{"id":135607,"date":"2025-09-17T22:18:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T22:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T22:18:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T22:18:48","slug":"new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/","title":{"rendered":"New Gameplay Today \u2013 It Takes Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/video-feature\/new-gameplay-today\/2021\/03\/02\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hazelight Studios likes to make games about collaboration. In Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, players controlled a pair of characters simultaneously to play through an interactive fable. A Way Out gave two players a chance to break out of prison and experience life on the lam. The studio\u2019s latest project, It Takes Two, is a romantic comedy featuring more split-screen co-op, and also an insane amount of variety. In this episode of NGT, I share my experience playing three hours of the game with Blake Hester and Alex Stadnik \u2013 and how it nearly tore my family apart.<\/p>\n<p>OK, that\u2019s a <em>little <\/em>bit of hyperbole. I dragged one of my sons along with me for the co-op session, since we had a fun time playing through A Way Out together. Besides, who wouldn\u2019t want to participate in an interactive romantic comedy \u2026 with their \u2026 dad? He was exactly as enthusiastic about the idea as you might expect. Once we started playing, however, he was fine (thanks for asking).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Still, there were a few sections (the boss battles, in particular), where we started to inadvertently emulate the in-game bickering that the game\u2019s stars, May and Cody, frequently engaged in. Part of the fun of It Takes Two is getting introduced to strange new gameplay mechanics and trying to determine how they work \u2013 and work in tandem with the other player\u2019s abilities \u2013 on the fly. That led to a few heated moments as I missed critical jumps or he battered the plane he was flying along the walls of a narrow passageway. We persisted, however, and are all the stronger for it. That\u2019s what I\u2019m telling myself, at least.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, enjoy the video! It Takes Two is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on March 26. And be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/feature\/2021\/02\/12\/it-takes-twos-creator-on-love-endings-and-a-1000-pledge\">check out my feature<\/a> on Hazelight\u2019s Josef Fares \u2013 he\u2019s an incredibly passionate and funny guy.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/video-feature\/new-gameplay-today\/2021\/03\/02\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to watch embedded media Hazelight Studios likes to make games about collaboration. In Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, players controlled a pair of characters simultaneously to play through an interactive fable. A Way Out gave two players a chance to break out of prison and experience life on the lam. The studio\u2019s latest project, It Takes Two, is a romantic comedy featuring more split-screen co-op, and also an insane amount of variety. In this episode of NGT, I share my experience playing three hours of the game with Blake Hester and Alex Stadnik \u2013 and how it nearly tore my family apart. OK, that\u2019s a little bit of hyperbole. I dragged one of my sons along with me for the co-op session,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Gameplay Today \u2013 It Takes Two | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Click here to watch embedded media Hazelight Studios likes to make games about collaboration. In Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, players controlled a pair\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Gameplay Today \u2013 It Takes Two | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Click here to watch embedded media Hazelight Studios likes to make games about collaboration. In Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, players controlled a pair\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-17T22:18:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"New Gameplay Today \u2013 It Takes Two\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-17T22:18:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":339,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Game Informer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\\\/\",\"name\":\"New Gameplay Today \u2013 It Takes Two | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-17T22:18:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"Click here to watch embedded media Hazelight Studios likes to make games about collaboration. In Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, players controlled a pair\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"New Gameplay Today \u2013 It Takes Two\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Gameplay Today \u2013 It Takes Two\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Gameplay Today \u2013 It Takes Two | Arcader News","description":"Click here to watch embedded media Hazelight Studios likes to make games about collaboration. In Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, players controlled a pair","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Gameplay Today \u2013 It Takes Two | Arcader News","og_description":"Click here to watch embedded media Hazelight Studios likes to make games about collaboration. In Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, players controlled a pair","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2025-09-17T22:18:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"New Gameplay Today \u2013 It Takes Two","datePublished":"2025-09-17T22:18:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/"},"wordCount":339,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two.jpg","articleSection":["Game Informer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/","name":"New Gameplay Today \u2013 It Takes Two | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-17T22:18:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"Click here to watch embedded media Hazelight Studios likes to make games about collaboration. In Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, players controlled a pair","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"New Gameplay Today \u2013 It Takes Two"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-gameplay-today-it-takes-two\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Gameplay Today \u2013 It Takes Two"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1327667,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135607\/revisions\/1327667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}