The king of dance games is back, this time with more songs and two-player local co-op. If you thought dancing by yourself was fun, wait till a partner joins in on the action.

Launch trailers are all the rage these days, it's a publisher one final attempt to make you say - "Man...I probably should pre-order this."  EA has just put out their launch trailer for Battlefield 3 and I think it serves its purpose quite well.  We've got drama, we've got emotion, we've got tension, and we've got plenty of explosions and guitar riffs.  Cha-Ching.

Next week's co-op juggernaut, Battlefield 3, will have a surprise in every box - a code that can be redeemed to download the Mass Effect 3 co-op demo.  The demo code in Battlefield 3 is part of the online pass program for that game from EA - so it's something you'll be doing anyway if you planned on playing the game's online co-op or versus modes.

We've got a great contest for you today - giving away two slick audio accessories for your co-op gaming desires.  We have two headsets up for grabs from iFrogz - the Mogul and the Vertex.  

 Dungeon Defenders has been kick'n it on the mobile scene for a while now. We all knew it was only a matter of time before Trendy Entertainment's tower defense/hack and slash/lootopia would launch on the the big boy platforms.  It finally happened yesterday.  Check out the latest launch trailer and see if Dungeon Defenders is right for you.  I took the trial for a spin and I liked what I saw, that is until an ogre crashed my party, then my defenses, the my crystal.  We'll let you know all the details in our upcoming Co-Op Review.

This week in Indie-Ana Co-Op, ninjas delve into the world of beat ‘em ups with Ninja War STOLEN SCROLLS, and spacemen figure out what happened to a distant outpost suddenly gone silent in Dysnomia.

A second Gears of War 3 add-on has been announced.  Titled "RAAM's Shadow," it's a prequel to the original Gears of War.  Everyone likes prequels, right?  Ahem.  Unholy trilogies aside, "RAAM's Shadow" will obviously support co-op!   As Epic's Senior PR Manager, Dana Cowley, tweeted to our own intrepid Nick Puleo:

Christian Cantamessa, co-writer/designer of several Rockstar games (including Manhunt, Manhunt 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and Co-Optimus community favorite Red Dead Redemption) has signed on to direct a post-apocalyptic film - which he also co-wrote - with a very original sounding premise.

The first Sony TV with the much lauded SimulView technology will be available for purchase on November 13th worldwide.  The 24 inch 3D TV utilizes a set of 3D glasses for each player to create two distinct 2D images - thereby eliminating an actual split-screen setup and allowing both players to look at the full screen.  We had some eyes on time with the TV back at E3 and came away pretty impressed - but one thing has changed since then - the bundled game.

Disappointing news today as the official Game Informer issue has reached Co-optimus HQ bearing the bad news about the upcoming Transformers game.  According to their exclusive preview article of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, the game is dropping the three player co-op campaign that was a staple of the previous game in the series.  

Winter gaming, has me a blast.  Winter gaming happens so fast.  I met a game, crazy for me!  Grease Dance released on the 25th. Well- a, well-a, HU.  Tell you more, tell you more?  Then check out Read More!

The latest video from Payday: The Heist focuses on the "Heat Street" mission.  I played through some of this caper last night, but it ended badly when my AI partners all decided to take a dirt nap at the same time.  That's what I get for playing with AI, I know.  I had a lot of fun playing with some random people later in the evening, and I'll be hitting up some Co-Optimus community members tonight for a more organized cooperative experience.  You know who you are.