Phantasy Star Online was probably the first online multiplayer action-RPG for consoles. Thousands of SEGA Dreamcast and GameCube players enjoyed teaming up as hunters on the harsh alien planet of Ragol. Phantasy Star Universe, Zero, and Portable have since followed, but a true sequel has long remained as elusive as a blue rappy... Until now. SEGA has officially confirmed Phantasy Star Online 2 will see a western release! Several variables - such as whether both the PC and Vita versions will be brought over - remain unknown, but we do have an announcement trailer and screenshots to share with you today.

In a follow-up, it has been reported that 343 Industries, the developers of the highly anticipated Halo 4, is already talking another Anniversary title for Halo 2.

Serious Sam 3: BFE is getting some new missions via DLC. The new content is titled "Jewel of the Nile," and it will be available this October on the PC. The missions are set during the BFE storyline, and follow the Serious One as he attempts to procure a "powerful artifact" which will aid humanity in their struggle against the alien onslaught.

Happy Monday, people! Yes, it's still summer, and yes, there's still an appalling lack of triple-A cooperative launch titles. Wouldn't it be great if some newfangled 16 player fighting game extravaganza came along to save the day? Yeah, that would be something.

It's been a pretty slow summer on the MMO front. The two biggest pieces of news that I've found have been the Secret World launching and Guild Wars 2 getting a release date. Let's unravel those now, shall we?

Building one's rage has been an important part of fighting games for decades.  Be it the old school throwing of the control pad after you lose, or the more modern take of an in game rage bar allowing you to unlock special moves.  In a pique of genius, Capcom have combined both inner and outer game rage by charging $20 to unlock 12 characters for Street Fighter X Tekken already housed on the disc.

It’s Saturday and that can only mean one thing, a lie in!  It also means that you get your regular fix of non co-op news from Co-Optimus.  This week, have a gander at the Assassin's Creed 3 Limited Edition, sigh as a Beatle writes music for Bungie and witness the birth of a FPS based in the Walking Dead universe.

New Super Mario Bros. 2 for 3DS is less than two months from release, which means it should be pretty much done development-wise. In certainly looks that way, judging from the huge batch of screenshots Nintendo released this week. We've chosen our favorites to share with you now, including lots of shots with Mario's co-op partner Luigi tagging along. You can tell the green guy's loving the modern cooperative gaming renaissance.

Well, this is pretty self-explanatory. If you have save game data on your system from the original Borderlands, you'll unlock exclusive heads and skins in Borderlands 2.  Can you name the heads? I bet you can! I'm going to Gunzerk this game so hard. 

Will somebody slay Diablo already and put an end to this friggin heat wave?  Jeeeeez.  We remain indoors, hiding in basements, huddle around the air conditionor playing whatever games we can.  There's a crazy variety of games being played amongst the Co-Opticrew this weekend, it looks like a few of us are digging deep into the backlog to help fill those summer doldrums.

Holy cow! DLC has launched for Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor. I'm as surprised as you are. The game wasn't exactly a roaring success, but it does have a few charming quirks. Map Pack 1 quietly hit Xbox Live on July 3rd. It offers two cooperative missions for 240 MSP ($3). I rarely pass up the opportunity to throw money away, so I powered up my Kinect, moved some furniture, and took my Vertical Tank for a spin in new territory.

Robot Entertainment just announced that their upcoming action/tower defense hybrid sequel (Orcs Must Die! 2) will feature a brand new mode, available in both single-player and co-op. Entitled "Endless Mode," players will face unending waves of orcs with the game only ending when the players are defeated. The mode will be playable across ten different levels (5 campaign levels and 5 original, Endless-only levels).