This week we have a promising pair of downloadable titles... and not much else.  Go outside and play.  Nah, we're just kidding.  Get these games!

I'm a sucker for video game concept art.  I find it beautiful, inspiring, and intriguing.  If I was a rich man I'd have a gallery and purchase pieces from my favorite games to have on display in it.  So with that I was pretty excited to hear that Dead Island, the four player co-op action/RPG that won our E3 Co-Op Game of Show, would offer a digital art book with pre-orders from Amazon.  Something far more worthwhile IMO than "exclusive" in game items.

As if you didn't already get enough playtime out of your PC version of Portal 2, Thinking With Portals has compiled a "must-have" list of 25 community created co-op levels. These were painstakingly built as entries to the Summer Mapping Initiative, and are sorted on the TWP forum in order of community rating.

The EDF is back in Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon. The game boasts more guns, online play, and a Campaign Remix mode. Is this a worthy successor to the almighty EDF 2017? Find out in our Co-Op Review.

We just got a fresh batch of screenshots in for Dark Souls which show off the game's multiplayer and co-op modes.  The game is the successor to the difficult Demon's Souls, and according to developer From Software,  the sequel is going to be even tougher.

Fire up your PlayStation 3's and hop into the Uncharted 3's beta for a taste of the brand new Co-Op Adventure mode which has just been added to the active playlists with the latest update.  The co-op adventure mode is a mode we went hands on with at E3 and greatly enjoyed.  It's a three player local/online mode where Drake and his pal's need to recover some treasure, uncover some secrets, and just generally be cool archeologists.  

Today is the final day for Steam's Summer Sales - and it appears as though it's the highlights from all the sales over the past 10 days.  What does that mean?  It means plenty of co-op games, that's what.

The arcade at Cedar Point has a huge variety of goodies, ranging from redemption games, old electromechanicals, golden age classics, and a good selection of jawdropping contemporary games too. There are some co-op gems here, too, some I didn't even know about! Come join us as we take a video tour.

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It's been a long time coming, but we finally got our Windows Phone 7 App for Co-Optimus published to the Zune Marketplace.  Just follow this link and install it on your device!  The application is FREE!  

After the short week for most folks here in the US, it's already another fine weekend.  All manner of video gamey morsels are on the plate for the staff, though the biggest helpings appear to be for Jamestown, F3AR, and Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012.  Check the list for proof that using numbers in place of letters in a game's title never really works, since know when remembers how to really spell it.

In this latest video for Rage we find out why the planet has gone to hell, learn some background information about the main character, and see some of the different factions in all their psychotic glory.  There's also a lot of visceral combat and 'splosions.  Rage looks like is will be right at home with Fallout and Borderlands fans.  The post-apocalypse has never looked better.