Mass Effect 3 bringing you four player co-op

It's a move that will eventually happen, which I feared for amazing games only providing a single player campaign. When they bring multiplayer to the mix, the focus on the single player aspect will be affected. With Mass Effect 3 - When they say multiplayer, they mean Galaxy at War, a four player co-op that they claim is completely optional.

in the official Bioware forums, Chris Priestly gives details of how Mass Effect 3's multiplayer will affect your single player game. The multiplayer is just another choice it seems that will help you succeed in the war against the Reapers, it's just another option. Ignoring the multiplayer completely as if it's not included is possible and you can still earn the best possible option during the war.

The post also includes a FAQ about Galaxy at War. They know that adding a multiplayer component will make us question the single campaigns quality but four player co-op isn't so bad. if they had some kind of competitive versus modes, then our fear has come true. They claim that they made sure not to compromise the single player campaign but we'll see about that when it ships next year.

In co-op, you won't have four Commander Shepards running around. None of the characters from the Mass Effect universe will make an appearance. Instead, your given the chance to play as different races like the Turians, Krogans, Asari, hopefully that dwarf looking race seen in Mass Effect 2, and many more.  You create a completely separate custom character for your co-op experience.  There will be character progression for your custom character, but sadly didn't dwell on how deep you can get in customizing your co-op character.

When I first heard about multiplayer actually happening for Mass Effect 3, I felt disappointed. First thing that came in my head was Mass Effect 3 trying to provide a competitive multiplayer experience to go against the likes of Gears 3, Call of Duty, Battlefield 3, and other games with multiplayer. With just four player co-op being their multiplayer feature, I'm ok with it.

But now - whatever issues or problems that Mass Effect 3 will have, people will wonder if these issues could have been addressed if they didn't focus on adding multiplayer. Some games are just meant to be a single player experience, but having the 'complete package' is the it thing nowadays. At the end of the day, Mass Effect 3 is still going to be a day one purchase for me. Need to see how i'll end Shepard's story.

Mass Effect 3 is set for an early 2012 release for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC.

Two Best Friends Play: Dark Souls

The Two Best Friends are back and playing one of the newest games to hit the market this month and one the is know for its nefarious difficulty, Dark Souls. lol at random Snake Eater theme.

The best friends continue their epic journey to troll each other via electronic video games until one of them dies, or they sell Dark Souls back to EB Games after a few weeks.

Street Fighter X Tekken Brazil Game Show Teasers

 

As with previous Street Fighter x Tekken teaser trailers, we are only shown very vague screenshots of the characters that will be making the roster. These are a little different though.

Instead of each teaser video showing 1 character, the videos now contain 3 characters. If it really is 3 character per teaser then that means we just got 9 for the Street Fighter side also meaning that the next batch would be for 9 Tekken characters. Wow, who else is getting completely stoked for this game?

This on is easy, I'm guessing Dan, Juri, and C. Viper.

Mech Zangief is obvious due to his crotch pic. I'm going with DeeJay for the other one but that purple pic has me completely stumped.

That's definitely Balrog's boot on top. Sodom's arm on the left. I don't know whose light blue arm that is, people are saying it's R. Mika's but I just don't know.

New Modern Warfare 3 trailer shows off the single player campaign

The hunt for Macarov continues. With Modern warfare 3 just weeks away, Activision brings out a new trailer that gives us a peek at the single player campaign. The usual epic Explosions and crazy firefights, what more could you ask for?

I really want to see if Macarov escapes again or they finally get their hands on this guy. It's going to be the start of World War 3 with various major cities being attacked simultaneously. Just like past Call of Duty games, you will take control of different characters in the story.

Call of Duty: Modern warfare 3 is set to be released on November 8, 2011 for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and yes even the Wii.

Rage easter eggs pay tribute to the classic id games

You know who created Rage right? they are the makers of the classic Doom series, Quake series, and the first ever First Person Shooter - Wolfenstein 3D. So to pay tribute to their classic games, they placed easter eggs for Rage players to find and enjoy. Wanna see? 

Wolfenstein 3D Easter Egg

Doom Easter Egg

Quake Easter Egg

It's pretty awesome and made me want to get a copy of those classic games to play again, or even buy Rage. Too busy dying in Dark Souls though.

Anybody going through Rage right now? it's said to be a great shooter in its own right and to be confused with games like Fallout or Borderlands. It's not Fallout, it's not Borderlands. They just have certain elements that bring out the confusion. It being in a post-apocalyptic setting, open world, and having an inventory system. I say, if you like the old FPS kind of games, then this might just work for you.