the likes of John Favreau, Kevin Pollack, and Andy Whitfield who have all appeared in a short. One of my favorite scenes he put together was one called "Flower Warfare."
Hey Konami's Blades of Time was revealed back at E3, but we somehow missed the two player cooperative title while at the show. Perhaps it was all the shiny madness that surrounded us. The game is being developed by Gaijin, who's other co-op title was Apache: Air Assault. I know - odd combo. Giant metal helicopters and tiny metal clad bikini girls. Where do we sign up?
Do you know what is better than creating elaborate traps to exterminate zombies? Even more elaborate traps! The xbla version of co-op zombie game Dead Block has received DLC containing four all new maps for 240 Microsoft points. More information and screens ahoy!
This little trailer for Rayman Origins may be short on gameplay footage, but it's a nice little glimpse of things to come. In what amounts to an animated musical short, we can see some of the cast of characters at work and play. And by "work and play," I mean sleeping.
Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale was something of a letdown for many action-RPG fans. Apparently it was a sales letdown too. Joystiq reports that the game’s developer, Bedlam Games is shutting down and has already let 90% of its staff go. Typically, when a studio closes its doors, most of the staff gets laid off while a few stay to tie off legal loose ends.
Fable fans who aren’t excited for upcoming Kinect game Fable: The Journey will have a while to wait for the next true Fable game. According to the October 2011 issue of the Official Xbox Magazine, Fable IV is rumored to be coming in 2013.
Shoot Many Robots is a four player online co-op romp coming to the XBLA, PSN, and PC. Ubisoft just announced that they'll be doing all of the heavy lifting on the publishing front. The latest video introduces us to the cast of murderous robot monsters. Players will take control of P. Walter Tugnut and, well, three other P. Walter Tugnuts. Luckily, there will be plenty of stat-changing gear (like tutus) you can slap on your character to make him stand out from the rest. For more information check out our hands-on preview. Shoot Many Robots should be out next year.
Welcome to backlog week! Sit back, relax, and catch up on some old co-op games before the crushing wave of Fall releases obliterates what's left of your wallet and self control. Speaking of self control, check out Mr. Deus Ex up there. Just looking at that picture makes me realize how horrible it would be to have cybernetic arms. "Yep, just chill'n on the couch with a cigarette, a scotch, some Skinimax, and my ice-cold metal hands. Guess I'll go punch something."
