Ratchet and Clank: Full Frontal Assault has been planned as a downloadable Playstation 3 title ever since its announcement a few months back. Some people prefer physical copies to digital though, and Sony has taken their pleas into account. The game will now be coming to retail as a Blu-Ray disc as well as the PSN store. Even better, it supports cross-play and cross-save with the Vita, meaning you can buy it on PS3 and get the Vita version at no additional cost. Well-played, Sony.

It always boggles my mind why more PC games don't support split-screen play.  A lot of gamers definitely have a PC with the horse power to support the video rendering required and many folks have gamepads hooked up to their PCs with most games supporting that method of play already.  It's especially mind boggling with a game like Borderlands 2, which out of the box on the console supports some of the best split-screen configurations we've seen to date.  Sadly though, PC gamers are left with making up their own solutions.

Insomniac have revealed their next Ratchet & Clank game, called Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault, it mixes the classic R&C formula with a hefty dose of tower defense.  You'll be building bases, defending bases, and fighting back waves of enemies with the usual dose of insanely powerful weapons at Ratchet and Clank's disposal.

Ghost Recon Future Soldier does feature the promises couch co-op gameplay, but sadly it's limited to the game's Guerilla co-op mode.  This mode is a survival based mode where players fight through 50 waves of enemies.   A long time ago, in a news post far far away and more recently on various online retailers it was claimed that Future Soldier supported couch co-op gameplay through its campaign.  Sadly, that isn't the case.

It’s like playing Minecraft, Goldeneye style!

Doctor Who fans rejoice!  The Doctor and River Song will be teaming up in an action/platformer on the PS3, Vita and PC with an all new story written by in colloboration with the BBC Wales team.  Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will feature both Matt Smith (The Doctor) and Alex Kingston (River) who are lending their voices to the game which takes place across four separate timelines in London.   Your little blue police box  will take you into the Elizabethan, Victorian, and present eras as well as traveling to the future.

Gears of War 3 packs an incredible amount of co-op content into one game. The game will get even bigger in just one month’s time. The 'Horde Command Pack' DLC lands on November 1 for 800 Microsoft Points. As expected, it will include new maps, characters, Achievements worth a total of 250 GamerScore, and lots more.

Easily one of the year's most anticipated games, Gears of War 3 has finally touched down on store shelves. How much do we like it? We tell you in 1,621 words.

The Harry Potter series - It's over.  Stick a fork in it.  That is one cash cow that has been fully milked. Or has it?  The books may have been read and the films watched, but there is one format of Harry Potter that has yet to be concluded; LEGO Harry Potter.  The first game in the series covered Years 1-4 and was a solid installment in the co-op tastic LEGO franchise.  The sequel is due out in mid November and, suggested by its title, will cover years 5-7 (it is called LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7).  10 minutes of gameplay footage has surfaced so check out Read More to see if the LEGO games have changed since you last played them. 

Here at Co-Optimus we like to shout about co-op from the rooftops, but some developers like to hide their good news under a bushel.  Battlefield 3 has only just come out with details about their co-op mode, but this is a lot more than Driver: San Francisco.  The game is due out on 6th September on Playstation 3, 360, PC and Wii and Ubisoft are keeping their co-op news close to their chest.

We go hands on with a preview build of Serious Sam 3: BFE for the PC. It's a return to the classic Sam goodness with some hands on time with the two player local split screen play. Are you ready?

Despite being over a year away, the Borderlands 2 hype train is in full effect.  Game Informer is going to have a full month of coverage on the upcoming title, starting with these two videos.

For some reason a lot of developers don't realize how many people actually want to play split screen on a PC. Perhaps its the growth of home theater PCs, the availability of bigger monitors, or people just plain wanting to play with a some buddies from around the town - every time we see a big PC release we have dozens of users clamoring for split-screen play.  Serious Sam 3: BFE will be bucking the trend and including split-screen play on a PC game.

The F.E.A.R series returns with its third installment, complete a full co-op campaign as well as two co-op survival modes. Does this game live up to our expectations? Find out in our co-op review.

At Sony's booth during E3 2011 I sat down with the Resistance 3 Lead Designer, Drew Murray, for a hands on tour of one of the early levels in the game.  We discussed Insomniac's shift back to more of the look and feel of Resistance 1 for the latest game as well as the more personal story it has taken on.