Today Deep Silver announced a special Christmas Promotion for the excellent four player co-op survival title, Dead Island.  I don't really know what dismembering reanimated corpses has to do with Christmas, but let's just go with it.  They recently launched a new website that will have some sort of macabre daily calender offering up new contests that will allow gamers to explore Dead Island, "putting their knowledge of both the game and international zombie lore in general to the test."  I have no idea how this is going to work, but I'm curious.

Well hello there busy November!  We saw a whopping 27 games get released this month - that's almost one co-op game a day.  Insanity.  Don't worry we had you covered with over 13 co-op reviews and a ton of other great content like plenty of new videos!  Sweet.  Here's some of the stuff you may have missed in all the chaotic gaming goodness this November, 2011.

It's been a rough year for fans of Nintendo's console and handhelds as the Nintendo Wii is on its way out to make way for the WiiU and the Nintendo DS saw itself replaced by the 3DS - which wasn't quite the product most were hoping for. With that in mind if you REALLY have someone that wants a Wii for the holidays, that's about the only way we can recommend getting one at this point for co-op gaming. Of course, this still a lot of Nintendo goodness to get!

Wotwot, By Jove and Tally Ho!  It is so rare nowadays that I get to trot out my Gentlemen English.  The type of language that our brave boys used to use when flying in the Great Wars; a cigarette in one hand, a glass of sherry in the other and still enough skill to shoot down the enemy using only their thighs to steer.  You can relive this experience in the upcoming Birds of Steel.  A new website has launched for the game, along with some new screenshots.

Frozenbyte has confirmed some swanky features for the PC version of Trine 2, which releases early next month.  The game will utilize Steamworks for achievements, friends, and matchmaking for the three player co-op mode.  Best of all - PC and Mac users can play the copy on either platform thanks to SteamPlay support.   Even better, the game allows for cross platform play between the PC and Mac!

Next batch of Spec Ops missions is up.  Once of our favorites is in the mix (Firewall) and a couple really tough scenarios make up this set of Modern Warfare 3's co-op playthrough.

Still looking for a little something for the kids this holiday season?  Harry Potter: Years 5-7 is a good choice.  It brings what has become classic Lego game humor to the darker books in the Harry Potter series.  It's amazing that the block-born characters can tell such great stories with little more than exaggerated movements and comical grunts.  Check out the two videos below.  One features locations, locations, locations, and the other displays some of the button mashing combat that you and a friend will enjoy.

You may have heard that Voltron: Defender of the Universe is coming out this week.  This will mean different things to different generations of gamers.  For a few of us at Co-Optimus, it means "dynotherms connected, infracells up, mega thrusters are go!"  That's Voltron speak for "COME AT ME BRO!"  Some of us grew up watching Voltron, and it was more than one staff members' favorite cartoon from the 80's.  

Combine 'Otome' (Maidens) with Gradius and you get Otomedius, Konami's latest side-scrolling shmup. Whimsical characters, dozens of unlockable weapons, and plentiful references to other shooters make the game easy to love. If only the 3 player co-op held up as well as everything else.

Sometimes it's tough to come up with games to give your gamer spouse/friend/co-worker/etc. This can be very tricky for some if said gamer is an avid PS3 or PSP user. What, you mean that great co-op 360 game isn't on the PS3? And how the heck are you supposed to know which fresh co-op games are good on the PSP, seeing as you sold yours a couple years ago? Worry not, shopper! We have plenty of recommendations for the PS3 and PSP within!

Zipper Interactive, creators of SOCOM 4 US Navy Seals, have announced a brand new game for the PlayStation VITA which will be available at the system's launch.  The game is called Unit 13 and its a 3rd person shooter set across 36 missions and 9 locales.  It doesn't look all that different than the SOCOM franchise, though we get a little more of a "black ops" vibe from the screens and info.

We just got four brand new screenshots from the Wizardbox developed Action/RPG called R.A.W. - Realms of Ancient War.  The two player co-op game is set to release next year on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC with its own take on heroic hack and slash titles.