Killing large amounts of evil, totalitarian penguins is back! Like we covered late last year, Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken will be arriving onto PlayStation Vita early next week.

Sacred Citadel will be hitting the digital markets later this year. It's a cooperative side scrolling brawler set in the Sacred universe you know and love, and it will act as a prequel to events in the much anticipated Sacred 3. We got our hands on Sacred Citadel a few months ago at PAX. We had a good time slaughtering our enemies as we engaged in three player local co-op. If you're familiar with Golden Axe, you get the idea. Sacred Citadel is one of those games that looks much better in motion. Screenshots don't really do it justice. 

One of my favorite co-op games in the past few years was Criterion's Burnout Paradise. I'm really not into the whole racing sim genre, but that game was crazy and fun. Particularly when you played co-op. Unfortunately, Criterion's next couple of big release games, this time in the Need for Speed series, didn't offer up any of that same co-op fun. Criterion seems to be remedying that, to a degree, with the WiiU release of Need for Speed Most Wanted, which will include a two-player local co-op mode.

Aliens: Colonial Marines will finally see the light of day next week, over four years after the game was announced. The Gearbox developed title will focus on cooperative play between marines as they take on swarms of alien baddies set in the familiar universe. To celebrate the launch, publisher SEGA has sent along a fresh look at the trailer called "Contact."  If it seems familiar, a shorter version of it was released last year.

Good tidings come from ancient China to those who love a good hack-n'-slash. Everyone's favorite Chinese mob masher will return with the next exciting entry titled Dynasty Warriors 8. As we inch closer to the Japanese February 28th release date, Famitsu has recently confirmed six playable characters, and "on-off" two-player co-op.  What this means exactly is not clear.  It may refer to a combination of offline and online co-op, or drop-in and drop-out co-op.

Farewell THQ and Atari US, parting is such sweet sorrow.  As these two former giants of the game developing world slip into the eternal night, what will happen to their downloadable games?  If XBLA is any indication; some games will be pulled, some reduced and some not touched at all!  Voltron has been delisted, Yar's Revenge and The Undergarden have been reduced, whilst Warhammer 40K: Kill Team remains untouched.  Confused?  You will be.

As indie gaming continues to grow, especially in the PC space, it's starting to run into a bit of a problem - namely it's becoming difficult to find the type of indie game you'd enjoy.  Sites like Desura and GoG.com are a good place to find games but sometimes there's just too many to casually browse.  Indie developers have their own problem, while Steam Greenlight gives them a path to the promised land, there's still stiff competition to get on the service.  This means indies are fighting to get noticed by the exact people they want to play their games.  This is where ShinyLoot comes in, a new store front launching in beta today for indie PC games.

Ninja Gaiden fans will be happy to know that the Wii U no longer has exclusivity to Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge. Tecmo Koei has announced that Razor’s Edge will soon arrive on both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles this spring!

The PlayStation Network is having a month-long sale on select Namco Bandai games for the PS3, Vita, and PSP. You can pick up Ridge Racer 7: 3D License Version, Namco Museum Essentials, Touch My Katamari, and much more for 50% off the regular price. While most of the titles don't feature cooperative play, there are some co-op standouts, including the excellent  Dark Souls campaign add-on, "Artorias of the Abyss," as well as a number of extras for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon.  

  After what seemed like an eternity, the promised Scott Pilgrim vs. The World DLC was set to hit the Playstation Network and Xbox Live Arcade this week. Beat 'em up fans will be sad to hear that the content in question was delayed yet again. Originally announced in August 2012, the DLC will add online co-op and Scott’s r...

Yesterday evening I headed down to the NASDAQ building in Times Square for an exclusive first look at the newly announced Skylanders SWAP Force. I am sad to report that if Skylanders has its hooks in you (or your kids or your wallet), SWAP Force will likely just drive them deeper in. The new skylanders and brand new mechanic introduced with SWAP Force look just as addicting, if not more so.

Deja vu, I feel like things are happening over and over again.  Like the same games coming up in the XBLA Sale. Deja vu, I feel like things are happening over and over again.  Like the same games coming up in the XBLA Sale.  Arrgggghhhh - grab Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition and a host of none co-op titles this week with up to 75% off.