One of the best looking Summer Preview games for the XBLA: Happy Wars chooses to make massive warfare have a more comical approach in gameplay.

It pleases us to pass along Activision's awesome details of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s final Collection Packs of the Season: Collection #3: “Chaos Pack”, releasing on August 9th with the new Special Ops “Chaos Mode”, three new “Face Off” maps, and four new Special Ops missions, and Collection #4: “Final Assault” releasing on September 6th with five new multiplayer maps to conclude the season.

Kickstarter is pretty darn spiffy, as it lets us consumers find projects we'd like to see made into a reality. One such example is Project Lodus by Leviathan Interactive. Designed as a cyberpunk-themed, action RPG, the designers are quite emphatic about it being envisioned as a great co-op experience - something we always love to hear around here. 

Misfits Attic’s A Virus Named Tom was a quirky little title when we first caught word of it last October. Between the tongue-in-cheek humor and the slight twist of playing as a “bad guy,” it seemed like it would be a pretty fun title. The inclusion of co-op play with up to 4 friends, though, was the one feature we honed in on – and it is the game’s best one.

Army of Two is back with a vengeance. EA and Visceral entertainment just announced Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel. This will be the third installment of the cooperative third person shooter franchise. The game will be set in Mexico, in the middle of a vicious drug war. Salem and Rios are out, Alpha and Bravo are in. Players will still be working for Tactical Worldwide Operations as private military contractors (I like to think of them as "bro-cenaries" or "merc-bros"). My blood money says we can expect to see Salem and Rios, the bro-iest of bro-op buddies, appear as NPCs.

We were surprised as you were when Ubisoft announced a co-op mode for Far Cry 3 at last June's E3. I actually got some hands-on time with the co-op demo, and I was very impressed with the game. This isn't a tacked-on survival mode or simple add-on for a feature checklist. It's a pretty ambitious mode which features explosive, action packed gameplay. 

We love a good space game here around the Co-Optimus HQ, especially one that provides great co-op play.  It's because of that we've been keeping an eye on Legends of Pegasus, a 4X strategy game that not only looks good, it offers a deep ship customization abilities.  The latest screens for the game showcase the titles third alien race, called the Arthrox.  

For this edition of This Week in Co-Op, Nick and I decided to play something a little more old school. Luckily for us, Sega has been pumping out some classic vintage collections. Golden Axe is one of my all time favorite arcade titles, so we decided to dive into the sword an sorcery adventure. I don't know what's aged worse, me or the game. Thank god for unlimited continues.

Like a modern day Nostradamus, Co-Optimus prides itself on being able to predict the future.  A while back we had a powerful vision that the 3 player co-op game Awesomenauts would make its way onto PC and this has come to pass courtesy of Steam.

Alien movies are known for their gruesome horror, and having pushed the boundaries of Sci-Fi to where it stands today. Taking that into account, we think you should watch this video involving Gearbox’s game development of Aliens' post events in Aliens: Colonial Marines.

Retro’s seem to be all the rage these days, as we have recently discovered that the cult video game series, ToeJam and Earl will be arriving on XBLA and PSN in their crazy adventures of ToeJam and Earl and ToeJam and Earl in Panic on Funkotron.

PAYDAY: The Heist is getting even more much-needed love. The criminally delightful squad shooter recently received some free DLC via a non-canon Left 4 Dead crossover: "Mercy Hospital." This Steam exclusive mission was a nice touch for the mouse and keyboard set, but what about the PS3 gamers? Don't worry your pretty little heads. Overkill Software has got you covered.