"Dundun dun derr, dun dun dun dun derder." The Sonic games have the type of music that will haunt me to my grave. The recent revamp, Sonic the Hedgehog 4, may have had the music, but did not have the co-op gameplay of Sonic 2. This is being rectified in Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II, according to the Xbox marketplace; they mention 2 player co-op both offline and online. Who could this second character be? Big the Cat? Of course not, it’s Tails - check out the latest gameplay trailer to see the speedy duo back in action.

With Mass Effect 3 preordering now available, those that do buy the game over the PlayStation Network will have something extra included along with it.
At the start of any dating relationship, there are always a lot of firsts. First date; first kiss; first time introducing one another as boyfriend/girlfriend. For a gamer, perhaps one of the more important firsts, though, is first game played together. The question is: which one?
Even more DLC is coming for NeverDead. I know! I'm as shocked as you are! Speaking of shocked, check out that guy in the header image. He looks like he should be holding coffe mug and a stapler. Looks as if NeverDead's accountant has been drafted into the demon war.
Awww, isn't that nice? Those robots are trying to murder-hug a gaggle of P. Walter Tugnuts. I had a joke about four Tugnut's walking into a bath house, but I appear to have misplaced it. Oh well. Please assume it was high-brow and the epitome of taste. The robots must have huge heart-ons because the Shoot Many Robots release date has been announced. Grab three friends and shoot all the damn robots on March 13th.
If you didn't get enough stabbing, killing, and blood from our Shank 2 Review, the nice developers from Klei are tossing you another weapon to add to your arsenal. A short comic has been made that outlines the breif events between Shank and Shank 2, featuring the art of Jeff Agala and Vangelis Christou. We can all agree that the art style of the Shank games is absolutely stunning and is perfectly suited for the comic book medium.

Doctor Who fans rejoice! The Doctor and River Song will be teaming up in an action/platformer on the PS3, Vita and PC with an all new story written by in colloboration with the BBC Wales team. Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will feature both Matt Smith (The Doctor) and Alex Kingston (River) who are lending their voices to the game which takes place across four separate timelines in London. Your little blue police box will take you into the Elizabethan, Victorian, and present eras as well as traveling to the future.
The Unreal Engine 3 powered game looks to offer some pretty big fan service with enemies including the Daleks, Cybermen, and the Silence all being featured. Music is being composed by Murray Gold who is responsible for much of the music in the modern Doctor Who reboots. Gameplay seems to be a solid mix of action, platforming and puzzle solving as well.

MMO Betas are like your way to apply to be in the "cool club." Today is the day you put on your fancy pants, pop your collar, and attempt to understand what the hell a Ke$ha is. Guild Wars 2 is having an open call for beta participants, the game is attempting to redefine what it means to be an MMO. Instead of grinding and meaningless kill 10 rat quests, the game promises a strong focus on story and character development.
Of course, like any MMO, the game will be strongly co-op focused. Best of all, there will be no monthly fee for the game. So if you wanna try your hand at being one of the cool kids, head on over to the beta site to sign up. Just a note, you'll need to sign up from the PC you plan on playing on - as it requires a small download to run some system checks.

Amazon continues its streak of solid deals on downloadable PC games. This time in their "Farewell to February" sale they have a handful of co-op titles for some low prices included the recently released Darkness II and last years hilariously awesome open world game, Saints Row the Third. Both of those games are only $25.
I also spy Dawn of War II: Gold Editon for $10, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine for $15, and Trine for the ridiculously low price of $1.24.
The full list of available titles on sale are available right here.
February 2012 was brought to you by the number 12, the letter K and the video trailer term Epic. Mass Effect 3 and Borderlands 2 have shown us how a great trailer can make Co-Optimus readers giddy with excitement. The next game to try and achieve this is Inversion. If you are confused by the 10th Feb release date the trailer reports (a date now gone), you may also be baffled by the fun physics the game will offer.
Things have not been going well for Transfomers: Fall of Cybertron. Sure, it's the sequel to what many believe is one of the greatest Transfomers games ever made. It had a fantastic debut trialer at last year's VGAs, and it features everyone's favorite Dinobot, Grimlock. What could go wrong?
A demo is out today for the Zipper Interactive created 3rd person shooter on the PlayStation Vita called Unit 13. The demo for this tactical game offers up the training mission which has an obsession with beards as well as one map with all six operatives playable. The download weighs in at just under 1 Gigabyte, so it might...
The PlayStation Vita is out everywhere today and we've been playing it for the past week with a feverish pace. Today we bring you the first batch of reviews from the system's launch. These reviews are obviously of the game's single player affairs, we touched on one of the co-op games today in Dungeon Hunter: Alliance. If you didn't read our review of the system, you can find that here.

The next great console is here and believe it or not, it's a portable. What's that you say? Yes, I truly believe what we have here is one of the first portable consoles to date in the PlayStation Vita. Here's why.

We greatly enjoyed Dungeon Hunter: Alliance in its other forms on the PSN and iOS, but now that we've got another portable version how does this stack up with true console like controls? Lets find out.