That's right, the 2 player co-op shooter for the Wii ooozes style.  With a film grain look, pops and scratches, and a new art style, the whole game is a semi-reboot of the series.  Sega created the game from the ground up to take advantage of the Wii hardware,  and while the game is still an on-rails shooter for the most part, there is some freedom in movement of the camera using the Wii-mote.   Unfortunately according to the Eurogamer preview, in it's current state, it's somewhat broken for co-op play.

Ahh, the Gears of War Lancer.  As far as weapons go, it's about as good as they get.  Chainsaw + machine gun = it's full of stars.  We've had a few news articles about this legendary weapon alone.  Our own Mike "pheriannath" Katsufrakis has done a particulary nice rendition of the weapon for good ol' Billy in our current banner.  Apparently, other artisitic types across the interwebs think as highly of the Lancer as we do here at Co-Optimus. 

The PC Version of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel lands on store shelves today, as well as online digital services Impulse and Steam, but Co-Optimus has another way for you to get in on the co-op friendly title. 

What does Castle Crashers, a Presidential race, women's rights and cake all have in common?  Why our next Co-Op Couples feature of course.  We take a look at how Castle Crashers is a great "entrance" game into gaming for your non gaming partner.

  Normally, we don't like to tease too much. Neither us, Sam, but heck, you just couldn't resist, could you? Fable II developer Lionhead Studios has posted on their dev blog that a "big" announcement is coming next week. Now, I can't think of anything that would certainly make the fan base happier than a co-o...

Ahh, the good ol days.  The days when EA was EA and Activision was Activision.  Somehow, somewhere in this wide universe roles have reversed.  Electronic Arts are releasing original titles like Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, and Army of Two while Activision is making 379 versions of Guitar Hero.  

The Left 4 Dead zombie horde has officially been unleashed on Xbox 360 and PC owners today as the previously limited demo is available to all.  So far it seems our members impressions are just as favorable as our earlier ones were - this game frickin rocks.  There's something about four friends, lots of bullets and exploding zombie heads that make this co-op experience like no other.

Co-Optimus has joined the rest of the Colony of Gamers Network in doing a fundraising drive for Penny-Arcade's Child's Play Charity.  

It finally happened.  Epic has released the sequel to our most popular co-op game to date.  Gears of War 2 takes players back to Sera to take on the Locus horde.  The best way to vanquish it?  With a buddy.

Launching along side the New Xbox Experience (our preview here) is a new Xbox Live Arcade game from developer Ninja Bee which showcases the brand new avatar feature in a fun and unique game called Kingdom of Keflings.

For the most part, it's fair to say that GameStop doesn't really side with gamers very often. Ridiculously low trade-in values, bonus content missing from used games, trade-in and pre-order credit not transferrable between stores, clueless employees, etc. marr the shopping experience.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars hits the Nintendo DS this week, and with it comes a game with a 2 player co-op mode playable via local wi-fi.  Players can work together as Jedi combining powers to perform unique attacks.