Another week has come and gone, but Beyond Co-Op will keep you (somewhat) up to date with the current events going on around the video games industry. We find some interesting news around the gaming and entertainment industry that may not directly pertain to cooperative gaming culture, and relay their messages here. This week, two popular fighting games are shown some respect in the pro community, Microsoft addresses some issues people are having with the "Games With Gold" program, and a gamer like you and I finally reached their extremely impressive gamerscore goal.

Diablo 3's new loot system still has many of us hooked, but a recent AAA title in the competitive space has turned a few co-op heads with Titanfall. Also this week we saw Dark Souls 2 and Locke will more than likely be streaming on our Twitch channel over the weekend. So follow us and get the scoop!

The folks over at Neocore Games will be bringing the next installment of their The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing franchise to PC very soon: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II. Much like a Diablo title, Van Helsing II is a top-down, action-RPG featuring the legendary vampire hunter of fiction.

Tribute Games has announced the release date for the long awaited Mercenary Kings on PS4. The game will launch on April 1st, and we pray it's not an April Fool's joke. We got our hands on Mercenary Kings at E3 last year and for the most part enjoyed what we saw. With almost an entire year going by, we hope the game ...

Hello Co-Optimus, my name is Samoza and I am an Achievement Addict.  Whilst many people enjoyed the achievement and trophy agenda that sweeped the last generation, they no longer really hold the attention they once did.  However, for an unlucky few, achievements continue to haunt us.  My name is Samoza and I currently have a gamerscore of 182,641.

The crew is hooked on Diablo 3 again. How did this happen? Oh right, huge patch, bonus XP, and impending expansion pack. Outside of that there's lot of other games to chat about and then a lengthy discussion on the death (maybe) of consoles.

Tales of Symphonia is often lauded as one of the strongest entries in the Tales series. As such, when it was announced that a 10th Anniversary HD Edition (entitled Tales of Symphonia Chronicles) would be released, fans were as pleased as punch. What does ToS Chronicles add or change, and how does this classic stand up to the test of time? To...

Rebellion is making a lot of progress in their next installment of the hit stealth franchise, Sniper Elite 3! Currently, this is the only tactical sniping game with under development for the current generation of consoles, let alone with some sweet co-op modes to look forward to.

Sony's new advertisement focusing on the #PS4share capabilities of the system features Destiny front and center while showing us new in game footage. It sure looks great, but don't take our word for it:

Rayman is back for more frantically fun platforming action. While Rayman Legends was released last fall for all current gen systems, it's seen a recent release on the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. We decided it was about time for us to finally put the little guy through his paces....

Mom's in the other room, dad's outside, and your annoying siblings are out playing in the sprinkler. Time to break out the toys! The fantastically faithful Toy Soldiers tower defense game has just hit Steam in a big way. Toy Soldiers: Complete features the original game along with Toy Soldiers: Cold War and all the DLC packs released the last few years. Signal Studios estimates 60 hours of gameplay, which is a whole lot of quality toy time.

Eleven. My deaths in Dark Souls 2 stand at eleven after just two and a half hours with the game. The first came in the game's tutorial area as I tried to navigate a tight floating path and learn the jump button was bound to L3 by default. I plunged into the misty doom below and quickly changed my controls. I earned a trophy called "This is Dark Souls."