Q Game's Pixel Junk Shooter was released last year on the PlayStation Network, and by most accounts, it was pretty damn good.  We would have liked to see some more co-op specific puzzles, but overall it was a beautiful and addicting game.  G4TV talked with Q Games Founder Dylan Cuthbert about the sequel.

"Normally sequels are just a re-hashing of the ideas in the original," said Cuthbert, "but for PixelJunk Shooter we still have a ton of ideas on the drawing board and the engine has lots of potential we want to use before moving onto our next idea. It would be a waste not to use it to try out more stuff."

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Darwinia was released back in 2005 on the PC to much critical acclaim, with a multiplayer add on created almost a year later.  The game puts players into a cyber world and mixes genres like real time strategy, puzzle, and action.  Your goal is to wipe the computer system of viruses before they eradicate your poor little Darwinians.  

Launching February 10th on Xbox Live Arcade, Darwinia+ is an enhanced version of the game with updated graphics, integrated multiplayer, and control adapted for consoles. The game will also offer four player co-op support against the AI in skirmish style missions with various objectives.  

We've got a host a screenshots and a launch trailer to wet your digital appetite.  Darwinia+ will cost 1200  when it launches tomorrow.

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Like a strange alien creature that was once the dinner lady, the latest news about the Dead Space franchise could be described as missing a few limbs.  Rumors are abound that the fun on-rails co-op shooter Dead Space Extraction is being adapted to High Definition for LIVE and PSN.  Despite disappointing sales, we at Co-Optimus think it is a great game and I personally rate it as one of the best games I have played on the Wii. 

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No, that is not money burning in the background.

Despite selling 2.9 million copies of Left 4 Dead 2, as well as 2.7 million of Dragon Age: Origins, Electronic Arts posted a loss of 82 million dollars last quarter.  Sounds bad, right?  Considering the same quarter last year EA lost over 641 million dollars,  that's a pretty solid improvement year over year.

It's good to see sales of the four player co-op shooter selling well, despite some misgivings about the timing of a sequel to last year's co-op game of the year.  EA is looking to have a solid next quarter and is well on the way there with Mass Effect 2 selling over 2 million copies in its first two weeks alone.  Sprinkle in some Army of Two: The 40th Day for good measure and that ship might just be headed in the right direction.

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It seems as if this is the week for some good co-op deals.  Major Nelson posted on his site that this week's "Deal of The Week" includes not one, but two (!) co-op titles - TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled and Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao.  Turtles in Time will run you just 400 Microsoft points, while Invincible Tiger will be a little more at 800.  We took a shine to the co-op experience in both games, and both can be enjoyed locally and/or on-line with friends.  So if you're in the market for a couple of fun, digital co-op titles that won't break your Microsoft space bucks bank, then hop on your 360 and give them a spin.

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If you've missed out on some of the great co-op titles of this generation on the Xbox 360, now's your chance to pick a trio up for around $40.  Amazon is running a promotion that includes 36 titles, 9 of which are co-op games, at a buy 2 get 1 free price.  Most titles are $20 a piece.

It might be a good time to snag Resident Evil 5 with the upcoming DLC coming out, you'd be able to own the Gold Edition for a fraction of the cost.  

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Did Fable 2's co-op mode piss you off?  Did you fling your controller while trying to adjust the camera?  Did you punch Grandma in the spleen because you couldn't bring your single player character into her game for co-op?  Would you say you were "super pissed?"  Hold onto that nerd rage because it's about to continue into the game's sequel.  According to Peter Molyneux there's going to be a big announcement for Fable 3 at Microsoft's X10 event in San Francisco this week, but he's a bit nervous about how it's going to go.

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

The stories for this week:

- Splinter Cell Conviction Definitely Coming April 13
- Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Coming in Episodic Form
- BioShock 2 and Dante's Inferno Highlight Releases

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Today, we begin a two part series about the future of band-centric video games. In this first part, we will examine the band games that have already been released (or announced), in order to determine what characteristics they share.

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Left 4 Dead 2's been updated on the PC with a host of fixes and tweaks not only to gameplay - but to the maps and SDK as well.  There's an Xbox 360 title update in the works to incorporate these fixes as well as a few previous fixes.  

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