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3:11 PM on 1/17/2011 by Nicholas "bapenguin" Puleo

Hunted: The Demon's Forge

System(s): 360,PS3,PC
Release Date: March 1st, 2011
Co-Op: 2 Player Online Co-Op
The Co-Op Experience:
Contro E'larra or Caddoc through this action fantasy game.

Combine E'lara's ranged attacks with Caddoc's melee expertise to pull off gruesome co-op kill moves, perform special attacks, and heal one another regardless of where they in relation to one another on the battlefield. The characters' differing combat methods allow player strategy to vary from one playthrough to the next.
 

The Conduit 2
System(s): Wii
Release Date: March 1st, 2011
Co-Op: 4 Player Offline Co-Op
The Co-Op Experience:
Four players can team up in a survival style mode.
 

The First Templar
System(s): PC,360
Release Date: March 1st, 2011
Co-Op: 2 Player Offline Co-Op / 2 Player Online Co-Op
The Co-Op Experience:
Players take control of either a French Templar, or his companion, a noble lady who has been proclaimed a heretic.  Fast-paced cooperative play: players can assist one another as each takes on the role of the game\'s key characters. Drop-in/out cooperative gameplay lets the AI take over when one player leaves the game
 

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
System(s): XBLA
Release Date: Spring
Co-Op: 2 Player Offline Co-Op / 2 Player Online Co-Op
The Co-Op Experience:
Hack and slash with friends. More details coming soon.
 

Magicka
System(s): PC
Release Date: Spring
Co-Op: 4 Player Offline Co-Op / 4 Player Online Co-Op
The Co-Op Experience:
Four player co-op is available in all game modes and types including a story mode and an unlockable survival mode.
 

God Eater Burst
System(s): PSP
Release Date: March 1st, 2011
Co-Op: 4 Player Offline Co-Op / 4 Player Online Co-Op
The Co-Op Experience:
The game boasts a mission-based campaign mode consisting of more than 100 missions inclusive of co-operative play with up to three teammates over local adhoc wireless multiplayer or AI-controlled teammates.
 

Dawn of War II: Retribution
System(s): PC
Release Date: March 10th, 2011
Co-Op: 2 Player Online Co-Op
The Co-Op Experience:
Play through any of the campaigns in co-op play. Each player controls a squad of units.
 

Total War: Shogun 2
System(s): PC
Release Date: March 15th, 2011
Co-Op: 2 Player Online Co-Op
The Co-Op Experience:
In a co-op campaign, you each get your own families (so you can make your own choices about your tech trees and campaign characters), but your families are automatically entered into an alliance. The win condition is either one of you becoming Shogun, and we were assured that there is no backstabbing allowed in this alliance. It sounds virtually the same as the single-player campaign mode except you\'re working together to win the game instead of just you on your own.
 

De Blob 2
System(s): Wii,PS3,360
Release Date: March 22nd, 2011
Co-Op: 2 Player Offline Co-Op
The Co-Op Experience:
Players will be able to team up locally to play through the campaign. One player takes the role of Blob while the other controls his sidekick, Pinky. Pinky is represented by a reticule on screen that allows the 2nd player to help Blob destroy enemies, grab power ups and paint the world.
 

Dynasty Warriors 7
System(s): 360,PS3
Release Date: March 25th, 2011
Co-Op: 2 Player Online Co-Op
The Co-Op Experience:
The two player online co-op mode will feature greater challenges and tougher enemies.
 

Darkspore
System(s): PC
Release Date: March 29th, 2011
Co-Op: 4 Player Online Co-Op
The Co-Op Experience:
Players can team up and customize their creatures in this loot collection action RPG.
 

Slam Bolt Scrappers

System(s): PSN
Release Date: Spring
Co-Op: 4 Player Offline Co-Op
The Co-Op Experience:
Slam Bolt Scrappers offers a co-op campaign with puzzles designed specifically for 4 players.
 

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