Prepare your inner geekness for this interesting bit of news that takes a look inside a game developer's mind.

DeathSpank and Shank are coming to the PC.  "DeathSpank and Shank" also sounds like a fantastic rock opera, or maybe the name of the most kick-ass beauty pageant of all time.  These two downloadable games have already made an appearance on XBL and PSN.  They both offer fun but flawed co-op.

This month we're heading back to Borderlands with a special focus on the DLC and the GOTY Edition. What's more? We have three quality headsets to give away provided by SteelSeries. Read on to find out how to join up - and how you can win a set of cans!

"With only one week to retirement, the last thing that any grizzled veteran needed was a rookie fresh from the academy.  This goes doubly when your beat is the crime riddled metropolitan of Pacific City.  With three gangs dominating the three different islands, DjinniMan and I (Samoza), were about to embark on a deadly mission.  I’m getting too old for this …… type of game.

Heather finally decides she wants to see what the big deal with Halo: Reach is. Two quick matches of Firefight before bed becomes a Co-Op Couples late night of laugh-out-loud fun and screenshot hunting.

If you were planning on picking up the upcoming Time Crisis: Razing Storm on the PlayStation 3 later this month, hoping to have a solid on rails shooter co-op experience with your buddy and some PlayStation Moves, the deal just got a whole lot sweeter.  Not only will Razing Storm be in the box, but Time Crisis 4 Arcade and Deadstorm Pirates will be included int the package as well.   This marks the first time that Deadstorm Pirates is even seeing a console release.

If you thought Lost Planet 2 kicked your butt, you should see what it did to Capcom's profit forecast.  The gaming giant has had to lower its expected sales and profit figures for the year.  There are several contributing factors to this, a major one being the poor sales of Lost Planet 2.

Did you pre-order Dead Rising 2?  Did you get a sweet Ninja theme, or a Sport Fan theme?  Do you see that picture up there?  Yeah, you chose wrong.  That's the Psychopath theme.  And you can get that and the other three available outfits in the coming month through the capitalistic miracle of spending actual money on digital clothing.

On October 1-3, Co-Optimus’ own Beatles loving Royalist, Samoza, attended Eurogamer Expo 2010 held in London’s Earls Court. Part 2 of this preview covers hands on experience with co-ops cuties: Kirby’s Epic Yarn and Little Big Planet 2.

Guitar Hero may have just released a new title, but there's only one game on the minds of discerning music game fans this fall: Rock Band 3.  As the anticipation for the new Rock Band increases, the platform itself has reached a major milestone: as of next week, 2000 songs will be available to play in game, whether via game disc, export, or DLC.  The 2000th song, "Are You Experienced?" is from a real guitar hero: Jimi Hendrix.  I can't think of a better track to have such an honor.  You can download this track and the rest of the Are You Experienced? album on October 12.

"Xelissa" attends SEGA's Fall 2010 Event in New York: Sonic vs. New York. She takes a look into the co-op titles that were there: Sonic Free Riders and Shogun 2: Total War (Conduit 2 forth-coming later this month).

As games implement more features, they take longer to develop. It’s true that many games are beginning to include a lot more multiplayer options. To our delight that also includes co-op. Miner Wars is a game that has been in development for a while holding our interest with some space exploration co-op, that is also taking its time in development.