Study finds co-op games keep growing in numbers (and sales) on Steam
Game Developer
JULY 3, 2024
The amount of Steam games with co-op as a selling point grows on a yearly basis, and they're outshining their solo brethren.
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Game Developer
JULY 3, 2024
The amount of Steam games with co-op as a selling point grows on a yearly basis, and they're outshining their solo brethren.
Game Developer
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Payday developer Starbreeze is partnering with Wizards of the Coast to develop a co-op live service title for Dungeons & Dragons.
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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
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The four-year-old studio founded by two of the Night in the Woods developers is closing down and cancelling its debut project Revenant Hill.
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.
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.
Game Developer
MARCH 1, 2024
At least one live-service game may have survived Sony's recent wave of project cancellations.
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.
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
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Before BioWare returned to Mass Effect and Dragon Age, its co-op shooter Anthem very nearly broke even for EA.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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
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
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
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 7, 2024
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Indie DB
OCTOBER 27, 2024
Survival deep sea horror online co-op game for 1-4.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
Indie DB
MAY 9, 2024
experience online co-op mode and other updates in the latest playtest.
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.
PreMortem.Games
JUNE 3, 2024
“We set ourselves a very difficult and ambitious goal that no one else has ever set before, to combine Metroidvania with co-op gameplay.” “ Anima Flux started as an idea for a visual novel or an interactive comic. According to Andrey Songraf, Game Designer and Product Owner, this makes them pioneers of sorts.
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Specifically, the studio was struggling to get split-screen co-op working on both the high-end Xbox Series X and the low-end Series S. The RPG was originally only available for PlayStation 5 and PC, with Larian citing technical issues on Xbox as the reason the port was delayed. Read more
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