2008 Coop Games

[jackhammer]

The list on the main page is a bit out of date. Here are the games I know are due for release this year on the PC that contain a co-op mode. Please feel free to add your own!

Borderlands delevoped by Gearbox

4 player coop mad max inspired game featuring vehicular combat and customizable vehicles. Site under construction.

www.borderlandsthegame.com/home.htm

Left4Dead

4 Player Zombie co-op survival by Turtle Rock Studios. Should be an absolute blast!

Rogue Warrior: Black Razor

4 Player coop FPS by Zombie Studios and published by Bethesda Soft works . This uses the Unreal 3 engine. One unique feature is people can join someone playing the Single player campaign at any time.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 2

This sequel features a greater emphasis on co-op including the full single player campaign and AI team mates.

Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway

2 player coop using the Unreal 3 engine. I cannot find much more on the game, although it appears to use a Gears of War style cover system.

brothersinarmsgame.uk.ubi.com/hellshighway/

That's all the ones that come to mind right now. I will add some more when I get a chance.

[thecoopyears]

f*g!!!!! we'll every time for me anyway. Infact , this isn't a bad idea. Even Black Razor slipped me by. I think that was his name.

If people want to shout out what, at least put your hand up!I should be coming out this year as well and when they hear that it would help everyone else.

I'll sticky it. That's disgusting Owen.

Thanks for your patience everyone! We have learnt to have great patience being part of this forum.

[osc8r]

Command and Conquer Red Alert 3

No release date mentioned yet. Promises more than just the usual RTS co-op aka skirmish.

"Breaks new ground in the RTS genre, featuring a fully co-operative campaign while bringing back the series’ light-hearted style and classic, action-oriented gameplay."

Early info and a couple of screenies: gameinfowire.com/news.asp?nid=11727


Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel

Due out late 08 for PC and Xbox 360. Action RPG, think Diablo.

"The game is being designed so a friend can join up with you for cooperative play at any time"

Early preview: au.pc.ign.com/articles/854/854461p1.html


D**nation (censored?? lol) Ok, try: d-a-m-nation

Interesting looking shooter Due late 08.

"Evolving the shooter genre with its unique and exhilarating combination of fluid action and combat, d**nation will feature huge, open environments, frenetic combat, daredevil acrobatics and high-octane vehicle-based stunts. Presenting players with an intense test of reflexes, quick thinking and rapid-fire conflict, d**nation will feature vast, breathtaking landscapes, each covering miles of distance and thousands of vertical feet."

Q: Is co-op play included in the game? All the screens feature a man and a woman.

A:"The single-player campaign is fully playable in 2-player co-op."

Official site: www.codemasters.co.uk/games/index.php?gameid=2671


Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.

Air Combat game due out late 08.

"For the first time ever in the air-combat genre, players will be able to experience the entire solo campaign in four-player JUMP IN co-op mode. In PVP mode, players can challenge up to 15 friends in intense dogfighting sessions and find out who's the top gun. Winning players are rewarded with experience points and money to unlock more weapons."

I've never really been into flight games (bar the occasional romp in FPS games) but this sounds pretty good!

Screenshots and trailer found here: www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52049


Mercenaries 2: World In Flames

Release date now set for August 31 2008.

"...playground of destruction, with choppers, tanks, petrol tankers and more at hand to send entire skyscrapers shaking to the ground, and you can do it all with a buddy in full-on drop-in co-op. Crackdown; watch out."

Screenshots and trailer here: au.pc.ign.com/articles/864/864279p1.html


Haze

Due out May 08.

Looks similar to Halo I guess, and offers 4 player co-op through the single player campaign.

"State of the art multiplayer modes. Fire up your PC for online battles on one of two carefully balanced sides. Choose from a variety of online modes including furious co-op action with your friends!"

Low rez PS3 version trailer here: www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/01/30/haze-four-player-co-op-demonstrated/


Saints Row 2

Due out October 14th 2008.

This one I am really looking forward to. Free roam, GTA style game with co-op support through the entire single players game - HELL YEAH!!!

See co-op trailer here:
ve3d.ign.com/videos/36105/PC/Saints-Row-2


Civilization IV: Colonization

Released September.

The game’s multiplayer mode can accommodate as many as eight players total, and two players can cooperatively control a single colony. In any case, from what we can tell, Colonization will offer an intriguing and engrossing multiplayer experience if you and your friends can spare the time. The game is scheduled to ship later this month


Call of Duty World at War

Due late 08, early 09.

Unlike the modern CoD4, CoD5 will return to WWII. The game will be set in the Pacific Theater. Also unlike CoD4, the game won't be developed by Infinity Ward, but CoD3 dev Treyarch. The upcoming title will feature co-op — a first for the series.

Co-op footage: au.youtube.com/watch?v=7avi4_jCEoU


Bad news is that the newly released Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway doesn't have co-op support through the story.

[canisl]

According to FZ.se - Release: Late 2008 on PC (for Xbox 360 and PS3 also)
ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES
3 men Co-op ability. Hope Gearbox get it right now.

www.sega.com/corporate/corporate.php?item=pr_20080221a

[jackhammer]

Demigod from Supreme Commander Dev Gas Powered Games. Mixing RTS and RPG Genre's and featuring Co-operative game play.

The GFX engine looks superb and Supreme Commander was brilliant so hopes are high for this one.

www.gaspowered.com/demigod/

[mystiqq]

Men of War

Release date: Summer 2008
Genre: Real-time Tactical-Strategy
Platforms: PC

Squad based "tactical-strategy". Also up to 16 players via LAN or Network. Also it "should" have cooperative mode as well, at least Faces of War had, so i'm assuming this one will have it too.

www.digitalmindsoft.eu/games/men-of-war.html

[jo3v]

looking good, cant wait for some of those games!

[thecoopyears]

GALACTIC COMMAND - ECHO SQUAD Second Edition
www.3000ad.com/site/gces2/

Has co-op according to the features list, as long as thats not "team co-op"

"Multiplayer client-server engine supporting up to thirty-two players with in-game server browser with deathmatch and co-op gameplay modes in space and on planets."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEHFwPPQ1-s&feature=related

[Peetabix]

admin said:

Has co-op according to the features list, as long as thats not "team co-op"

I must have been on Mars for the last few years, wtf is "Team Coop"?

[thecoopyears]

I was having a dig at those games that put co-op down when it's actually a competitive game played in teams.

Team co-op just doesn't make sense, it's like saying Job Work.

[noriveia]

Team Coop is retarded but most gamers are pretty retarded when it comes to coop the interenet is full of threads where someones asking for a good coop games and everyones replying with Counterstrike and Battlefield 2 hell even someone on this thread listed a skirmish in C&C as a coop game.

When I say COOP i mean me and buddies playing through a storyline together. otherwise everysingle multiplayer game that has at least team deathmatch is coop (and no team deathmatch against BOTS doesnt make it coop either)

[osc8r]

Aug 7, 2008 17:28:08 GMT noriveia said:

hell even someone on this thread listed a skirmish in C&C as a coop game.

Ah, no they didn't. "Promises more than just the usual RTS co-op aka skirmish". Ok, maybe I didn't word that part too well, but the next line kind of gave it away "Breaks new ground in the RTS genre, featuring a fully co-operative campaign while bringing back the series’ light-hearted style and classic, action-oriented gameplay.""

Agree with the rest of your post though.