PC and XBox Live Indie Gamers may remember a little title a couple years back called Sol Survivor, a cooperative tower-defense game that helped to kick-off the Indie-Ana Co-Op feature. The studio responsible for that game's development, Cadenza Interactive, has announced today that they are releasing their second title. Retrovirus, a "six degrees of freedom" shooter, will include an entirely cooperative campaign mode in addition to a few other multiplayer modes that, we can only hope, will also be cooperative in nature. Full details can be found after the bump.

Good Co-Op, Bad Co-Op - a tale of two friends who love playing games together.  The man who gives the best upsidedown hugs, Sunflower4000 and the love wizard Locke have put their differences aside and teamed up cooperatively in a battle against fate.  

We've got the full list of acheivements for Serious Sam 3: BFE kindly sent over by Devolver Digital.  There's a boat load of things to accomplish in the game including some gems like "Rip out 10 Gnaar Eyes" - that's what that picture is above.  In fact there's a whole boatload of achievements around the game's new, brutal, melee system.  Here's the trailer for that to see what you are up against.

The AAA co-op games have been coming thick and fast in the past few weeks, but there is still room for more co-op action in the form of Rayman Origins; due out on Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii on the 15th November.  To celebrate the launch, Ubisoft got completely legless (and armless) with a new launch trailer.

The first time I saw "Gaming Glasses" I scoffed at the idea.  I immediately thought it was a gimmick designed to get gamers to spend even more money on their hobby for something they really didn't need.  But as we got into the Fall gaming season and my time in front of a TV and Monitor increased to almost 12 hours a day, my eyes told me they needed a break.  I figured it was a good as time as any to see if these glasses could help.

PSP-exclusive rhythm game Patapon 3 received some DLC earlier this week. Not only is said DLC co-op missions, but it's also free! Sounds like the best possible kind of DLC, really. In these missions, players will face off against Stone Golems, Salamandars, and Deth squads along with two named bosses: the poison-spitting Darantula and the fire-breathing sandworm Dokakanel. So what are you waiting for, pata-patapon'ers? Go get it!

Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.

After Disney Universe landed with a thud instead of a bang (at least as far as co-op is concerned), it falls on Kinect Disneyland Adventures to represent the awesomeness of Disney co-op this season. Coming from UK programming house Frontier Developments (makers of Kinectimals), Disneyland Adventures seeks to both recreate a real Disney theme park and keep pairs of young gamers off the couch and having fun.

It may be the biggest game of the fall in terms of numbers sold, but Modern Warefare 3 has only managed to crack two of our staff members playlists for the upcoming weekend.  What else is on tap?  Plenty of solid gaming goodness in the form of RPGs, Indie Games, and other fall gaming hits.  

The headline says it all.  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 broke the single day sales record for any form of entertainment that has ever existed.  This is the third year in a row where the franchise has claimed that title.  Activision reports that  MW3 sold 6.5 million copies in North America and the UK alone.  Now I could do something cute, and equate 400 million to something tangible for the common man, like 40 billion pennies.  Instead, I'm just going to offer two quotes from Activision's press release.  The first is from Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing:

THQ has already announced that Saints Row: The Third will have "about 40 weeks worth of downloadable digital content after the launch."  This is great news for any up-and-coming Third Street gangster.  The bad news is that you'll have to pay for it.  This is the company that blocked system link with an online pass, which is not to be confused with the recently announced Saints Row Season Pass.  The Season Pass will net you the first four DLCs for about 15% off.

Q Games have made quite a name for themselves on the PlayStation 3 with their series of downloadable titles called PixelJunk. We've already seen a lot of great co-op games in the series including PixelJunk Shooter 1 and 2 and PixelJunk Monsters. The latest game is called PixelJunk SideScroller and it shares a lot of similarities with the Shooter titles including some slick visuals, element dynamics, and great music. But just how different is it and how deep is the co-op?