
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

We've all been so busy actually PLAYING the myriad of releases this Fall, including some awesome co-op ones, that we didn't have time to write about all the other games out there. We've combined our Beyond Co-Op reviews for October and November into a mega issue.
How about Brutal Legend, Forza 3, Torchlight, Half-Minute Hero and more?

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

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

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

Welcome to a brand new edition of Beyond Co-Op Reviews. We've given the feature a bit of a facelift, and are going to continue to bring you great game reviews of games that don't necessarily have a co-op mode.
Batman, WET, NFS: Shift, Darkest of Days and Scribblenauts!


| 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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Games for Windows Co-Op Night features monthly PC co-op gameplay. An Official GFW Event!
| Game | Platform | Added |
| 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 | |
| Avatar | 11.12.2009 |
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves on Playstation 3
Call of Duty: World at War on Wii
AI War on PC
Castle Crashers on Xbox Live Arcade
Pixel Junk Monsters on Playstation Network
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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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