Guerrilla Games confirms a Horizon co-op spinoff is in development
Game Developer
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Sections of Horizon Forbidden West feel like testing grounds for co-op, so you can't say it's out of nowhere.
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Game Developer
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Sections of Horizon Forbidden West feel like testing grounds for co-op, so you can't say it's out of nowhere.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Two By 4 Racing makes two players work together with tire steering wheel controllers, driving and powering a cooperative vehicle with their actions together.
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.
OPM Jobs
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
You can play games at your own leisure or team up with your partner to play one of the many co-op games that have made this system so popular. While you can complete the challenges and puzzles in Escape Academy on your own, why not bring in your special someone for split-screen or online co-op adventure.
GameDev.Net
JANUARY 21, 2023
About the game: Our game is a Realistic Survival Simulator with Multi Co-op Support. We already have a Pre-alpha Demo and a video about the demo. We already created the complicated systems, so it's time to add art to the game. The project’s name is 100
Indie DB
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
A new tool for the faithful is ready in this co-op demon purging indie
Indie DB
MARCH 5, 2023
This co-op-oriented problem solving indie announces an engine overhaul
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
"We've run into some technical issues in developing the Xbox port that have stopped us feeling 100% confident in announcing it until we're certain we've found the right solutions – specifically, we've been unable to get split-screen co-op to work to the same standard on both Xbox Series X and S, which is a requirement for us to ship."
Indie DB
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
This first-person co-op roguelike details yet another update to the game
Indie DB
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Optimisation and updates are here for this co-op demon hunting indie
Game Errors
MARCH 30, 2023
Why does Saint Row 4 keep crashing in co-op? Many players also reported encountering co-op crashes in Saints Row 4. Keep in mind that if one person is using a mod and the other isn’t, it can cause crashing in co-op. Select the processes/programs you don’t necessarily need, then click on End Task.
Brand Game Development
JANUARY 21, 2019
A well-designed co-op game like Pandemic stands out among the crowd. In my anecdotal experiences, a new co-op game almost always gets a “ooh, it’s a co-op!” You’re sweating the moment you get this game out of the box. You know what I’ve noticed?
Played with Fire
DECEMBER 30, 2022
Mixture is VR self co-op – single player VR fusion of 2 characters – knight and alchemist. We already have several milestones planned for next year that we are actually looking forward to. So what will happen in the upcoming months? Mixture release on Oculus Quest 2 & ports to new platforms.
Designer Notes
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
In this episode, Soren interviews veteran game developer Chet Faliszek, who co-founded Stray Bombay and is best known for his work at Valve on games such as Left 4 Dead and Portal 2. They discuss what shampoo sales have to do with Old Man Murray, why he tests his games in a foreign language, and why game design is easier for co-op games.
Ask a Game Dev
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
ALT I’m sure you can probably think of other areas for gameplay programmers to work - here are some I didn’t get to: achievements, crafting, player housing, gathering, player-to-player trading, in-game pets, seasonal events, quests, cinematics, camera, and co-op.
Game Refinery
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Both games have a massive open-world to explore and support co-op features, but Tower of Fantasy has a bigger focus on social elements and makes the process of playing with other players smoother than Genshin Impact. Tower of Fantasy: Co-operative challenges in the open-world. How is the genre shift shown in the game?
The Bottom Feeder
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Our peak experiences have always been with the Halo series, which has had couch co-op since the beginning. Then they said couch co-op was delayed. Also, couch co-op is still a hugely popular feature. The early Halos are a blast played together in a living room. This struck me as weird, and it still does.
Radiator Blog
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
I also designed it as a safe lobby gathering area for co-op players, since the map jam uses the mod Copper with its co-op design pillar. Now the map had two halves, an explore-y approach bit and then a small hub with three arenas. So I needed two visual themes for it to feel like a progression.
Brand Game Development
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
From kids in the basement to “adults” in college – we would always play co-operative video games, regardless of where we lived. I LOVE co-operative games. To me, Pandemic was the first time I was getting to have that videogame co-op experience without a screen. Co-Operation. What I love.
Ask a Game Dev
JANUARY 19, 2023
Let’s assume that we have no technical limitations - infinite memory, infinite CPU and GPU cycles. We can run as many viewports as we could possibly want. What else could be holding us back? Here are a few game design considerations that make split screen a non-trivial task, even in a scenario where technical limitations don’t exist.
Game Daily
MARCH 10, 2023
PixelJunk Monsters 2 and Orcs Must Die’s sequels added a focus on co-op play. On consoles and PC, early TD games like Pixeljunk Monsters, Plants vs Zombies, and Orcs Must Die met with commercial success. But innovating on basic TD mechanics proved to be a challenge.
