We have a gameplay trailer for you today, and it's chock full of side-strafing, rocket-launching whirlybirds. Forget dogfighting and space combat...a full-tilt top rotor is where it's at!

Finally wrapping up our PAX 2010 coverage, we have a video preview of The Lord of the Rings: War in the North.  The five minute video showcases tons of co-op gameplay footage from three giant screens, each displaying a character and their unique abilities.  Along with it we get some developer commentary on the game's stats and customization, a look at the inventory screens, and a bit about the new characters we'll see from the LOTR Universe.

The first Alien Breed title, called Alien Breed Evolution on XBLA, was a solid top down shooter that was tweaked quite a bit for its PSN and PC release where it was called Alien Breed Impact.  Today Team 17 has announced the next chapter in the series in a game called Alien Breed 2: Assault.  The original game was conceived as an episodic series and it looks like Team 17 is making good on that promise.

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I won't tease you.  Here's the news, hard and fast.  Halo: Reach co-op campaign matchmaking will go live in October.

Co-Optimus Community Voice is a new feature we launched here on Co-Optimus this month.  The goal is to get you guys writing and contributing blogs about a special topic.  Each month we'll pick a topic for you to write about and every week we'll look for the best ones to feature on the front page.  At least - that was the initial goal.  CCV is going to evolve over time - and in the next few weeks you'll be seeing something special from it.  We want the feature to not only focus on the blogs, but on the community as a whole.  There's a lot of great stuff happening all over the site from our forums, in our match making, and even by user email.  So keep and eye out.

In what appears to be the end of an era, Good Old Games has shut down citing publisher and management difficulties with maintaining a DRM free service for purchasing classic titles. 

Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.

We've been just a bit distracted this week, for Spartan-based reasons, so forgive us for the late notice on this one.  One of the first co-op games for the Playstation Move, Lord of the Rings Aragorn's Quest, is now available.  Wii owners get a port for the original waggle console, as well.  The game has been in our crystal ball for quite some time, and we are anxious to hear if it was worth the wait.  We've got a behind-the-scenes trailer featuring the authentic voice acting talent for you to check out as well.  Any early Move adopters planning on picking this one up?  If so, use the box art link above and help support Co-Optimus!

Everybody is doing the Halo Reach now...come on Spartan, do the Halo Reach now.  I know you'll get to like it if you play some co-op now - come on Spartan - do the Halo Reach now!

We've rounded up many of the exciting details that have been released regarding Guild Wars 2, the sequel to the popular multiplayer/MMO by ArenaNet. What professions are being offered? What charges are they making to the game? Answers to these questions and more can be found within.

If you are asking yourself "Self, what is EDF 2017?," then you, my friend, have missed out.  EDF 2017 is an incredibly addictive 3rd person shooter that came out a few years ago.  Hundreds of enemies, including giant bugs, giant robots, giant monsters,  and giant space ships crowd the screen. The game offered two player split screen co-op and hours of entertainment.  The budget visuals mixed well with weapon collecting to make an addictive shooter.