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New Co-op Features Explored in ‘Wasteland 3’ Trailer
With Wasteland 3 hitting on August 28, inXile Entertainment has released a new trailer that explores one of the more intriguing aspects of the latest entry in the post-nuclear roleplaying series: Co-operative play.
In Wasteland 3, you can start a new game either in co-op mode, or continue your previously-saved games in co-op. The person who hosts the game will determine who controls which characters, and who controls joint conversations. You and your friends can then go around the city, finding different quests and talking to different people at the same time. On top of that, each of you will be able to control his/her own conversation options.
Best of all, there are some co-op-only features in the game. This includes the potential of turning in quests to two rival NPCs at the same time for double the reward, for example. Of course, if you’re the type to screw with your friends, you can also do things like spread rumors around them at your base, or even steal their clothes.
As for when you finish a co-op playthrough, you’ll have a save from the last checkpoint that you’d left the game, giving you the option to continue the game on your own, or with a friend once again.
Wasteland 3 will launch for PC via and Xbox One. The title will also be available through Xbox Game Pass and the Microsoft Store. An Xbox Series X version is also in the works, which will launch when the console arrives.
Retroware surprised everyone last year with the announcement that they’re working on a throwback beat-’em-up based on the Toxic Crusaders cartoon. Grab your mop and get ready: the side-scrolling beat ’em up game is heading our way later this year.
Toxic Crusaders is now available to preorder on Steam, with the game set for Fall 2024 release. Exact date TBA.
Developer and publisher Retroware has teamed up with Troma Entertainment to bring the characters from the 1991 cartoon “Toxic Crusaders” back, for an all-new, all-action beat ’em up for one to four players.
In the game, “When the evil Dr. Killemoff attacks, only one team of hideously deformed creatures of superhuman size and strength stands between him and his plans for global pollution: the Toxic Crusaders, Earth’s last, greatest and ugliest hope for survival! Battle across seven disgusting levels rendered in vibrant pixel art as you defend Tromaville from hordes of Radiation Rangers, mutated thugs and zombie chickens. The odds might be stacked against you but with awesome powers, a winning personality, and up to four-players on your side, the Smogulan Empire’s days are numbered!
“Choose from seven playable characters, including Toxie, No-Zone, Junkyard, Major Disaster, and Headbanger – plus, for the first time, play as Toxie’s musically “gifted” girlfriend Yvonne, and the mother of all mothers, Mrs. Junko, Toxie’s mom!”
Considering this is set in Tromaville, it’s a safe bet that we’ll see more Troma characters beyond the Crusaders here. Toxic Crusaders will also feature fully voice-acted motion comic cutscenes, featuring voice acting by TeamFourStar, industry veterans, and of course, Troma actors.
Check out the gameplay demo below for a closer look at the Toxic Crusaders in action.
Toxic Crusaders is coming soon to Xbox Series X + S, Playstation 4 + 5, Steam, Nintendo Switch, and the Epic Games Store. But you can wishlist on Steam in the meantime.
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