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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Remember when Borderlands was sent out to die?  Yeah...didn't happen.  The game sold an impressive 400k copies in October on the Xbox 360 alone placing it third on the sales chart behind Wii Fit Plus and Uncharted 2.  These sales numbers come from the monthly NPD stats, which report sales numbers for North America.

Halo 3: ODST took the number 6 spot, selling an additional 271k, bringing the two month total for North America close to 2 million.

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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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Sent to die you say?  Nay - we say sent to be free and prosper!  According to Gearbox the Borderlands is selling well, extremely well, so much in fact that a lot of people are finding the game sold out.

"Yes, Borderlands copies of the Xbox 360 SKU have run out in a few regions, especially the east coast," Gearbox VP of Marketing Steve Gibson told IGN. "We are aware of this and are working with production and distribution at ramping up to catch up with demand." 

"There will be more copies of Borderlands available on shelves as early as Thursday or Friday at many retailers," he added. "The PlayStation 3 SKU issues on the west coast are mostly regional and can be addressed by reallocation. We are confident that will happen quickly." 

Has anybody had any trouble finding the game?  If so you might want to check the site early next week...we may just have a copy to give away!  

The Co-Op Revolution grows strong.

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Sometimes, we get very disappointed when sales numbers are released.  The latest example is Dead Space Extraction.  Let's take a look at everything this game has going for it.

- Sequel to a well reviewed single player title.

- An adult, "hardcore" game for the Wii amid a sea of shovelware

- Story, atmosphere, and setting are creepy, horrific, and incredibly well done

- Earned a very high 4.5 co-op review and high praise here at Co-Optimus

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We already knew that Halo 3: ODST has sold like gangbusters, and now we have further proof that the four player co-op title ruled the month of September by a long shot thanks to the latest NPD numbers.  While the game has sold over 2 million copies world-wide, in North America alone ODST sold 1.5 million copies

The other interesting tid bit of information was that The Beatles: Rock Band outsold Guitar Hero 5, with only the 360 version of GH5 barely cracking the top 10.  All told seven of the top ten in terms of software sales for September were games that supported co-op.  They say you want a revolution...

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Halo 3: ODST has sold over 2.5 million copies in its two weeks on store shelves, no doubt fueled by the Halo name and the friendly co-op modes the game supports.  

Included with the game is access to the Halo Reach beta, a multiplayer beta that kicks off sometime next year.  But what exactly IS Halo Reach?  343 Industries and ex-Bungie man Frank O'Connor explains.

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We generally enjoyed busting ghosts this summer with our friends, on both the 360/PS3 and the Wii.  It looks like we weren't alone.  Atari has announced that Ghostbusters the Videogame has sold over one million copies in North America alone.  

The Wii version featured a two player split screen co-op story mode while the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version featured an online four player cooperative mode.  The press release from Atari quotes a bunch of online outlets who aren't quite as awesome as us - so I thought we'd quote our own reviews.

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Microsoft today announced that the Xbox 360 console has gone on to sell over 30 million units world wide to date, which represents a 28% growth over last year in sales.  That's pretty impressive number.  Microsoft's console is already leading this generation in the sheer number of co-op games it supports in both retail and arcade releases.

Some other numbers?  8.6 unit attatch rate, which means every 360 owner owns an average of 8.6 games.  There has also been 14.5 Billion dollars in consumer spending on all 360 products to date.  Finally there are over 20 million Xbox Live accounts, bringing a ton of co-op partner potential to your finger tips.  

Finally Microsoft promises their E3 announcements next week will "underscore our commitment to bringing blockbuster entertainment experiences to everyone "  Whatever that means, if it means more cooperative gaming...sign me up!

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If you've played Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the Nintendo DS, you know you can extend your experience to the Rockstar Social Club Website.  The portal site offers in game stats, unique items, and other various ways keep the handheld version of GTA fresh.

Now a new flash game in the Social Club can earn you free money for just a few arrow key strokes on your keyboard.  Mr Wong's Laundromat is a quirky little flash game where you need to avoid the falling clothes and instead pick up money, powerups and other items.  Once your cart is full it's time to deposit it in the truck and off to...well wherever laundered money goes.  It's a fun little distraction and one that can earn you up to $10k in in-game cash a pop. 

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