If you picked up Painkiller: Resurrection on the PC last week with hopes of glorious cooperative stake gunning in your head, you may have been disappointed to find no menu option for co-op.  Rest assured though, the game does have co-op support, it's just a little ridiculous as to how you have to start it.

"To play a coop game you have to start a dedicated server with the tool provided together with your game. Pull in the campaign maps from C9L01 to C9L06, choose FFA and start the game. You can also add / remove bots accompanying you there.  We will add a more convenient ingame coop menu with the next update " 

That's from a JoWood representative on the official message boards.  Were you expecting a nice simple solution for co-op?  Sorry, none to be found here.  Thankfully JoWood confirms they are working on a "more convenient way of accessing co-op" in a future update.

Gee thanks.

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Steam's preorder deals are becoming legendary in their value and bonuses, and the latest one for the four player co-op Painkiller Resurrection.  It's been a long time since we've even heard anything about the title, but the game is now only two weeks away.

The package comes with Painkiller Black Edition and Painkiller Overdose, the game's prequels.  While neither offered co-op, it's a decent value with the current $26.99 preorder price for all three games.  Painkiller has always been about bizarre and fun weapons - like the stake gun.  There was nothing better in the original than staking guys to the wall and watching them dangle like baby dolls on a clothesline.  

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The original Painkiller is one of my favorite over-the-top, mindless shooters- right up there with the Dooms, Duke Nukem 3Ds and Serious Sams of the world.  So, when IGN UK received word that a new chapter in the series, Painkiller: Resurrection, is being developed for PC (with a later release on 360) and a fourth quarter release this year, my heart went aflutter.  What's more, the lovely developers at Homegrown Games have decided to include cooperative play! To wit:

"Perhaps the best thing about multiplayer, however, is that the game will, for the first time in the series' history, feature an entirely cooperative campaign. Players will now be able to fight their way through Purgatory with a friend by their side."

Apparently, the game begins with the main character accidentally blowing up a schoolbus. For more screens and information, check out the IGN UK article linked below.

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