Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows is looking to be totally tubular. The release of their second character trailer has Raphael kicking the shell out of some unlucky Foot Soldiers. The 4 player co-op brawler is resembling more of the TMNT games we were used to back in the 16 bit era, instead of the dark path the franchise has taken in the recent years. 

Many of us here at Co-Optimus were very excited to play Monaco: What’s Yours is Mine this past weekend, writing about our plans to begin co-op games straight away. However, we quickly discovered that Monaco’s initial release was retracted off of XBLA rather quickly by developer, Pocketwatch Games. Many gamers are eager to begin playing as well, so here’s an update on the whole situation from last week.

Gamers who love their stealth shooters will be happy to hear that some Splinter Cell Blacklist Wii U details have been revealed over the last few days. Anyone who's a of that GamePad controller will be using it like a secondary set of eyes, utilizing it to command various gadgets, as well as to do other actions with both the touchscreen and motion control features.

After just one day into the release of BattleBlock Theater, we are already enjoying the game’s quirky co-op shenanigans. For fans of The Behemoth’s line of fantastic games, such as Castle Crashers and Alien Hominid HD, they will be glad to hear that players can unlock a few of these game’s star characters within BattleBlock Theater; crossovers galore!

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Defiance’s beta is now over, and so far gamers on all platforms are pretty pleased with what they’re given. While Trion Worlds getting as much feedback as they can from the players, those who were without beta keys may turn to many different videos for building hype. We are given a brief launch trailer, a short clip of the television show, and another Ark Hunter episode to keep us satisfied until the Tuesday launch.

A quick video showcasing the co-op play in Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army. This standalone expansion to the Sniper Elite series contains 2-4 player online co-op where players must face off against the hordes of zombies plaguing Europe during World War II. 

Capcom has released their latest trailer for Resident Evil: Revelations Unveiled Edition that features gameplay for one of the main characters, Hunk. Taking the Nintendo 3DS title and giving it an HD makeover, Hunk joins Jill Valentine on a cruise ship that of course is the site for the latest outbreak of the (insert letter here)-virus as they search for the missing Chris Redfield. 

No need to call the Ghostbusters this time, folks. Instead, we have four versions of Luigi teaming up to take on this spooky skyscraper themselves. Nintendo continues to educate us about Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon’s 4-player co-op modes with a special walkthrough video and featuring a surprise guest.

The bitter taste of disappointment; this is what greeted Wii U fans when they heard the news that Rayman Legends was being delayed on their console so that a port could be made for the 360 and PS3.  Well take that sour flavor out of your mouth and listen to this for something sweet; the Rayman Legends 5 player co-op Online Challenge Mode will be released free on Wii U from April.

When Electronic Arts named their series Army of Two, they weren’t kidding around! The special mechanic in their upcoming title, Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel, called “Overkill” can turn the tide of battle and put the hurt on enemies quicker than you can say “Gunzerker”.

Killing large amounts of evil, totalitarian penguins is back! Like we covered late last year, Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken will be arriving onto PlayStation Vita early next week.

We’ve been very interested in seeing Warframe's epic combat mechanics in full action, and we are closer than ever to that moment. The game is currently in beta format (you can join it by going here), but there’s still plenty of awesome changes going on behind the scenes that gamers ought to see, like kickass ninja moves.

We hope that you enjoying your time today with Dungeonland! But if you haven’t picked up the game yet on PC, we want you to have a look at the game’s unique take on traditional dungeon crawling mechanics.

Unlike other dungeon crawlers like Torchlight 2 and Diablo III, Dungeonland tries to change the co-op experience in a way that benefits both experienced and players just starting out. You know how in games like Borderlands 2, where if you’re many levels behind someone else, the gameplay becomes that much less enjoyable for both people? In Dungeonland, however, playing with people that either much higher or lower in level to you will not affect the gameplay in the slightest. Designer for Dungeonland, Mark Venturelli, explains one of the key components to this game’s co-op feature in the video below:

In case you missed it, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2’s “Revolution” DLC will be hitting Xbox Live tomorrow full force. To prepare gamers for the upcoming battles ahead, we’ve got some nice screenshots plus a preview video to study up and take notes.

Is the “Upper Echelon Edition” of Splinter Cell: Blacklist not enough for your uber fandom?  Get ready to dig deep into your wallet, for the whopping “Paladin Collector’s Edition” has arrived.