Hunted: The Demon's Forge is almost upon us.  Do you have your pre-order bonus picked out?  The dark fantasy action game has been built from the ground up as a co-op experience.  Two players can take on the roles of E'lara and Caddoc, each a master of their own particular style of combat.  (Here's a hint: the guy with big muscles is good at melee fighting, while the woman in the leather bikini prefers ranged attacks.  Go figure.)  Today we have one last video before the game's launch next week.  You like pop-metal covers of "Happy Together," don't you?  No?  Well, too bad.  Enjoy the launch video and all of its heart-ripping, face-chopping glory.

Minecraft started the trend and we're just now starting to see "the clones." But one such game that sets itself apart immediately is Terraria - a 2D game where crafting defenses and working together is more important than ever. Read on for our co-op review.

There's been plenty of times when we've said a trailer "kicks ass," but never have we meant it more than the latest trailer for Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D.  By our count there are at least two dozen karate kick action sequences in this trailer which features the full arsenal of playable characters: Chris, Claire, Rebecca, Jill, Wesker and Klouser.  

World War 2, remember that?  There used to be a few games based on the historical war.  Just when you thought the industry was done with it Konami decides to buck the trend.  Today they've announced Birds of Steel - a WW2 flight simulator for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.   The game is being developed by Gaijin Entertainment - who put out the recent co-op game Apache: Air Assault.

Sharp-eyed tipster, Kevin Clough, recently brought some co-op news to our attention.  It seems that the new Twisted Metal game will have a co-op campaign.  In a recent interview with Game Informer, Twisted Metal and God of War designer David Jaffe had some interesting information on the co-op properties of the game:

Are you loving Shogun 2: Total War, but wistfully longing for the presence of more warrior monks? Don't worry, the Creative Assembly has you covered. The Ikko Ikki Clan Pack was announced and released today via Steam. It primarily adds a new clan to play in the Campaign, Custom, and Multiplayer modes of the game, bringing the total number of playable clans up to 11. The Ikko Ikki are the warrior monk clan, complete with eight new unit-variants, new skills trees, and a new special agent, the Ikko Ikki Monk.

F.E.A.R. 3 has the potential to be a cooperative gaming power house.  We already know that the title supports a two player co-op campaign, both locally via split screen or online.  We've brought you a video of the Left4Dead-like four player online co-op mode, "F**king Run."  We've shown you a video of the competitive/co-op scoring system in action.  Today, we have a new video for yet another co-op mode called "Contractions."  In this mode gamers will be given a series of fill-in-the-blank questions.  You must then choose the correct answer from "your," "you're," "its," and "it's."  Each appropriate response is associated with a face button.  If you get less than 60% of the questions right, the game will track you down through your Xbox Live Gamertag, PSN ID, or Steam ID and somehow remove your ability to comment on internet message boards.  This may be the greatest thing ever invented.

The name Dungeons & Dragons has been synonymous with co-op for many years. Whether it’s the property’s roots as a pen and paper or the numerous video games set in its universe - D&D has had plenty of cooperative elements. Today we look at Daggerdale in hopes of the next great co-op experience.

We haven't seen much on Spec Ops: The Line in a long time. From a coverage standpoint, it's been absent since last year's E3, although I was able to get my hands on the multiplayer beta during the second half of 2010. The controls were tight and the gameplay was fun, but overall the game didn't quite measure up to the current swath of cover-based shooters. At best it was destined to be a niche game.

Are you a budding map maker with a desire to create something that bends the laws of physics, space, time and portals?  You are?  Good!  Then I have a contest just for you.  ThinkingWithPortals.com presents the summer mapping initiative - a contest designed to create some great content for Portal 2's single player and co-op modes on the PC...and maybe the PS3 and 360.

I'm personally a big fan of Raptr, the online service that tracks your gameplay habbits and unifies your friends across platforms.  I not only use the website but its IM client.  So when we were approached by them to be a launch partner for their new website which features gaming news, we were very excited.  Today Raptr has launched that site for all the world to see.  The idea is simple - provide customized news feeds for gamers based on what you are already playing. 

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