There are some say that digital distribution will eventually kill retail products, I'm not sure if that's true, but if these weekend sales on Impulse and Steam are anything to go by - they'll certainly finish off my wallet.  This weekend Impulse is offering Sins of a Solar Empire for only $4.  

Rockstar games has a knack for creating compelling open world games, but to date, most of been in the Grand Theft Auto franchise. Now moving west the crew at Rockstar San Diego tries their hand a genre that's been in short supply. Will we finally get a good Western (co-op) game?

Splinter Cell Conviction's first set of co-op DLC is out now and it's called Insurgency.  The DLC adds four new maps for the game's Deniable Ops modes which can be played solo or the preferred method of co-op.  These maps range from San Francisco, to a New Orleans cemetery, a Portland Prison and a hidden research complex in Salt Lake City.

You can leave your poker face at home when Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers heads to Steam this June. Until now, Duels of the Planeswalkers has only been available on the XBLA where it contains a single player, competitive mode, local co-op mode, and two-headed giant team vs. team mode. Unlock colored/themed decks by playing the games campaign either single player or cooperativel, and unlock cards by using those decks.

That beautiful sunrise above from upcoming Action/RPG, Two Worlds 2, represents a new beginning, at least, that's what the developers are hoping for.  Despite a rabid small fan-base for the original game, the actuality of it was, well it was pretty much garbage.  But there is light at the end of the tunnel and if our PAX East impressions are anything to go by, developer Reality Pump may be shocking us all.

Retailers are getting more and more aggressive with prices in order to get our precious gaming dollars.  The latest deal is one of the best we've seen on a new release.  Gamestop is having a 20% off sale on Wii and DS games over $30, which includes the latest greatest Super Mario Galaxy 2.  The 20% off takes it to approximately forty bucks, and Gamestop will also toss in a $20 gaming credit for your next purchase.  Effectively, you are paying around twenty bucks for what we here is another fine iteration of the Mario franchise.  There are similar deals for other games, including New Super Mario Bros. Wii.  Interested in the details?

Alien Breed Evolution released right around the holidays last year in a time where the downloadable title competed with many of the biggest games of the year.  As such, it didn't do quite as well as Team 17 had hoped, and despite a solid game - the reviews fell short of expectations.  We gave the game a respectable 3.5 out of 5, though there were a few nuances that rubbed us the wrong way.  Since then we've been waiting for the PC and PS3 release of the game.

Contrail to popular belief that is not smoke, but water vapor

Lara Croft has proven she's got the guns to go off on her own, leaving behind the Tomb Raider name and bringing a buddy for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. We have our impressions of the co-op action/platforming puzzle game staring Lara and Totec, and they'll have to work together to find this new mysterious artifact before those other guys get it.

Gears of War Title Update #6 has been released today and with it comes a horde of changes to the game.  We've detailed some of these already - most notably drop-in/drop-out support for Horde mode matches.  No longer will you have to wait for a group to die or will the group be forced to restart their Horde mode session.  So why wasn't this included from the beginning with Gears 2?  

We're only a little more than a month away from the launch of the four player co-op sequel to Crackdown.  A lot of us are looking forward to Crackdown 2.  We spend each night dreaming of the gentle pulse of an Orb, the rumble of an explosion, and the thud of thug hitting the pavement after a roundhouse kick to the head.  All of these things will soon be ours, but some lucky bastards already got to experience the game with hands on previewing finding their way all over the internet.  

While The Scourge Project was a game we anticipated with uh, a lot of anticipation, we were quite disappointed by the final product.  At it's core there was some really great ideas and concepts there, but the game was marred by an overall lack of polish.  Still there was some fun to have in the game's four player co-op modes.