We've got three copies of Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon up for grabs. Will you sign up to save the human race? EDF! EDF! EDF! Would you like to know more?

These chicks mean business.

It's about to get 80's up in here!  This new trailer for Toy Soldiers: Cold War is lovingly dipped in some Stallone/Schwarzenegger juices.  Wait, that sounded better in my head.  Actually, now it sounds worse.  Far, far worse.  Horrifying, even...  I wonder if they'll have a "Rambo" character that looks like John Matrix.  I hope so.  There's not much else here, other than the Commando dishing out some Cold War pain.  Now go watch Over the Top!

Just because they don't have a head doesn't mean they don't have feelings.  This is the true story of a Headless Kamikaze named Brett Sanderson and his journey to joining Mental's horde.  Sure losing your head has some obvious disadvantages - but Brett is a positive thinker - and shows you how he's putting his new found talents to good use.

When games collide

One thing every Halo game has had besides kick ass co-op play, is an equally satisfying soundtrack.  The Halo theme might be famous, but the entire score for every title stands out on its own as a great pieces of music.  The scores created by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori are truly some of my favorite all time game music.  

The latest trailer for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North seeks to explain exactly why we should care about these unnamed characters who were not deemed worthy enough to be in the actual Fellowship.  The video has bits of the films spliced with gameplay footage, and the results are actually pretty cool.  The trailer gives some much needed weight to the Northern adventure.  After a lukewarm gameplay experience at E3, the whole thing was starting to feel like an unnecessary spin-off.  The in-game footage is all in slow motion, which is exactly how it felt hands-on.  Here's hoping that the elf I played as had the flu or something.  Snowblind has a great opportunity to build on events merely touched on in the novels.  I'd hope they do the legacy justice.

Call of Juarez: The Cartel, is a departure from the norm for the series.  The two previous games were originally westerns.  Now it's a pseudo-military shooter based in the modern day Mexican drug war.  The one guy has a cowboy hat, so you can see that the game is kind of sticking to its roots, if its roots include Uzi's, AK-47's and a crap ton of F-Bombs.  It the video you can see three characters working together, challenges, a revive mechanic, and a progression system.

Crimson Alliance is coming to the XBLA later this year.  Today we have six new screens showing some of the in-game action.  Grab three friends and put an end to the evil Cult of the Soul Siren.  Four players can team up locally or online.  I got a chance to play Crimson Alliance at E3.  It was a brightly colored, fast paced, arcade-style of dungeon crawler.  The inventories were streamlined and easily managed.  You may remember that this game is being offered as a free bonus to anyone who buys all of the XBLA Summer of Arcade titles.

It seems like every other day we're writing about another premium game going Free to Play or offering a free to play mode.  Today we have the tactical PC war game Arma 2 adding itself to the list.

Mike and Nick brave the 4th of July festivities to bring you the latest and greatest in cooperative gaming news and information. On the table is World of Warcraft going free to play, Catherine co-op reveals, and those pesky Steam sales. Finally things wrap up with a new segment that focuses on user blogs. All the co-op goodness you could hope for in under an hour!

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