Amazon's Deal of the Day today is on the 8 player co-op shooter Brink.  It's a game we're pretty big fans of around Co-Optimus HQ - and one we gave a pretty favorable review to as well.  

As we’ve said before, the arcade version of Double Dragon was a hugely influential co-op beat-em-up. It set the standard by which all subsequent “belt-scrollers” were judged, from Final Fight to TMNT. Naturally Double Dragon received a sequel, Double Dragon II: The Revenge. That game is now coming to Xbox Live Arcade courtesy of Korean developer Gravity Co, Ltd. and publisher Barunson Creative Co. Ltd.

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Today we have the opening cinematic from Starhawk, the spiritual successor to the multiplayer-only Warhawk. Starhawk differs from its 2007 predecessor in several ways, two of them being the inclusion of a single player campaign and a 4 player online co-op mode.  You can see an overview of the game here.  While today's video may be short on gameplay, you can definitely get a vibe for the game world.  It's like Firefly meets Section 8 and then they mixed in some toxic blue Rift poison for good measure.

Saints Row: The Third has another wild video for your viewing pleasure.  There are plenty of nut shots, a little mascot surfing, and a couple of dildo beat downs.  There's even a hint at the plot!  In other Saints Row news, THQ recently announced some of the voice actors who will be bringing the over-the-top characters to life.  Once again, Lost's Daniel Dae Kim will be voicing Saints Lieutenant Johnny Gat.  The one and only Hulk Hogan will be taking the role of Angel De LaMuerte, who is, you guessed it, a professional wrestler.   Sasha Grey will be  voicing Viola DeWynter, one of the two DeWynter sisters responsible for the Syndicate's huge financial success.  Her name didn't turn up anything on a Google search, but I'm sure she's famous for something...

Despite favorable reviews, including our own, Bulletstorm failed to sell well at retailers and online for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.  In fact it sold so poorly, that Epic Games, the game's publisher, actually lost money on the People Can Fly developed title.  According to some estimate that game sold around 300,000 copies - averaging about 100k per platform.

The summer co-op releases are becoming few and far between.  Pick up a titillating stair climbing game to keep your mind right, or enjoy some low orbit skydiving.  The choice is yours.

We sit down with Sledgehammer Games General Manager Glen Schofield to talk about the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. We ask questions about co-op gameplay, the development of the game with Infinity Ward and a bit about the single-player campaign

Twisted Pixel's upcoming Kinect on-rails shooter called The Gunstringer has gotten a release date.  It'll be hitting the Xbox 360 on September 13th and retail for $39.99.  As you know, the game was originally slated to be a downloadable title, but was revealed at E3 to be a full retail game.  

2D, 3D, when will I get 4D?

343 Industries have released a brand new trailer for the upcoming Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, which hits the Xbox 360 this November for the game's 10 year anniversary.  The game is a graphical upgrade to the original and 343 is emphasizing that the original gameplay remains in tact.  The video walks us through some of the sights and sounds of The Silent Cartographer level in the game.

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