Last week we covered two multiplayer modes that can be found in Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. Though the Fragile Alliance and Arcade modes provide plenty of entertainment, it does lack some of the competitive action players get from playing online. That’s where the other modes: Undercover Cop and Cops and Robbers comes into play. In Undercover Cop one player will be picked at random to be an undercover agent trying to stop the robbers from making out with the cash. In Cops and Robbers players will fight each other with one team trying to escape with the cash and the other trying to prevent the escape. Undercover Cop has its great moments but it also has its issues. Cops and Robbers on the other hand has the chance to be the best multiplayer mode in the entire game.

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When it comes to multiplayer modes in the world of shooters there are the games that follow the same formula and then there are the games that offer something different. The multiplayer featured in Kane & Lynch 2 isn’t your standard Deathmatch/Team Deathmatch modes, and there isn’t even a capture the flag mode. What it does have is some very unique modes that force you to think and work as a team. Over the next few weeks we’ll be highlighting each of the different modes that will be in Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. This week we’re taking a look at the Fragile Alliance mode and the single player version of that mode called Arcade Mode.

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Kane & Lynch: Dead Men was released in 2007 and was met with poor reviews. Everyone did agree on a couple of things though: the controls were clunky and the characters Kane and Lynch were bad asses. Parts of the game were enjoyable while others were simply frustrating. The characters, on the other hand, were always entertaining. Think of them as The Odd Couple with guns, only more profane and violent. In Dead Men, players were introduced to Kane’s history. In Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, set to release this summer, players will be introduced to Lynch’s world, a grittier, more violent place where plans quickly turn south. I recently got a chance to play a couple of chapters of the single player campaign, and I think gamers will like the improvements made by Io Interactive.

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IO Interactive is returning to their roots with the upcoming release of Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days. Dog Days is the sequel to 2007’s Kane and Lynch: Dead Men, a third-person shooter known mainly for its namesake protagonists and gritty locations, plot, and gameplay elements. The newest iteration of the series sees the duo taking care of business around Shanghai, and reflects the game director’s heavy film-based influences.

Check out the screens below.

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It’s hard not to expect something from a developer who specializes in specific genres and similar titles. IO Interactive, the studio behind the popular shooter titles Hitman and Kane and Lynch, threw the world a curveball when they announced Mini Ninjas, their first foray into the action genre that surprisingly garnered an E10+ rating from the ESRB. Mini Ninjas‘ feudal Japanese backdrop and simple, cartoon-style visuals show that the developer can move on to a different direction, but can IO Interactive successfully pull it off? In word, yes.
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Fans of chibi-size ninjas can rejoice — IO Interactive’s action/adventure title Mini Ninjas will be available in the United States on September 8th, 2009. Players will be put into control of one of six small-scale ninjas, and will be able to use several different and distinct weapons, abilities, and styles of play — all of which will be within expertly-crafted and uniquely-styled feudal Japanese environments.

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After introducing the world to the Hitman and Kane and Lynch video game series, IO Interactive is ready show off their game development skills with an all-new new IP in a totally different direction from their previous ventures. Enter Mini Ninjas. Using an interesting, adorable art style, Mini Ninjas is set to showcase some of the more refined elements in modern action/adventure game design.

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