Possibly the worst thing that happened during the PlayStation Network outage of the past month was the theft of personal information.  This includes not only names and email addresses, but also credit card numbers.  While the data was encrypted it obviously doesn't mean its safe.  There's plenty of anecdotal evidence of people's credit cards being used for fraud, and many banks - mine included - decided to reissue new cards just to be on the safe side.

The Gears of War trailers have always been about the use of music to set the mood.  While previous trailers might have been more thought provoking, using Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" pretty much sets the tone for this one.  That tone for Gears of War 3 is big, gritty, and explosive.

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

Has anyone else been reminiscing about Secret of Mana lately? Because I sure have - I even mentioned as much to our own Andrew "Cubninja" Gaskill last night. In any case, it has recently been brought to our attention that a new indie PC title called Wanderlust: Rebirth is not only in development, but releases next month!

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It's Memorial Day weekend!  The traditional beginning of summer has finally arrived.  Cookouts, trips to the park, and placing flowers on gravestones will keep us busy this weekend, but with another day off, there is still plenty of time for games.  This time around, D&D Daggerdale is the most popular game, but there's a huge variety of games  in store for our staff this weekend.

Starting Tuesday, May 31st, the "Battle for the Ark" becomes a weekly affair. Matches played online will count toward an overarching progress that brings a whole new level of persistence to Brink. Furthermore, global and individual stats will be viewable at Brinkthegame.com.

Revealed last week, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is set up to be another huge blockbuster hit for publisher Activision.  Once again though, after being officially announced, we wondered "what about co-op?"  Sadly we still won't be getting campaign co-op in the game, wouldn't want to break the story or anything, but we will be getting a return of Spec-Ops.

This week we look at the bonding of a father and his son over a series - Halo. Sure Halo might not be the most family friendly game, after all, its rated M, but Marc will make the case on how it'll promote a healthy relationship in your family - and best of all - some great co-op play.

Hunted: The Demon's Forge is almost upon us.  Do you have your pre-order bonus picked out?  The dark fantasy action game has been built from the ground up as a co-op experience.  Two players can take on the roles of E'lara and Caddoc, each a master of their own particular style of combat.  (Here's a hint: the guy with big muscles is good at melee fighting, while the woman in the leather bikini prefers ranged attacks.  Go figure.)  Today we have one last video before the game's launch next week.  You like pop-metal covers of "Happy Together," don't you?  No?  Well, too bad.  Enjoy the launch video and all of its heart-ripping, face-chopping glory.

Minecraft started the trend and we're just now starting to see "the clones." But one such game that sets itself apart immediately is Terraria - a 2D game where crafting defenses and working together is more important than ever. Read on for our co-op review.

There's been plenty of times when we've said a trailer "kicks ass," but never have we meant it more than the latest trailer for Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D.  By our count there are at least two dozen karate kick action sequences in this trailer which features the full arsenal of playable characters: Chris, Claire, Rebecca, Jill, Wesker and Klouser.