Will Papa Caesar be back?

Atlus games has announced a new co-op game due out this summer.  The Cursed Crusade is an action adventure title that allows you and a friend to traipse around the medieval world in local split screen or online co-op.  Available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and the PC, you will play the role of a cursed Templar while a second player can play as a thief. 

Rock Band 3 is a great game.  We say as much in our review.   Unfortunately, fans may be disappointed to hear that Harmonix  is taking a move right out of the Star Wars franchise playbook, in that they will be charging gamers again and again for the same content.  If you already own a song for Rock Band 2 you will need to purchase it again if you want to have the keyboard or vocal harmony portions. 

While we had hoped to get Dungeon Defenders this year on Xbox Live, PC and PlayStation Network; it looks like we'll have to wait a little longer.  According to a post on the official forums by Trendy Entertainment's Jeremy Stieglitz, the four player co-op tower defense RPG is going to be out in January instead.  It's not that the game isn't done - in fact, it's complete.  The problem seems to stem from the fact it's a multiplatform release and certain "platform owners" are holding things up.

As if you didn't know, Call of Duty: Black Ops is on store shelves today.  With it comes a single player campaign set during the Cold War, a deep online versus mode, and two co-op modes: Zombies and Combat Training.

Magicka is a light hearted four player co-op game about casting spells and working together for the PC. It's being developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and Published by Paradox Interactive. We sat down with the game's producer, Shams Jorjani to talk about the title - which is coming out next year.

The guitar was so lonely that it gently wept

It's time again for another Xbox Live Co-Op Night. This month's featured game is the recently released Fable 3! We'll be headed into the world of Albion for some good old fashioned questing, slaying, loot collecting, and sexing...yes sexing. After all - love and marriage is a big part of Fable 3.

Slam Bolt Scrappers is an interesting title coming early 2011 for the Playstation Network.  We've been covering the game for it's 4 player co-op and hybrid brawler/puzzle game elements.  It looks quite unique, to say the least.  If you are interested in playing the game before it's release, indie developers Fire Hose Games have put out a call for beta testers.

Beyblade: Metal Fusion - Battle Fortress is releasing tomorrow for the Nintendo Wii.  After feverish research I have found that a Beyblade is not, in fact, a mythical blade used to smite movies, endowing them with 100% more explosions but with 1000% less awesome.  That's the Bay-Blade, and that's something entirely different.  Beyblades are "highly powerful spinning tops... which are enchanted with magical spirits."  I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that they just might be Japanese in origin.

Get ready to battle the League of Evil Exes!  To coincide with the DVD and Blu-Ray release of the film on November 9th, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game is half off.  We really liked this brawler when it came out a little over two months ago, giving it a co-op score of 4 out of 5 in our review.  Normally 800 Microsoft Points, Scott Pilgrim is now available for 400 MSP.  That's five dollars in real money!

While lost in the Texas tundra this weekend, my mind wandered to Black, an old favorite shooter game that was ahead of its time in some ways. My train of thought barreled into Bodycount - Codemasters' forthcoming follow-up game - and coincidentally the weekend headlines have revealed that the co-op bullet orgy has been delayed.