It's time once again for the CCV roundup from our blogs. It's great to see interest accumulating, and that everyone is working on their CCV: Backlogs. It's quite the topic, and I know a lot of people are suffering from gaming overload (is there such a thing?)
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
At a recent EA event in NYC, Nick and Tally got some hands on time with Darkspore, the upcoming Action/RPG from Maxis. With some developers by their side to answer questions, our fearless duo managed to shake free every single co-op detail they could...and then some.
The north east was teased with beautiful weather before the start of the weekend, but mother nature is a cruel cruel woman. It appears it'll be short lived as the weekend gets both windy and cold. That doesn't phase the Co-Opticrew though - that just means more excuses to stay inside and catch up on some of their backlog. And what a backlog it is.
Codemasters have announced a release date for Operation Flashpoint: Red River. That date is April 21st in the EMEA region and April 26th in North America. The game features four player co-op throughout the campaign as well as numerous single co-op missions that are customizable. It'll launch on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Hot on the heals of yesterday's pre-order deal with Bulletstorm (which is still good) - Co-Optimus member kevinclough points out that Killzone 3 is featuring the same $20 pre-order bonus. That is - if you pre-order the two player local co-op Killzone 3 through Amazon for $58, you'll get $20 in credit towards another video game purchase. You can even get release day delivery on the game!
As the now May 2011 (delayed again) release of F.E.A.R. 3 creeps ever closer, we’re seeing a bit more information about the co-op that will either make or break the game for a lot of us. The one feature the co-op has that is unique to F.E.A.R. 3 is what is called “Divergent Co-op.” This just means you’re playing the game together, but the players go off on their own.
It feels like just yesterday Mindjack arrived to jack our minds, and already the DLC is coming forward to do it again. The first batch of DLC is a triple map pack that was released earlier this week (February 15), while the second DLC map pack is on board for a March 8th release. We know you’re ready to hack into some new maps.
The mother of all class-based, squad-based, multiplayer military shooters is preparing to wow gamers everywhere this winter. Or so says Digital Illusions CE. Let’s take a look at what we know about Battlefield 3 so far.
Amazon is having another one of its pre-order promotions offering store credit towards another videogame purchase on their site. This time you can snag either the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 version of Bulletstorm for it's normal price and get $20 towards anything else after the game ships.
Hands down the biggest addition to the long-running Ratchet & Clank series is the inclusion of co-op for the first time in Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One. In a recent video interview, Playstationblog.com asks the development team about their shift to thinking in co-op. Shaun McCabe and James Gallagher discuss the decision to include co-op, some of the features and challenges in playing a single-player series with friends, and the competitive edge included in co-op to keep players on their toes.
Space strategy simulation co-op sounds pretty intense, and it is. So intense that Sins of a Solar Empire has required a bit of patching to optimize. Co-optimus recently received a huge list from Stardock of patches for Sins, including interface changes, gameplay, game engine, AI and others.
