A truly titanic tussle of tremendous talents hits your favorite console today.  LEGO Rock Band in one corner, Band Hero in the other.  Plastic David Bowie versus sparkly Taylor Swift; who will prevail?  Not your wallet, which is likely still empty after Guitar Hero 5 and The Beatles Rock Band.  Though both games are intended for the younger set, there's still plenty of good songs for all to enjoy on your well-worn fake instruments today.  Remember to purchase through Amazon using the links below to help support Co-Optimus! 

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Borderlands (PC) - Borderlands hits the PC with four player online co-op TODAY. Millions of weapons, four character classes, and a boatload of quest await you in this beautiful RPS. 

DJ Hero (360, PS3, Wii, PS2) - Our first foray outside of the world of comfortable plastic guitars, DJ Hero invites players to work their DJ-ing skills on a plastic turntable through almost 100 remixed songs.  10 of the songs are co-op-able with the aforementioned plastic guitar, and others works with two turntables.

Fairytale Fights (360, PS3) - Fairytale Fights allows four player online and local co-op through a twisted world of traditional fairytales with a bloody twist.  

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 AI War, the RTS/4x co-op title from Arcen Games, is out today on Steam. The game features full on-line and local, drop-in/drop-out co-op for up to eight players.  It also includes online leaderboards and 129 Steam achievements for players.  As an added bonus, Steam is running a special on the game through Oct. 27th.  Order it now and you can pick it up for just $15.  That's a lot of game for that price, believe me.  AI War has been out for some time through Impulse and Arcen Game's official site, but the Steam release marks a major milestone in the game's development.

As Christopher Park mentioned in our interview with him, the update from the previous version to this release version included alot of changes and pretty much all of them were done to ensure a solid co-op experience.  We also mentioned in that article that if you purchased the game from another outlet, such as Direct2Drive or Stardock's Impulse, that you'd still be able to utilize the "activate a product on Steam" feature.  We've heard from Christopher and he assures us that this feature should be available within the next couple of days.  Until then, be sure to tune in tomorrow for our review!

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There's five co-op releases this week, highlighted by the monster that is Borderlands.  On the opposite end of the spectrum we have two family friendly titles and a karaoke game that's sure to make anyone's next party a blast.  All the games release today and are available from Amazon.

Borderlands on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 features 4 player online co-op with drop in and drop out support, as well as 2 player local co-op.

Lips #1 Hits on the Xbox 360 features 2 player local co-op for duet singing in special songs, as well as alternating singing in all songs.  There's even co-op specific leaderboards.

Marvel Super Hero Squad is the kid friendly answer to Ultimate Alliance 2 on the Wii and PS2.  The action game boasts over 200 playable characters from the Marvel universe with 2 player local co-op.  Take that DLC!

Astro Boy is the game based on the movie based on the cartoon.  It supports two player local co-op through the game's single player mode and is out on the PS2 and the Wii.

Also the PSP version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars releases today with it's survival co-op mode.  It's got two player local wireless play, social aspects like items trading as well as brand new graphics.  

Uncharted 2 should be on store shelves today, and with it comes an engrossing single player game packed with three separate online co-op modes for three players.

The three modes consist of a standard co-op mode where players team up to capture a treasure through a sub section of one of the single player game's map, Gold Rush where players have to capture treasure in a small multiplayer arena while fending off waves of enemies, and a standard survival style mode where players need to survive as long as possible without dying against waves of enemies.  

We'll have a full review of Uncharted 2 next week.  Until then hit up our forums to meet up with other members for co-op!  And don't forget to purchase at Amazon to support Co-Optimus!

Holy moly!  When it rains it pours!  And it's raining co-op games!  We've got three solid co-op titles hitting this week, all bringing their own unique flair to the table, and representing just about every platform out there.

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Dead Space Extraction, the on rails shooter prequel to Dead Space, is out today for the Nintendo Wii.  It features two player couch co-op throughout the campaign with drop-in and drop-out support, as well as two player co-op in high scoring modes.

Be sure to check out our full hands on preview with the game from PAX, and take a look at some of the unique co-op options the game provides.  As always, we recommend ordering through Amazon to support Co-Optimus!

Obscure: The Aftermath hits the PlayStation Portable this week, and while we've seen the game on numerous other platforms, there's something interesting about this version.  Obscure joins the ranks of one of the rare portable titles that actually supports drop-in/drop-out cooperative play through the game's story mode.

Supporting two player co-op play via local wireless AD-HOC connections, Obscure has players taking on numerous monsters and creatures in classic survival horror style gameplay. 

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The day is just about here, and if you didn't realize it, you weren't paying attention!  Halo 3 ODST hits the Xbox 360 tonight at midnight.  The game offers four player online co-op, 2 player split screen co-op, and a mix of online and split screen through the campaign.

Plus, we have an added bonus of the new Firefight mode.  This four player co-op mode is Bungie's take on the popular survival co-op modes we've seen.  Need more info?  Check out our review.

Looking for a deal on the game?  Try Amazon.  Or you could hit up Toys R' Us tomorrow and get yourself the game with a $20 gift card and an ODST action figure.  Sweet!

Last week we thought we had two co-op games on the Xbox Live Arcade, when in fact there was only one.  This week we're pretty confident that we have three co-op titles making their way to the Xbox 360.  That more than makes up for it in our book.

We already told you about the four player co-op zombie slaughterfest, Zombie Apocalypse, over the weekend.  But two new ones have popped up making this a very busy week for co-op gamers on the 360 - especially considering ODST hits as well!

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