Advertised with the release of Assassin's Creed III was a very special DLC package that featured American President George Washington in a sinister fashion. Appropriately named "The Tyranny of King Washington," the content is to be centered around an alternate tale of the American Revolution featuring George Washington as a power hungry monarch. Part one of the three-part DLC is set to be released for the Xbox 360 and PC next week on February 19th, with the Playstation 3 version to be available the following day.

I swear, whoever is in charge of setting up sales at Steam keeps an eye on our chatter here, because the past several PC co-op nights we've announced were accompanied by a Steam sale for the same game. Perhaps it's just coincidence, since Steam is always having sales, but I like to think we have some influence on the industry.

Ska Studios has slowly been releasing pieces of concept art and screenshots for its upcoming Xbox Live Arcade beat-em-up RPG (brawl-PG, if you will) Charlie Murder. The most recent piece shows Lester Deth's transition from shirtless punk with pale skin to a shirt-wearing punk with darker skin. Actually, several of the characters seem to have started out shirtless, including the band's manager and hypnotist, Kelly Skitten. Don't worry, though. Resident massive human, The Rexecutioner, is still brawling and drumming topless.

It wasn't long ago we learned that the Wii U was getting a special version of Need for Speed Most Wanted, complete with a local co-op mode.  I recently went hands on with the game and checked out just how the co-op works, and while it's not a "true" co-op mode in the sense there are separate players working together for some sort of common progression, what is there is a family friendly way to play together.

It's classic gaming time! GOG.com has just released System Shock 2, the spiritual predecessor to BioShock and one of the first games that made everybody stand up and nod approvingly at Ken Levine. Set in a dark cyberpunk world, System Shock 2 combines first person shooting and survivor horror elements with an intricate character customization system, giving players an enormous amount of freedom to tinker with skills like hacking, psionic powers, and good old fashion gun shooting.

Today was a big day for Nintendo fans in the form of another Nintendo Direct broadcast. During the show, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata appeared to viewers donning Luigi's iconic hat. He proclaimed this year to be the "year of Luigi." Finally, everyone's favorite sidekick plumber will receive the superstar treatment.

The "Twisted Metal Birthday Bundle" is now available though the PSN. Celebrate the one year anniversary of the Twisted Metal reboot with four stellar vehicular combat games for the low, low price of $39.99. The downloadable anthology includes the original Twisted Metal, Twisted Metal 2, Twisted Metal: Black, and the aforementioned reboot from last year. TM2, TM: Black, and TM (2012) each support two player local co-op.

Mac owners can finally get their fill of shooting witch doctors and nodding approvingly at the sturdy mustache of a certain professor. Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt, the third DLC campaign for Borderlands 2, has just been released for Mac and is available to purchase via Steam for $9.99. Huzzah and such!

We're a man down this week, most likely because of contracting some strange necromorphing virus. Locke, Jason and Nick hold down the fort and give their impressions of DungeonLand on the PC and Dead Space 3. There's plenty of co-op, plenty of gore, and surprisingly lots of goodies pop out of corpses in both games.

If you read my beta impressions of SimCity, you know that EA has crafted a slick sequel to the series that refines things just enough to feel fresh, but keeps a lot of the traditional strategy elements we love.  One downside to the beta was that the multiplayer options were disabled - so it was tough to see exactly how players could cooperate.  Luckily at a recent event that EA held, I was able to get hands on with the full game and play around with the multiplayer options.  

Ah, Valentine's Day. A day of romance, love, chocolate, and other marketable things... Like zombies! UK developer Rebellion, well-known for their Sniper Elite franchise, has announced today the latest installment in the series, Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army. Look, we're just seeking love, and they're just seeking brains. No matter how you slice, we're all after a vital organ.

Valentine's Day is a time for love, passion, and dismembering necropmorphs.  No really, you should fire up some Dead Space 3 and play co-op with someone you care about.  That's the true meaning of this Hallmark holiday.  EA has given us some some goodies to giveaway to Dead Space 3 fans on every platform.  We are offering packs that contain every piece of downloadable content available on each respective platform - 360, PS3, and PC.  Better yet?  The packs contain two of everything so you can give them to a loved one for Valentine's Day!