Some say the tower defense genre has overstayed its welcome, but games like Toy Soldiers: Cold War prove there's a lot of loving left to be had. We go hands on with the Summer of Arcade title on XBLA and dish the goods on the two player co-op strategy/action game.
Indie adventure co-op game Hamilton's Great Adventure has finally gotten a release date for PSN: August 24th. Released on PC at the end of May, the game has been praised for its family-friendly gameplay and impressive level design as well as likened to an Indiana Jones type of puzzle game. Since the PC version only featured local 2-player co-op for protagonist Ernest Hamilton and his pet bird Sasha, it's likely the PSN version will only have local as well. Hamilton's is priced at $10 on PC, so hopefully the PSN version will be similarly priced.
One of the most intriguing concepts of the past few years is Kickstarter. For those who don't know, Kickstarter is a service for raising funding for all sorts of different projects. Several board games have been successfully funded on Kickstarter in the past year, and now, there's an intriguing co-op board game coming.
The first screenshots of Borderlands 2 have leaked out. There's no word on where Gamersmint got this grabs from, especially since Game Informer has a one month exclusive on the game going on right now on its site and latest issue. Still the screens look pretty clear and don't appear to be scans, though they aren't really high resolution.
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
We look back at one of the best beat em up games of all time - Streets of Rage 2. This Sega Genesis classic saw ports to numerous platforms and featured solid cooperative play through and through.
Most of the staff are actually sitting at home pouting this weekend. Why? Because Andrew is at THQ right this second playing Space Marine. To divert our attention from our sadness, we've taken upon playing numerous other titles - including some upcoming games that aren't out as well. What? Andrew can't have all the fun by himself.
It's rare that a trailer for a game can make you sit on the edge of your seat while watching it. If the video of the gameplay is capable of making you do that, imagine how the actual gameplay is? The latest trailer for the two player co-op Saints Row: The Third is taken from a mission that finds the gang on an airplane...but not for long. Soon it's a free fall battle in the skies over Steelport.
Blacklight: Tango Down is getting a permanent price drop on Xbox Live Arcade, bringing the price from 1200 to 800 . We reviewed the game last year and weren't very impressed with the 4 player online co-op title, scoring it a 2 out of 5 for its co-op. Jim reviewed the game stating it "left me wanting in the co-op department." Still if you are looking for a solid versus shooter that has a splash of co-op, Tango Down might be for you.
Fruit Ninja is a popular mobile app which has made the leap to the XBLA. Does the Kinect add anything to the experience? Yes it does. Watch me make a fool of myself in our Co-Op Review.
Did you use the Xbox 360 HDD install option for Halo: Reach? If so, then you probably noticed significantly faster load times in exchange for 7 GB of memory. It seems now that the race is on for the most outrageous install memory requirements - L.A. Noire needed just over 18 GB, and RAGE is set to surpass that (as any self-righteous post-apocalyptic thriller should)...
If you're part of the Xbox Rewards program, today might be your lucky day. It seems as though the system is dishing out double, triple, and quadruple amounts of what it should be giving to users today for their normal rewards points. My own account increased 1300 today!
