Looking for more info on the upcoming third-person shooter, Mercenary Ops? Well, here some new info on the game's modes to hold you over until the summertime comes around.

Happy Monday, folks! I hope you had a nice weekend. We've got a variety of co-op games coming out his week.

When I was growing up, Blizzard games always had two things going for them.  On one hand they were always filled with richly detailed characters and were a fun, polished product.  On the other hand they were remembered for their gorgeous cinematics, fully rendered and detailed that were head and shoulders above anything else out there.  I can remember my excitement of getting an entire DVD with the Diablo 2 Collector's Edition that contain all the cinematics on it.

This year's Call of Duty game is set to be revealed tomorrow during the NBA playoffs on TNT.  The game appears to be a sequel to Call of Duty: Black Ops, thanks to a leak by Target which reveals pre-order cards for the game as well as a November 13th release date.

Hmm.  It appears I may have forgotten to do one of these for March.  For that, I apologize.  April's round-up though isn't particularly interesting, it was an incredibly light month for co-op gaming with not a single AAA retail release.  That's not to say we didn't see a few interesting titles come out, A Valley Without Wind stick in my mind, but overall things were very quiet.  Here are some of the more interesting stories and features to come out in April, of 2012.

Gamers under 25 don't know how lucky they are.  When I was a lad all of this was fields and the arcade was full of games with near impossible difficulty.  A prime example of this was Don Bluth's Dragon's Lair, a spectacular looking game that was harder than Jason Statham holding a diamond tipped hammer.  Now you can relive this glorious gaming torture on XBLA from 18th April.   This time bring a pal in local 2 player co-op, but is it co-op?

Welcome to another edition of Beyond Co-Op, the weekly piece that looks at some of the more interesting stories around the gaming industry that might not necessarily relate to cooperative gaming.  Up this week we've got several "new game" reveals and a trailer for a game that claims to be co-op...for one player.

There are those that said this day would never come. The day that hardcore gamers talk openly about Free to Play games and actually admit to playing them. And that's exactly what happens this episode. Along with the Free to Play discussion the crew discussed the Diablo 3 beta and the slim pickings of other co-op news that is going on.

I've been playing a little Armored Core V lately, and I'm really enjoying my time building, customizing, and fighting with the sleek mechs the series is known for. The other day I logged in and was greeted with a message/warning that Online Boss Battles would be available this weekend. What the heck is an "online boss battle?" I was about to find out.

Free-to-play strategy/MMO hybrid Age of Empires Online will be introducing a slight change to its payment method when the game's summer update launches. Currently, players can elect to purchase additional content (such as new civilizations, booster packs, and vanity items) for real-world money. Non-paying customers are, to the best of my knowledge, unable to access this content (though it is by no means necessary to successfully play the game). When the summer update goes live in 5-7 weeks, all the store content will be purchased with Empire Points, not standard credit card transactions.

What happens when you take a cute candy treat and turn it into a video game? Welcome to World Gone Sour, where the sweet and tasty Sour Patch Kids have turned bitter and nasty. Check out the review if you're itching for a decent XBLA platformer, or just have a hankerin' for some candy at the moment.

Some of the Co-Optimus staff are going to take this chance to get their last few minutes in with Diablo 3 before waiting just TWO WEEKS until the full game is released.  That's not the only beta on tap, some of us will be checking out betas of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.  The rest of the crew's weekend is going to be spent partying it up at a Comic-Con, playing some classic Halo games, or developing their own.