It appears that at least one of the four co-op modes in Splinter Cell Conviction's 4 player co-op Deniable Ops mode will be available to pre-orders only for the time being.  Amazon's listing for Splinter Cell Conviction lists Infiltration as a pre-order bonus. 

You saw the teaser trailer, you got the release window, now we're giving you the official word on Transformers: The War for Cybertron's co-op mode.  Three player online co-op with drop-in/drop-out support.  Sorry local and split screen fans, there simply isn't enough room on your TV to fit all that metal.

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

For Co-Op Classics today, we will head back to 1995. As far as computers went, you had a dial-up modem, 8 megs of memory, and crystal clear VGA graphics. The DOOM clones were out in force, and a nice variation of that formula was Hexen.

If you live in the North East you already know that Mother Nature has been a dirty snow giving slut this year.  She's put out more white powder than a Nicaraguan drug cartel and we're still not even out of February.  All of that means more time in doors to game, and that's exactly what we'll be doing this weekend after what meteorologists called a "snowicane."

Co-Op gaming has come a long way since I started this site over two years ago, there's been ups and downs along the way, but every once and a while you know it's a good day to be a fan of cooperative gaming.  Gamasutra has posted an interview with Splinter Cell Conviction multiplayer designer Patrick Redding in which he discusses just how big this whole co-op thing has gotten, and is going to be.

The Secret Armory of General Knoxx has finally hit consoles and PCs this week, and it brings with it a raised level cap and a whole slew of other goodies.  If you’ve been waiting for some kind of bundle deal on all of the DLC to date, you may want to reconsider holding off on picking this one up.

There's still no release date for the Castle Crashers port to the PlayStation Network, other than "hopefully sometime this year". The Behemoth really seems to be polishing this game up for PSN users, in addition to developing a brand new game for the Xbox Live Arcade.

Tragnarion Studios has announced that the first two episodes of their four player co-op shooter, The Scourge Project, will be released this March via Steam.  The game was originally slated to release last year, but has since been delayed.  An Xbox Live Arcade versions is still being planned as well.

The franchise that brought voice chat to the PlayStation 2 and once stood toe-to-toe with Halo gets another crack at it. Will a new developer and four-player co-op be enough to put some wind in the SOCOM sails?

Here we go again with another one of those good news, bad news posts.  The good news?  The Wii version of Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands will feature two player co-op.  The bad news?  It sounds very much as if the co-op is... well... B.Y.O.B.

 Right now you can snag DJ Hero on the Xbox 360, with the included hardware, for only $60.  That price is almost half of what the game launched for last year.  The PlayStation 3 version is also on sale for $80.