It's time once again for some Tabletop Co-Op! This month, we're taking a look at an expansion to one of the board games we've previously featured here at Co-Optimus: Defenders of the Realm. Since the original is my favorite co-op board game, I eagerly grabbed the first expansion, and absolutely love it. The Dragon Expansion, as it is called, adds more customization options, variant rule sets, and, best of all, new generals for the heroes to fight against. (And they are even painted!)

Since the dawn of Halo 3, Forge Mode has been a massive hit between casual and professional players to make the perfect maps for any occasion. The question these days is, however, will Halo 4’s version hold its own compared to its predecessor’s?

If you have played Spelunky, you know how frustratingly difficult the game is. Add in a couple friends to the mix and you're looking at platforming chaos. Make sure that you take the time to check out our Spelunky Co-Op Review to get the low down on the game before you watch this informative video. 

Battlefiled 4 has been confirmed by Electronic Arts in a video on the official Medal of Honor website. In true EA fashion, customers who pre order Medal of Honor: Warfighter will receive access to the Battlefield 4 beta. The beta is scheduled for the fall of 2013 with more details trickling out in the next twelve months.

Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection is a bundle of 2007's Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and 2009's Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. Both games originally appeared on the Nintendo Wii and are now available for download on the PlayStation 3. Find out if the years have been kind to Capcom's on-rails shooters in our Co-Op Review.

Reverb Games have announced a release date for Double Dragon: Neon for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.  The game is set to release on September 11th for $9.99 or 800 .  It'll feature two player local or two player online co-op as players assume the role of the Dragon brothers in a reimagining of the classic game.  

Welcome to Good Coop. Bad Coop. a tale of three friends who love playing games together. Episode 10 is Mission 4 in its entirety with the crew headed to the pier to stop some human trafficking.

With the release of the homegrown indie title, SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance everyone is required to play that all weekend. Just kidding, you can play other games too. Here is what the Co-Opticrew is up to this weekend. 

The popular MMO Dungeon Fighter Online comes to XBLA in a streamlined non-MMO version. Beating up goblins and stealing their loot provides hours of grindy fun, but a few bad design choices keep Dungeon Fighter LIVE from greatness. Is the game better solo, online, or in local multiplayer? Read our co-op review for the definitive answer!

Your Steam library may be coming to Linux soon, or at least, some of it will.  Valve have officially announced a version of the Steam will be coming to at least one flavor of the penguin powered operating system, namely Ubuntu.  Of course just because the Steam platform will be making an appearance, doesn't mean you'll instantly be able to play all of your games without Windows.  Much like the Mac version of the digital distribution platform, games will need to be able to run on Linux first.

Three new videos for Resident Evil 6 have hit the internet. Each one focuses on one of the three converging campaigns. Chris and Piers are searching for an invisible enemy. Leon and Helena traverse a dark subway tunnel. Jake and Sherry team up with Leon and Helena and do battle with the freakish Ustanak. It's solid gameplay footage that seeks to capture the mood of each storyline.

In a recent interview with Gamerzines, Gearbox VP of Marketing Steve Gibson claimed "it takes 58 hours to play through the campaign" of Borderlands 2. Wow. That's a lot of loot. To be fair, this number came from some "guide guys," who most likely scoured every inch of Pandora. That's what "guide guys" do. The tally was for a single playthrough by one character.