Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
The stories for this week:
- Final Fantasy XIII Releasing in America and Europe March 9th, 2010
- Gamestop to Begin Selling DLC in Stores
- Modern Warfare 2 is Burning the Benjamins
- October NPD Numbers Out, Some Good and Bad News
- Assassin's Creed II, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Left 4 Dead 2 Highlight Last Major Release Week
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
The stories for this week:
- Digital Distributors Refuse to Sell Modern Warfare 2
- Left 4 Dead 2 Up to 4x Pre-Orders Than Original
- PS3 Netflix Discs Start Shipping
- Atlus Replacing Defective Demon's Souls Strategy Guides
- Some Game Called Modern Warfare 2 Highlights Week's Releases
Sports games are inherently cooperative, providing a focus on teamwork and communication. But it's rare to find games that cater to that strength, instead the focus is on the competitive nature. Today we examine NBA Live 10 from EA Sports and what it offers to co-op NBA basketball fans.
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
The stories for this week:
- Uncharted 2 Sees Title Update, Double Cash Weekend
- PS3 Has Lost $4.7 Billion for Sony
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Has Disturbing Areas (SPOILER WARNING)
- Champions Online Free Weekend
- Dragon Age, NFS: Nitro, Band Hero and LEGO Rock Band Highlight Releases
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
The stories for this week:
- NPD Results In
- New Civilization Game Coming...to Facebook
- Need for Speed Series Sells 100 Million
- Movie Studios Thinking of Holding Back DVD Rentals
- Busy Release Week
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
The stories for this week:
- NPD Numbers Delayed Until Monday
- AMD Powering Next Xbox GPU/nVidia Next DS CPU?
- Mass Effect 2 Dated for January 26, 2010
- 250GB PS3 SKU Coming November 3rd for $349
- Borderlands Highlights Releases This Week
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
The stories for this week:
- Activision Executes Layoffs and Closes Studio
- Dragon Age DLC on Launch Day
- Epic Mickey Unveiled
- NPD September Numbers Next Week
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Brutal Legend Highlight Loaded Week
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
The stories for this week:
- GameCrazy Closing 30% of Stores
- Twitter Updates Getting Curbed for Uncharted 2
- Wii 4.2 System Update Bricking Unmodded Systems
- Super Street Fighter IV Announced
- Diverse Set of Games Releasing This Week
Co-Op zombie killing is all the rage these days. But what if we combined the great new formula with classic style top down gameplay? Enter Zombie Apocalypse from developer Nihilistic. We take the four player co-op game for a spin in our latest review.
Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.
The stories for this week:
- Assassin's Creed II on PC delayed to 2010
- Wii Down to $199, New Super Mario Bros. Gets Date
- Splinter Cell Conviction and Gran Turismo 5 (Japan) Dated
- Rumors of Microsoft Acquiring EA Increases EA Stock Price
- Dead Space: Extraction, Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, PSP Go and Gran Turismo PSP Highlight Releases
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I’ve been playing video and computer games since I was around 4 years old, mostly with my Atari 2600 and making regular trips to the arcade. I received my first computer in 1989, although I had been playing games in school on an Apple IIe when allowed to. I own almost all the systems that have come out since the 2600 and played countless games over the years. I started writing game reviews online back in college, although at the start it was just through the free webpage my college gave me. I left console gaming for a bit during that time, concentrating more on computer games and playing LAN parties in the computer lab (I worked there). Then the Playstation came and I’ve been a heavy console user ever since, but still find time to play computer games. I started professionally writing in 2001 doing DVD reviews and started writing game reviews for a commercial site back in 2002. I left there in late 2005 and re-entered in late 2007 at a couple more websites. I now divide my spare time running Colony of Gamers and being the Weekend Editor here. At this point I’ve written close to 250 reviews over all the sites I’ve worked at and I certainly enjoy giving people an opinion I hope they can trust when deciding to buy a game or not. In my spare time outside of my job and playing/reviewing games I like to spend time with my wife of 8 years, helping her with her crafting business and doing things together.
Loren "AgtFox" Halek
| Game | Platform | Date |
| Star Trek: D-A-C |  | 11.21.2009 |
| Serious Sam HD |  | 11.24.2009 |
| Star Trek: D-A-C | | 11.27.2009 |
| GREED | | 11.29.2009 |
| Avatar |  | 12.01.2009 |
| Alien Breed Evolution | | 12.01.2009 |
| Spelunker HD | | 12.01.2009 |
| Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles | | 12.01.2009 |
| Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond | | 12.01.2009 |
| Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond |  | 12.01.2009 |
| Serious Sam HD | | 12.21.2009 |
| Guitar Hero Van Halen |  | 12.22.2009 |
| Guitar Hero Van Halen |  | 12.22.2009 |
| Guitar Hero Van Halen |  | 12.22.2009 |
| Guitar Hero Van Halen | | 12.22.2009 |
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| Game | Platform | Added |
| Donkey Kong Country |  | 11.20.2009 |
| UP | | 11.20.2009 |
| UP | | 11.20.2009 |
| UP | | 11.20.2009 |
| Diner Dash | | 11.19.2009 |
| Conflict: Vietnam | | 11.18.2009 |
| Conflict: Vietnam | | 11.18.2009 |
| Conflict: Vietnam |  | 11.18.2009 |
| Conflict Global Terror | | 11.18.2009 |
| Conflict Global Terror | | 11.18.2009 |
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Launched January 28, 2008, Co-Optimus is a website dedicated to cooperative games. The site features a focus on co-op games through a game database, blog style commentary, and featured articles. Our goal is to bring you the most comprehensive source of co-op gaming information and to inform gamers about the co-op experience.
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