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

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

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

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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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In Guntouchables by Danish indie developer Game Swing , enemies randomly power up from the upgrades that a team of four players cant lift out of the levels. This leads to some unexpected and quite frankly, explosive situations as the game progresses. Game Swing was founded in 2013 by five Danish game design students.

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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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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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PreMortem.Games

MAY 15, 2024

That’s why the play sessions of their narrative-driven, co-op multiplayer RPG Baladins last around an hour. We’re aiming at making non-violent games that bring families and friends together around the screen.” Narrative designer and Seed by Seed co-founder Antonin Demeilliez explains the idea behind Baladins. “We

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We’re currently developing a mini open world local co-op called Bugging Humans. The game could involve many innovations, unless we stuff it up by avoiding player discomfort. This means best practices, for instance in level design, have to be adapted. It also means blind and low-vision players can play with sighted players.

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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

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. Read more

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Internship recruiting season has begun for some large game publishers and developers. If you’re a student and you have an interest in game development as a career, you should absolutely look into these. This means that a number of internship opportunities for summer 2025 have been posted and will be collecting applicants.

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Indie DB

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

SUPER 56 Joins Steams Couch Co-op Fest! Steams Couch Co-op Fest is live, and were bringing the chaos! Play 56 genre-smashing mini-games with just ONE BUTTON, challenge friends in 8-player multiplayer, and even control the madness with.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Here at PreMortem.Games, we have great admiration for developers who tackle the entire game development cycle on their own. Because, lets be honest, creating games is hard and it takes a special kind of developer to choose the solo path. This game represents me as a developer, he says. I get excited to implement wacky ideas!

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Game Wisdom

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

How Social Features Are Revolutionizing Modern Video Games Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Social features in video games have reshaped the gaming landscape, making it more interactive and community-driven than ever.

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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. It is now PlayStation's fastest-selling game – bigger than God of War, or Spider-Man or Uncharted.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Battle passes have crept into almost every mobile game genre imaginable, with our platform showing that 66% of mobile games in the top 20% have incorporated the feature. We’ve updated the blog post with new battle pass implementation examples and best practices for introducing the feature into your mobile game.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 30, 2024

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

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 17, 2024

Wayfinder is transforming from a free-to-play online-only multiplayer game into a premium single-player offering after the game lost its publisher last year. 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 during Early Access.

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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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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 15, 2024

In Guntouchables by Danish indie developer Game Swing , enemies randomly power up from the upgrades that a team of four players can’t lift out of the levels. This leads to some unexpected and quite frankly, explosive situations as the game progresses. Game Swing was founded in 2013 by five Danish game design students.

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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. Read more

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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

MAY 24, 2024

Jason Nicot , a French solo game developer operating under the name Choose Red , recently announced his latest game Sanctua. In this co-op multiplayer game a group of players have to work together to escape a cursed tomb. He went into transportation management, but game development never really left his mind.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 6, 2023

launch of their debut game, The Anacrusis , after 23 months in Early Access. 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. The other major impact was that Game Pass absolutely decimated our Steam sales.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

I completed the main campaign in Redfall ( official site, Steam , also on Game Pass), a 4 player co-op open world shooter by Arkane Austin, who's mostly known for detailed single player story-filled action games. In this sense, playing a 75% finished game is more useful than playing a 100% finished game.

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Indie DB

OCTOBER 27, 2024

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

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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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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 21, 2019

It’s time to talk about Pandemic – one of the greatest games ever made. Pandemic is an evergreen game with a multitude of variants and legacy games. It’s also the first cooperative game for a lot of gamers. Need help on your board game? Can you hear that coughing? You know what I’ve noticed?

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Tower of Fantasy was launched in the global markets in August 2022, luring players to the game with its “Genshin with an MMO experience” headlines. In the Japanese market, the game has proven more popular and kept its position in iOS top-grossing 100 after its release, which happened around the same time as in the US market.

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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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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 25, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Ghost Ship Games' decision to open a publishing label happened two ways; gradually and then suddenly. Over time, the question was asked whether the firm should start publishing other studios' games. Read more

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Today’s post is the last of my “Top 5 Games” series. If you haven’t noticed, the game Pandemic pulled a Jumanji and now we’re living it. But I decided that I would be remiss if I did not include it, as it was the first modern board game and it really reignited my love for board games. Gameplay Overview.

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Sirlin

JANUARY 14, 2025

Yomi was, as far as I know, the first fighting card game. Yomi 2 is not a new edition but rather an entirely new game. Despite all those new things, the game is actually more streamlined and plays faster than before. It was pretty popular, had a ton of tournaments, online versions on Steam and iOS.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Larian Studios has clarified why it left the Xbox versions of Baldur's Gate 3 off the list yesterday when it announced an August 31 release date for the game on PS5, PC, Mac, and GeForce Now. We've had an Xbox version of Baldur's Gate 3 in development for some time now," the company said. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 15, 2024

. “I drew heavily from the first game’s reviews to design this one, striving to create something better,” says Jones. So, I hope fans of the first game return to see how I’ve addressed their feedback.” However, the idea gradually took shape after the first game’s release.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 12, 2023

Frontiers of Pandora, which will launch on December 7, was described by Massive game director Ditte Deenfeldt as an open-world action-adventure title, which will explore new characters, new settings, and a new story that will "coexist" with the one of the two Cameron films. It'll also offer two player co-op. Read more

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