Just Cause 2 dev's co-op shooter Renegade Ops announced

Avalanche Studios is making a vehicular shooter "all about driving or flying around blowing stuff up while playing with your friends."

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Avalance Studios, the Swedish developer behind explodalicious unexpected hit Just Cause 2, is planning to once again deliver a delicious dose of destruction. Publisher Sega today announced Renegade Ops, a downloadable vehicular shooter headed to PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

While Renegade Ops is described as a "military co-op shooter," there's no need to groan as senior producer Andreas Thorsén notes it's "all about driving or flying around blowing stuff up while playing with your friends and that to us, is a dream-project."

Playing as commandos, players will be trying to take down some chap named Inferno, "a madman intent on global domination." Parents, this is why you don't give your children horrid names.

The announcement promises "a wide variety of vehicles" armed with weapons including electromagnetic shock waves and "a huge Gatling gun." As well as single-player, Renegade Ops will offer co-op for two-player split-screen and four-player online co-op. There'll also be online leaderboards.

Renegade Ops is slated for a downloadable release on PC, Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network some time this year. Pricing has not yet been announced.

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    March 30, 2011 9:00 AM

    Comment on Just Cause 2 dev announces co-op shooter Renegade Ops, by Alice O'Connor.

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      March 30, 2011 9:02 AM

      Summary: an explosion-filled downloadable co-op shooter from the Just Cause 2 people. Yes please.

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      March 30, 2011 9:29 AM

      Oh god yes.

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      March 30, 2011 9:51 AM

      Sounds interesting.

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      March 30, 2011 9:54 AM

      "all about driving or flying around blowing stuff up while playing with your friend"

      awkward/sexy phrasing

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        March 30, 2011 12:23 PM

        I think he means this game is going to be so awesome you're going to maintain an erection the entire time.

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      March 30, 2011 3:06 PM

      Please make this game like Mad Max..... with coop... That is all..

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      March 30, 2011 3:08 PM

      :O

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      March 30, 2011 5:01 PM

      If this was an exact clone of Just Cause 2 with co-op added, I would still buy this.

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        March 30, 2011 5:25 PM

        I saw the JC2 screenshots in the article for a second and got very excited that it might be the same kind of game.

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      March 30, 2011 5:25 PM

      Awesome. I'll have my eyes open for this. Good 4-player co-op usually equals multiple copies sold on release for me.

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      March 30, 2011 5:26 PM

      I love that devs are realising that downloadable can carry games that might not work as a retail release but would still be real cool to play.

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      March 31, 2011 11:13 PM

      Sounds like a great idea for a game.

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