Game Daily
MARCH 5, 2023
It’s worth remembering that Fortnite – so often cited as an early exemplar of the metaverse – was originally a vaguely unpromising co-op craft-and-build game. We can also be confident that so-called visionaries are as likely to muddle their way through as the rest of us.
Game Errors
MARCH 27, 2023
Moreover, online multiplayer co-op simulator games can also experience problems related to network or server connectivity, leading to various troubles. FIFA 23 is a one-of-a-kind football video game developed by EA Sports, but it can generate several annoying issues, such as low FPS while playing.
Deconstructor of Fun
AUGUST 12, 2019
In case you missed the previous episode: Mobile Publishing #1: Deconstructing Scopely's path to $1B with Scopely’s Javier Ferreira (Co-CEO) To make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content Then, if there’s mutual interest on both sides, we look to deepen relationships through new projects, such as co-development.
Mircosoft Game Dev
OCTOBER 27, 2021
The advantage of mesh networking over the traditional client/server architecture is that it does not rely on "game servers" drastically reducing the infrastrucutre required for non-competitive or co-op matches, while maintaining fair bandwidth requirements among the peers.
Deconstructor of Fun
OCTOBER 27, 2020
In many ways, Township has been the cornerstone for Playrix’s success as a title that allowed the company to build experience in live ops, analytics, and user acquisition. Regattas Regattas are a periodic competition against other Co-ops/teams for rewards and global ratings.
SOVEREIGN MOON
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Warframe is a free to play co-op shooter where you choose to be one of many different heroes navigating the many quests through the game. You can be a ninja, samurai, greek god, goddess or even a space pirate engineer.
Deconstructor of Fun
JULY 23, 2020
Are the co-founders all aligned around the types of games they want to build? Do all of the co-founders want to join a larger company? Is the live ops content expensive to produce? Is the team focused on a large total addressable market? Are they equipped to win the vertical? Or do some of them want to work at a small start-up?
Game Industry News
JUNE 17, 2021
As he gives the order, Q appears in Ops to mutter about how Picard would already have figured the whole thing out. Meanwhile, the crew in Ops is no closer to determining the source of the power drains. Sisko and Co.’s O’Brien worries about the toxicity, but Sisko orders it done.
Deconstructor of Fun
MARCH 14, 2023
Panel: Recession vs game industry Host: Laura Taranto, Senior Director of Product, Big Fish Chris Petrovic, CBO and Board Member, FunPlus Dara Leung , Managing Director, The Raine Group Micha Katz , Managing Director, Aream & Co. Clans, chat, friends, trading and guild adoption should be surfaced early in this phase.
The Bottom Feeder
DECEMBER 13, 2021
My family just finished playing the hit co-op game It Takes Two. A really good, polished game that tries something different? Let’s dig into this! It's a two-player-only adventure through the mysteries of the human heart. I played it with my wife, and our teenager who was on hand to help us out when the game got too hard.
Interesting Choices
AUGUST 17, 2011
People are starting to warm up to it, though, and recent years have seen a surge of cooperative board games, as well as digital games like Starcraft 2 and League of Legends that are embracing co-op vs AI as a valid way to experience the game.
Game Refinery
JANUARY 5, 2023
Mobile games in the Chinese market tend to utilize a variety of social features such as voice chat, non-competitive co-op, and relationship systems – all features that have grown by 10% in popularity over the last year in the top 20% of most-downloaded Chinese games. Heavy focus on social elements.
Game Refinery
AUGUST 17, 2022
In a run-of-the-mill roguelite game decorative items such as skins probably would not be a very effective monetization tactic since roguelites and roguelikes are by default single-player games, but Soul Knight has tackled this problem with a synchronous co-op possibility.
Deconstructor of Fun
APRIL 8, 2019
Green , who is currently Co-Founder and COO of Knock Knock. I Need a Process (sung to the tune of “I Need a Hero” ) As is the case with every facet of product development and live ops, running the right process is key. Finding a single art style or set of co-existing art styles also starts to diminish the fantasy and immersion here.
Deconstructor of Fun
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
We believe that the growth of individual titles will not necessarily lead to competition, in-spite of user base overlap, as there is enough room for them to co-exist and grow. We will see more aggressive addition of meta, social features and live-ops events combined with potential franchise tie ups. 1 position in 2020.
Deconstructor of Fun
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Kristian Segerstrale : Kristian was a co-founder of Glu mobile, CEO of Playfish acquired by EA, was a seed investor in Supercell, was a senior exec at EA, and now is the CEO of Super Evil Megacorp which will soon release their new MOBA shooter called Catalyst Black ( [link] ). and now is the CEO of Super Evil Megacorp. JK All right.
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