It's been a while since we've heard anything about BattleBlock Theatre. The Behemoth's follow-up to their excellent co-op title, Castle Crashers, is still in production.  We expect to see this game sometime in 2011.  If you want to check out the gameplay, and get a little idea of the story, you can watch the trailer here.  The good folks over at The Behemoth have provided some more videos depicting how the numerous unlockable prisoners (rumored to number over 200) are spending some of their free time.  Prisoner #10325 is doing it right.  

The second Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack was released yesterday, and we gave it a run-through on Combat Training. The pack includes four new maps for multiplayer (and the aforementioned Combat Training co-op/bot mode), plus one new Zombies map that may be the creepiest one since Verrückt.

Back in March, we told you guys that a new remake of the Atari classic Warlords would be hitting the digital shelves this summer. Unlike the other iterations of the game, this version will have co-op modes in addition to the old school competitive ones. A character trailer was just released introducing the four warlords in the game: Restivo, Goelus, Kroi and Tarorthane, each of which focuses on a particular element. The trailer also serves to demonstrate the unique art direction of the game.

  Who wants to play outside?  No one, that's who.  It's frick'n hot out there. The summer doldrums are upon us.  The season is traditionally a gaming wasteland populated only by a few spartan releases.  Good thing the XBLA has the Summer of Arcade, version 4.0.  These downloadable titles wi...

So...as you know, we - the staff - been tasked by Nick to hop online in any co-op game to play with random people in public matches. The process is as simple as it sounds, thanks to plenty of games with matchmaking options. Since the news of Battlefield 3’s two-player co-op was still fresh, I decided to give the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Onslaught mode another spin.

The F.E.A.R series returns with its third installment, complete a full co-op campaign as well as two co-op survival modes. Does this game live up to our expectations? Find out in our co-op review.

In a surprise move today, Blizzard has dropped the previous 10 and 14-day trial time restrictions on World of Warcraft.  Players interested in trying out the co-op friendly MMORPG can now play the base game for free up to a maximum character level of 20, including draenei and blood elf characters.   The only requirement is you have a Battle.net account and an Internet connection.

Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D is on store shelves, but the two player co-op game hasn't dropped out of the news quite yet. After a story broke earlier this week about the lack of ability to delete a saved game file, controversy has been brewing around the title.  Gamestop actually refused to allow trade-ins of the game earlier this week after learning of the "feature."  Now though, the retailer has reversed its decision in a quote to IGN.  

Bodycount: Winner of most impressive muzzle flair 2011

If you've ever played Demon's Souls, you know a shield is the difference between dying quickly and dying slowly.  (You're going to die no matter what you do).  If you have a good shield at least you get a chance to take a few baddies with you.  You may remember that some of the shields (like the Tower, Brushwood, or Adjudicator's) were quite spiffy, but maybe you have your own personal coat of arms you'd like to see emblazoned across a digital piece of steel.  Namco Bandai has announced a Shield Design Contest for Dark Souls, the 'sorta' sequel to Demon's Souls.  

At Nintendo's E3 conference, a brief little snippet was dropped that was good news for co-op fans.  The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures will be released in the DSiWare store this fall, for free.  Released originally as a bonus with the GBA version of A Link to the Past, the game was remade and released for the Gamecube, using the quirky GBA link cable to great effect.  We covered this version of the game here.  It had long been rumored that a DS remake was in the works, and now it appears the rumor is becoming fact.  Recently, Nintendo confirmed that the DSiWare release will be the GBA version.  This is unfortunate, as the Gamecube remake was a significant upgrade, particularly visually.  Still, free is free, and the core gameplay of four Links running around solving puzzles together is awesome, regardless.  DSi and 3DS owners can look forward to Four Swords this September.

There's a lot of co-op love in XBLA's Deal of the Week sale!  Four out of the five games feature co-op.  Hard Corps: Uprising, X-men Arcade, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Reshelled are all 50% off.  These four games have an average score of 4 out of 5 in our Co-Op reviews. Comic Jumper, and excellent single player game, is also for sale for half price.