Co-Op International has already looked at the little-known Japanese Turbografx CD version of River City Ransom. This time we return with a River City Ransom sequel/spin-off that was never released outside of Japan. Downtown Special – Kunio-Kun no Jidaigeki Dayo Zenin Shuugou! for the Famicom (Japanese NES) looks and plays even better than River City Ransom, but it takes place in Japan. And thanks to the magic of an English translation patch, anyone with an NES emulator can fully enjoy it.

Soul Sacrifice is getting a good amount of hype. The upcoming 4-player co-op game for the Vita has the interesting premise that great power can only be obtained through severe sacrifice, as players will have to sacrifice pieces of their avatar's body to cast spells. A demo for Japanese users was recently announced, and now details on a special pre-order incentive have surfaced.

Well hello there. When last we met, we introduced you to roughly half of the cast of Double Fine's upcoming co-op adventure, The Cave. This included the Hillbilly, the Monk, the Scientist, and the Twins. Each of these protagonists is on a quest of some sort, though it would appear that not all may be as it seems. The latest character trailer has come out and we're introduced to the rest of the possible heroes.

Once again it's almost time for the Co-Op Game of the Year awards.  This year the field has been decidingly less competitive than previous years (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011).  That said there's still a tough decision on your hands.  We've split the voting between two categories this year - AAA Games and Indie games.  

Once again it's almost time for the Co-Op Game of the Year awards.  This year the field has been decidingly less competitive than previous years (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011).  That said there's still a tough decision on your hands.  We've split the voting between two categories this year - AAA Games and Indie games.  

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 saw itself a major patch this week, applying fixes to all three of its major game modes including story, multiplayer and zombies.  PC gamers got even more enhancements with various fixes for hardware configurations, graphics optimization, and much more - but it's co-op gamers that should be excited about what the patch contains.  

Would you let someone punch you in the face for 13 bucks? Metaphorically, of course. Dark Souls is on sale. Again. This all seems strangely familiar. A few weeks ago Dark Souls was on sale for $14.99. Today the lighthearted family game is on sale at Amazon for $12.99. Okay, we all know it's not a lighthearted family game, but you can only say the game is ridiculously difficult so many times before the words "brutal," "unforgiving," "punishing" and "please make it stop" lose all meaning. 

The 7th Title Update is still off in the distance somewhere, but Microsoft has provided more details on this upcoming Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition patch that gamers are eagerly awaiting. Again, the Minecraft finale mission, known only as: “The End”, won’t be appearing in the 360 version of the game until the next major title update, but there will be plenty to explore and craft once this patch hits Xbox LIVE.

Remember when Overstrike was announced, and everyone was like, "Coooooooool?" Then remember when it became Fuse, and everyone simultaneously lost interest? Remember how it got worse when the box art was revealed, and each character's head was bizarrely cropped out, literally making the four playable characters little more than faceless soldiers clad in generic battle armor? Yeah. That was a bummer. Despite those missteps, Fuse still looks pretty damn good in action, and that's what really matters. 

Are your ready? More Borderlands 2 DLC is heading our way. Details have been surfacing for "Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt," the third add-on for the role-playing shooter. Similar to the two "leaks" that basically announced "Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty" and "Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage," details for "Big Game Hunt" appeared in the most recent patch. 

The PlayStation Plus subscription model has been a boon for co-op fans in 2012 with plenty of titles being made free as part of the package.  The latest is Anomaly Warzone Earth, a RTS/Tower Defence game that has an exclusive local 2 player co-op mode only available on Sony's console.

Though a long time coming, PC gamers will finally get the chance to download their own version of Resident Evil 6 early into next year. At the same time, Capcom is continuing to add more content to the current console version in the next few weeks.