What may be lost amongst a solid fall season of games is the family friendly title LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure continues.  Out now for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and PC - the game supports two player local cooperative play through the whole adventure with drop-in and drop-out play.

The truly unique thing about the title is a cooperative level builder mode much like Little Big Planet provides, except with LEGOs!  Just don't make anything with snakes in it, even LEGO Indy hates snakes!

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Despite being on everyone's radar as the most popular enemy in a video game the past year, the zombies are shuddering on their limp legs as Left 4 Dead 2, the sequel to the game that seemed to start the trend, is out on Tuesday, November 17th.

In case you didn't know, Left 4 Dead 2 has four player cooperative play through five campaigns, placing gamers in the role of one of four survivors.  You'll go through an evil carnival, a swamp, New Orleans and other zombie infested locales all the while using new weapons and items to survive the best you can.  Can you say frying pan?  The game is available on the Xbox 360 and PC.

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Out today in North America is the New Super Mario Bros Wii for the..uh...Wii.  The four player co-op title is a game true to its roots, providing side scrolling platforming set in the Mushroom Kingdom.  We played the game at PAX this year and enjoyed it quite a bit, but I have to say, after watching the video posted below it's now on the must buy list.

The video shows four players co-oping through a level, passing Luigi around like a drunk college freshman at a frat party.  Luigi doesn't do a single thing the entire level except reap the rewards of his team; collecting coins and 1UPs and finally sitting atop the flag pole.

If you haven't picked it up yet, you can snag it on Amazon for $47 with free shipping and $10 in videogame credit.  

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It's Modern Warfare week for co-op gamers with Modern Warfare 2 hitting the 360, PS3, and PC with it's two player Spec-Ops co-op mode and Modern Warfare Reflex hitting the Wii with it's two campaign co-op mode.

Modern Warfare 2 offers two player split screen and online co-op through 23 missions.  These missions are quick offerings that differ from the story and offer various objectives like racing, survival, and laser targeting.   There's three versions of the game to choose from with normal, hardened and night vision goggle edtion.  [Get it @ Amazon] 

Modern Warfare Reflex offers two player same screen co-op on the Wii through the story of the first Modern Warfare title in this shooter.  Player one has full control while player two has their own cross hair and limited control.  [Get it @ Amazon]

Phantasy Star 0 offers four player co-op via local wi-fi or online via the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection.  Players team up to complete quests, chat with "visual chat" and take part in three different modes of play. [Get it @ Amazon]

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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