Resident Evil 5 was an early co-op hit this year.  As you'd expect for a title so popular, quite a bit of extra content is headed your way soon.  The PS3-exclusive "Alternative Edition" is coming soon, and will include all the DLC listed below, plus compatibility with Sony's forthcoming motion controlling doohickey.  (Pretty sure that won't be the final name.)  Xbox 360 owners and those who already own RE5 for PS3 can also download this content.

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Wait right here, Ned's finishing up, he'll be right with you

We seem to really enjoy our Borderlands. Many of us have already finished the campaign and are leveling up their second and third characters. There's good news for those that wanted more; a new island will be available for download after November 24th. The DLC pack is called "Zombie Island of Dr. Ned" and will give players an additional 6-10 hours of gameplay time to complete the story here. IGN has stated that there are about "50 quests, and 5 new dungeons" on this new island, with a plethora of zombies accidentally created by a wacky Dr. Ned.

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"Watch me hit this unsuspecting dude with No Matchmaking... Kapow! Heh."
 

Ah, Modern Warfare 2. The epitome of all that is unfair. Take a perfectly good formula, gimp it, insult the consumers...and then sit back and laugh as you sell 4.7 million copies in one day. Watch Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare crash the PlayStation Network in 2007, and then act surprised when it happens again in 2009. Tout your campaign as being so important that it can't support the interference of multiplayer co-op players, then copy/paste the same missions to a side mode called Special Ops...and furthermore encourage players to skip an integral plot point via the most controversial playable scene this year.

Okay, you get the point. Too many great minds in one place seems to have caused quite the tangle at Infinity Ward, but at least the gameplay remains intact. Our review is coming next week, so I'll save the rest of the soap box speech until then.

In the meantime, tell us what you think of Special Ops. Do you like the mission variety? Is it smooth online? And more importantly: are you ready for Spec Ops DLC? According to Infinity Ward, future extra co-op missions are a distinct possibility. What do you think?

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Saints Row 2 players who have the Xbox 360 version and a Live Gold membership can pick up the first episodic expansion - Ultor Exposed - on the Live Marketplace for 560 MS Points ($7 US) for this week only.

The expansion includes three co-op missions and a co-op metagame. Use our Co-Op Meet-Up forum to find some like-minded gamers to play Ultor Exposed online.

When you're done checking out this 30% discounted expansion, be sure to free up your schedule for our Official Xbox Live Co-Op Night and our Official Halo Waypoint Co-Op Night on Thursday and Friday, respectively!

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A few weeks ago Capcom offered the community a choice - Do you want Resident Evil 5: Alternate Edition as DLC or a stand alone disc.  The results are in and the decisions was unanimous.  I know, you know the result, you read the headline.

RE5: Alternate Edition will be available this spring on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as downloadable content.  The two hour co-op content takes Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine on the assault of Ozwell Spencer's horror-filled castle, an event that was three years prior to the game itself.  PlayStation 3 owners will get an alternative control scheme as well that supports the upcoming PS3 motion controller.  

Did you vote in the poll?  Did your choice win?

Gearbox and 2K Games have announced a release date and price for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version of the first Borderlands downloadable content pack called The Island of Dr. Ned.  

The DLC is actually an island filled with zombies after Dr. Ned unintentionally converted the entire workforce population to the walking dead.  As you can see from the DLC offers the same slick visual style with it's own unique twist.  You know what kills zombies?  Shotguns.  You know what kills them better?  Shotguns with scopes, electrical damage, and a 10 round clip.

 The DLC will be out on November 24th, just in time for the Thanksgiving weekend in the US.  It's priced at $9.99 or 800  on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 respectively.  There's no word on when the PC would get the content.

Activision has announced that the demo for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 has hit the Xbox Live marketplace for Gold members.  The demo allows players to check out the Washington D.C. mission in the game and also allows local co-op play.

Also available on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 is the $10 DLC content pack which contains five new playable characters including Carnage, Cable, Psylocke, Black Panther and unveiled today - Magneto.  The DLC also includes four new challenge missions and boss encounters.  You may also optionally purchase the previously exclusive pre-order character Juggernaut for $1.99.

Codemasters has made good on their promise, and officially announced the first content pack for Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising.   The pack is called the Skirmish pack and features two new cooperative missions for four players as well as four new maps for competitive play.  There's also a new sandbox mode called Island Tour which can be played cooperatively.

 The new co-op maps are called All Round Defence, which looks to be a survival mode type map with support and attack helicopters as players defend a fortified complex against waves of PLA; and Uphill Struggle has players trying to capture a bunker under heavy fire from hillside reinforcements. 

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We finally know the details about the first DLC pack for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.  Most of us will be able to purchase the pack on November 5, though European PS3 users have to wait until November 12.  The DLC will set you back $10, or the MS Point equivalent.  So what do you get for the money?

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The first expansion for Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers has been out for just over a week now.  Titled Duel the Dragon, the expansion adds some much needed variety to the original game, including another two-headed giant style co-op campaign.  We've spent quite a bit of time with the expansion, and have our impressions to help you decide if it's a worthwhile purchase this crowded gaming season.

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