Game Developer

MARCH 1, 2024

At least one live-service game may have survived Sony's recent wave of project cancellations.

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Game Developer

JUNE 3, 2024

The co-op horror game got off to a good start by launching as a free-to-keep game, and its fortunes have only improved since.

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Game Developer

MARCH 1, 2023

Cosmic Crew sees a gunner and mechanic running different controller stations, with the gunner spotting foes and shooting them while the mechanic repairs and loads ammo.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Its debut release, Hawthorn, is a co-op sandbox RPG inspired by Skyrim and Stardew Valley

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Game Developer

AUGUST 25, 2023

Large-scale local multiplayer may not entirely happen, but the patent highlights Sony's interest in future experiences for the game industry.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

coming to consoles next week, its couch co-op further opens it up to console owners looking for party games. With PlateUp!

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Over a decade after its initial release, The Binding of Isaac will get a new lease on life with the arrival of online co-op.

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Game Developer

JULY 12, 2024

Server issues at launch didn't stop Nexon's new co-op shooter from making a sizable impression with audiences.

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Game Developer

JULY 15, 2024

The co-op horror game is the start of publisher Oro Interactive's focus toward "content-creator-focused horror games." "

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Game Developer

JANUARY 23, 2023

Like the co-op games of the late 2000s and early 2010s, Microsoft reaches up to grab Sony's hand as the FTC's lawsuit looms over its Activision Blizzard acquisition.

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Game Developer

MARCH 21, 2023

How listening to the audience and implementing player feedback transformed this co-op FPS into a popular live service game.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 15, 2024

That’s why the play sessions of their narrative-driven, co-op multiplayer RPG Baladins last around an hour. Narrative designer and Seed by Seed co-founder Antonin Demeilliez explains the idea behind Baladins. In that time players go on little big adventures in a magical world. “We’re

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is launching as an online co-op game, but Rocksteady plans to make it playable offline with a post-launch update.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We’re currently developing a mini open world local co-op called Bugging Humans. It has a shared asymmetrical UI — where one player doesn’t see the screen but they have the controller, and the other player sees the screen and they have the keyboard. This means best practices, for instance in level design, have to be adapted.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Haber Dasher is a sensible controller for well-dressed pals, where two players use a giant hat to help an alien blend in on Earth.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Two By 4 Racing makes two players work together with bike tire-based steering wheel controllers, driving and powering a cooperative vehicle with their actions together.

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Game Developer

MARCH 27, 2023

There aren't a lot of strong models out there for "sidekick mode," as the designers put it. But, with their own kids in mind, they set out to make it anyway.

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Game Developer

JUNE 13, 2023

Blizzard revealed its upcoming batch of co-op Story Missions for Overwatch 2 will cost money if players want to keep playing the mode after its initial release.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 27, 2023

Last year, Bossa Studios sold a catalog of its internally created IP to TinyBuild , including Surgeon Simulator, I am Bread, and I am Fish, saying at the time that it would be focused on co-op PvE games going forward.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Getting a bunch of chooms together for some co-op fun was this close to being a reality for Cyberpunk 2077.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Explore the latest news and expert commentary on Press Release, brought to you by the editors of Game Developer

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 22, 2024

The co-op third-person shooter, which was published by PlayStation and developed by Arrowhead Games, was released in February and has gone on to sell 12 million copies in three months. Nobody expected the success of Helldivers 2. It is now PlayStation's fastest-selling game – bigger than God of War, or Spider-Man or Uncharted.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 15, 2023

When we first heard from Treehouse Games , it was 2020 and the startup of six people was just getting started with a vision of creating cooperative social connection-building games for an audience that sees gaming as a venue to hang out with friends, the way others might go to get a coffee or dinner.

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Unity Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Learn how Fika Productions overcame development hurdles to transition Ship of Fools from a local couch co-op into an engaging multiplayer roguelite.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 30, 2024

The investment will go towards the development of its co-op shooter codenamed Project Aldous, due to release on PC and consoles. Moon Rover Games has raised $3.5 million in funding from NCsoft. NCsoft's investment marks the start of a "long term partnership" between the Korean publisher and Moon Rover Games, the announcement said.

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Indie DB

OCTOBER 11, 2024

With just one week until the release of Anima Flux on October 7, our team reveals the official launch trailer for our upcoming co-op Metroidvania. The trailer showcases the game’s distinctive mechanics, engaging co-op gameplay, deep narrative, and.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 15, 2024

It always triggered so much explanation that we decided to abandon it”, explains co-founder and CEO Martin Sommer. Part of the appeal of the game is the simple, but effective art style by Art director and co-founder Lars Bindslev. “We Amazing co-op experience Looking ahead to the release later this year, Sommer feels positive. “We

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 17, 2024

Developer Airship Syndicate announced that the upcoming Echoes update to the game will remove all online requirements, leaving Wayfinder as a single-player affair with optional three-player co-op. In doing so, the studio will also remove all microtransactions and in-game purchases, selling the game for a one-time payment of $24.99

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Indie DB

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Last Citadel, A Co-Op, Roguelite Indie Game Unveils Free Demo And Launches Kickstarter Campaign January 29th, 2024.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Co-founder Chet Faliszek , known for Left 4 Dead and Portal 2’s co-op campaign during his tenure at Valve, feels optimistic about the success of the game. Retro-futuristic sci-fi world Founded by Chet Faliszek and Dr. Kimberly Voll in 2019, Stray Bombay’s set out to build better co-operative games.

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Indie DB

APRIL 7, 2024

Attention all gamers and adventurers alike, brace yourselves for an electrifying update in the realm of co-op metroidvania games! Prepare to plunge into a 2D platformer like no other as Anima Flux unveils its latest Demo, promising an adrenaline-fueled.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

New demo version of cosy adventure lets you get a taste of the game and play along with your friends

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Indie DB

AUGUST 12, 2024

We're introducing a new type of co-op challenge map in Godsworn called Guardians of Ruhnu where, using only your hero and godpowers, you must defend the inhabitants of a small island under waves of attacks.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 25, 2023

Having had success with co-op shooter Deep Rock Galactic, the company has been playing a supporting role within the Danish industry for some time and investing in developers. Over time, the question was asked whether the firm should start publishing other studios' games.

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Indie DB

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Survival deep sea horror online co-op game for 1-4.

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Indie DB

MAY 9, 2024

experience online co-op mode and other updates in the latest playtest.

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Indie DB

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

3XTINCTION is an Online Co-op Top Down Shooter with tactical and strategic elements. After a series of experiments on spiders gone wrong, the world is devasted by an outbreak. Prepare yourself before every wave, buy weapons, ammos and set up turrets.

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