We finally have a release date for Serious Sam HD, or at least, a release date for the PC version.  Expect to kick names and take ass on November 24th with up to 15 of your friends in co-op.  This was announced in an exclusive trailer posted on Eurogamer's website.

You can read our short hands on preview with the game from PAX 09.  We came away impressed, and are itching to dive into the chaos with one of the largest and most insane co-op gatherings I've ever witnessed.  There's going to be a lot of exploding harpies.

You can preorder the game right now on Steam for only $18.  There's still no word on whether or not the XBLA version, which contains four player co-op, would be released the following day on November 25th.  

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After Borderlands blew us away with its release, we haven't been able to get enough of it. Additional content to extend the experience is a wonderful thing, but now we're ready to experience Borderlands at all times. In the car, in your office, at school - wherever, you'll now have the soundtrack to Borderlands available just in time for the holidays.
 

"The soundtrack features a number of tunes from various composers including Jesper Kyd, Sascha Dikiciyan, Cris Velasco and Raison Varner, Tim Larkin. Unfortunately, the catchy song "Aint No Rest For The Wicked," which was featured in the game's trailer and TV commercials, is not included."

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If you've played Left 4 Dead 2 and reached the finale of the first campaign, Dead Center, then you know all about Jimmy Gibbs Jr.  

"He's only the greatest stock car racer of our generation... read a book sometime!"  says Ellis during the finale's intro.  And while we may have hoped that Mr Gibbs found a way out of the apocalypse and made it to safety, it seems that isn't the case.  An enterprising modder has found a zombie model for Gibbs available for unlocking.  

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Codemasters has released a co-op capable demo of Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising on the PC today.  The demo takes place in the game's first mission, Dragon Rising, where you are inserted behind enemy lines and must destroy a radar station and SAM site.  The demo supports up to four players in co-op  mode.  

The demo weighs in at 1.4GB and is available from various download mirrors.  If you're still unsure if you want the game after checking out the demo, perhaps our review can provide the info you are missing?

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And so after a lot of teasing, we finally get the official announcement.  Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days is under development for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC and set to release next year from developer IO Interactive.  

The game follows our "heroes" Kane and Lynch through the gritty Shanghai underworld.  Dog Days is said to be inspired by documentary film makers and the user generated era in terms of style.  Perhaps that is why we've seen some interesting perspectives in the teaser videos up to this point.  In fact we've got a new one today called "Bowling for Shanghai" posted below.  We're promised a fresh perspective on intensity and realism.  

No other details of the game were given but Niels Jorgenson, IO Interactive's general manager, has stated that feedback from the first game helped shape the sequel.  Lets hope they listened to us when we asked for online co-op play.

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Bill, Frances, Louis and Zoey have received a full retro-NES makeover, and we like it. Eric Ruth and PixelForce NES are responsible for this amazing "de-make" of Left 4 Dead. So far there is a full trailer out for the game, but by January 2010 Eric Ruth expects to have a full release of the pixelized Left 4 Dead on PC. If Left 4 Dead had been around in the 80's, this is what it would look like.
 

"It features all the campaigns from the original game, including 8-bit incarnations of the special infected, for two players to play through -- it is a NES game after all, fancy four-player wasn't standard."

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Gearbox has released the first patch for the PC version of Borderlands, squashing a few nagging bugs and adding features like voice volume control.  The biggest fix has to do with leaving a co-op game causing a characters progress to be lost, which thankfully, no longer happens.

 Along with the patch comes news that Borderlands was the fastest selling original IP of 2009, netting around 550k units sold on the 360 and PS3 alone.  This would put it ahead of Uncharted 2 on the NPD charts, and it doesn't include PC and digital sales of the product.  Bravo Gearbox!   We thoroughly enjoy the four player co-op gameplay and loot collecting, and it looks like everyone else does too!

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It may look beautiful, but this floating rock is a battleground in Chaos Rising

The first developer diary has been released for Dawn of War 2's expansion pack called Chaos Rising.  The five minute video covers quite a bit about the game, giving us a good overview of what to expect when it hits the PC next March.

The corruption system, the in game mechanic to choose between good and evil, is explained in greater detail - showing you the benefits or negatives of choosing between one or the other.  Also detailed is a new hero unit named Jonah the Librarian, who not only has new weapons and armor, but offers the unique ability to morph spells into different types.

We get a glimpse at the new environments and a bit of the backstory as well.  Overall the expansion pack looks to be shaping up nicely, the only problem I see now is - it's not March yet.

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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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It's time for another monthly Games for Windows Co-Op Night, and this month things have gotten evil. We're taking Capcom's Resident Evil 5 onto the town this Friday night for a date with the dead. Or undead. Or diseased. Anyway, read on to find out how to join.