Q Game's Pixel Junk Shooter was released last year on the PlayStation Network, and by most accounts, it was pretty damn good.  We would have liked to see some more co-op specific puzzles, but overall it was a beautiful and addicting game.  G4TV talked with Q Games Founder Dylan Cuthbert about the sequel.

"Normally sequels are just a re-hashing of the ideas in the original," said Cuthbert, "but for PixelJunk Shooter we still have a ton of ideas on the drawing board and the engine has lots of potential we want to use before moving onto our next idea. It would be a waste not to use it to try out more stuff."

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Darwinia was released back in 2005 on the PC to much critical acclaim, with a multiplayer add on created almost a year later.  The game puts players into a cyber world and mixes genres like real time strategy, puzzle, and action.  Your goal is to wipe the computer system of viruses before they eradicate your poor little Darwinians.  

Launching February 10th on Xbox Live Arcade, Darwinia+ is an enhanced version of the game with updated graphics, integrated multiplayer, and control adapted for consoles. The game will also offer four player co-op support against the AI in skirmish style missions with various objectives.  

We've got a host a screenshots and a launch trailer to wet your digital appetite.  Darwinia+ will cost 1200  when it launches tomorrow.

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No, that is not money burning in the background.

Despite selling 2.9 million copies of Left 4 Dead 2, as well as 2.7 million of Dragon Age: Origins, Electronic Arts posted a loss of 82 million dollars last quarter.  Sounds bad, right?  Considering the same quarter last year EA lost over 641 million dollars,  that's a pretty solid improvement year over year.

It's good to see sales of the four player co-op shooter selling well, despite some misgivings about the timing of a sequel to last year's co-op game of the year.  EA is looking to have a solid next quarter and is well on the way there with Mass Effect 2 selling over 2 million copies in its first two weeks alone.  Sprinkle in some Army of Two: The 40th Day for good measure and that ship might just be headed in the right direction.

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If you've missed out on some of the great co-op titles of this generation on the Xbox 360, now's your chance to pick a trio up for around $40.  Amazon is running a promotion that includes 36 titles, 9 of which are co-op games, at a buy 2 get 1 free price.  Most titles are $20 a piece.

It might be a good time to snag Resident Evil 5 with the upcoming DLC coming out, you'd be able to own the Gold Edition for a fraction of the cost.  

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Did Fable 2's co-op mode piss you off?  Did you fling your controller while trying to adjust the camera?  Did you punch Grandma in the spleen because you couldn't bring your single player character into her game for co-op?  Would you say you were "super pissed?"  Hold onto that nerd rage because it's about to continue into the game's sequel.  According to Peter Molyneux there's going to be a big announcement for Fable 3 at Microsoft's X10 event in San Francisco this week, but he's a bit nervous about how it's going to go.

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Left 4 Dead 2's been updated on the PC with a host of fixes and tweaks not only to gameplay - but to the maps and SDK as well.  There's an Xbox 360 title update in the works to incorporate these fixes as well as a few previous fixes.  

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The North East United States is set to get slammed again with snow as mass chaos ensues.  Grocery stores are out of milk, eggs and bread as people unexpectedly have a craving for French toast during snow storms.  Thankfully being snowed in means plenty of time for gaming...well gaming and other stuff.

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It's somewhat of a shocking move, but probably a necessary one, Microsoft is ending Xbox Live functionality for Xbox 1 titles on the original console and those playable on the Xbox 360 through backwards compatibility.  For many, this might not seem to be that big of a deal, as that last time you actually played an original Xbox game was years ago.

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We're less than a month away from SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 on the PlayStation Portable, and Sony's tactical shooter is filled to the brim with co-op play.  You'll get a taste of it next week when the ad-hoc mode is on display in the demo, but the full game will support online play and the ability to customize missions with your friends for up to four players.

In traditional big budget blockbuster trailer thematics, the launch video for Fireteam Bravo 3 is filled with explosions, an intricate plot, fancy orchestral music and twelve uses of the word "tango."  Oh, and don't forget the against all odds mission that only our group of brave soldiers can complete, it's got that too.  

GRENADE!

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Ubisoft has literally set the date for Splinter Cell Conviction in stone, with the game set to hit the Xbox 360 and PC on April 13th, 2010 in North America.  For Australia and Europe you'll get the game on April 15th, and the UK will have it arrive on April 16th.  The game was previously delayed from a February release date.

Splinter Cell Conviction will feature a 2 player co-op campaign as well as 4 player co-op Deniable Ops missions, which include objective based and survival based gameplay.  

Lets just hope there's no glitches along the way that causes them to delay the game further, I mean, do you know how hard it is to get something out of a stone?  I don't even think the club soda trick works.

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