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Alpha footage of Guerrilla's co-op Horizon game leaks online

Game Developer

Guerrilla's cooperative endeavor for the Horizon franchise may feature a new look over the series' photorealistic style.

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Overwatch’s “Hero Mode” Needed to be a Spinoff

Deconstructor of Fun

A lot of ink has been spilled on the debacle of Overwatch 2 canceling their co-op PvE “Hero Mode”. Putting emotions aside, I think it’s worth re-examining why co-op PvE seemed like a good idea in the first place, and what went wrong in development. I’ve seen both sides of the coin here and can speak from experience.

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The Fast Life and Fiery Death of Vampire Survivors Games.

The Bottom Feeder

Yet, its developers do have one feature coming that explains why they are Very Smart People who earn their money. Soon, Vampire Survivors will have couch co-op. Couch co-op and party games are one of them. Survivors-like games are PERFECT for couch co-op and party play.

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Solo dev Simon Taylor saw his game Smash Dungeon fail “The journey comes to an end”

PreMortem.Games

A mix of arcade games in Smash TV and Gauntlet Slayer while keeping the arcade couch co-op vibe. This came about from searching Steam for similar couch co-op games and not really finding anything suitable other than Gauntlet Slayer which I’d played to death. “I’m very influenced by the games I’m playing at the time.

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Tile Busters: Leaving The Reddest Ocean To Find A Blue Spot

Deconstructor of Fun

The co-founders of the company come from Peak, Zynga, and Riot, where some held co-founder or key team roles. It is still live, but is most likely in auto pilot without any feature updates being done anymore. Their first title Royal Riches targeted the social casino market. Thus, Tile Busters was born.

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Video Game Thoughts Bonus Bag #2

The Bottom Feeder

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. I mean, this is a trademark feature of a major, major game series being published by only, like, the biggest software company in the world. This smells like dysfunction.

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Saints Row 4 is Crashing: 5 Easy Ways to Fix it

Game Errors

C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonSaints Row IV Continue by turning off the Threaded Optimization feature. Why does Saint Row 4 keep crashing in co-op? Many players also reported encountering co-op crashes in Saints Row 4. Hit the Add button. Choose Browse. Now, add the folder in the following path.

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