It's the sequel to the mother of all twin stick shooters, Smash T.V. Total Carnage took gamers out of the arena and into the battlefield. We take a look back at the over the top title and its fun, quarter sucking, co-op experience.

A huge variety of games are on tap for the Co-Optimus staff this weekend.  Mercenary duos, a few superheroes, post apocalyptic action, green glowing ghosts, and flame breathing flying reptiles sound like a pretty good mix.  What are you playing?

Falling somewhere between "retro," homage, and parody, Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond does manage to recount a few golden gaming and co-op memories, but it also reminds one why the past is some times better left alone.

Along with the above box art, Capcom has released a trailer for the Resident Evil: Gold Edition, which launches this March on the 360 and PS3.  The trailer showcases the two episodes, Lost in Nightmares and Desperate Escape,  both of which follow longtime series heroine Jill Valentine.

We have long been intrigued by the kaiju-like bosses in Lost Planet 2.  After viewing the latest trailer, featuring a spider-like, tentacled, horrific monster oozing thermal energy while appearing to swallow a rather enormous cannon, we think Sigmund Freud might find it interesting, too.  Just over two minutes of video, including a cut scene and a fair amount of actual gameplay, have just been released for your viewing pleasure.  The prospect of four soldiers working together to take down a boss has our co-op sense tingling in anticipation. I do wonder, though, if the developers might be compensating for something?

The next big expansion pack for AI War is out, titled The Zenith Remnant, it contains a ton of new features, units and more.  It's absolutely massive in size.  Listen to these numbers:  122 New Ships, 14 new ship classes,  12 new AI Types, 40 minutes of new music, a tons of new maps.

 Earlier this week we reviewed 0 Day Attack on Earth, a four player co-op twin stick shooter from Square-Enix.  Lets just say, we weren't particularly thrilled with the offering that set us back $15.  

Nintendo's console and mascot both sold incredibly well this holiday season, with the Wii setting a new record for consoles sold in a month, 3.81 million.  The New Super Mario Bros. Wii, a four player co-op title, was the leading seller for the month with 2.82 million copies sold.  

A stylistic arcade style flight game from the Ace Combat team on the Wii, complete with motion controls? That's The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces. We head to the skies, and bring a friend, in our co-op review.

The Battlefield Report digs back a few years again, recalling the PlayStation 2 era and the glory days of splitscreen bot matches.

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