Ginger kids, old people, underpants gnomes and other general threats are invading South Park Colorado. It's up to Kenny, Stan, Kyle, Cartman and other South Park kids to keep the evil at bay with their snowballs, special abilities, and a variety of defensive towers. We gave this game a co-op whirl, curious to see if South Park: Let's Go Tower Defense Play! is worth an 800 purchase, or if it's best left in the snow.

Some more details are trickling in of Vicious Cycle's upcoming side scroller called Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond.  The tongue-in-cheek game will support two player local co-op on both the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.  Players assume the role of either Matt Hazard or his sidekick Dexter Dare as they work through familiar looking video game scenarios like Bioshock, Mirror's Edge and Mario Bros.

The game contains an insanely wacky plot that involves programmers, old video games and transgender pirates.  But really the gamme is all about blowing the crap out of everything that moves in a style that's similar to the Contra, but plays a bit more like the recent Shadow Complex.

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'Splosion Man swept us off our co-op loving feet this summer. Now, Twisted Pixel, the studio behind 'Splosion Man, has teamed up with Omaha Steaks to bring you a very - er - interesting sweepstakes. Play 'Splosion Man, win Filet Mignon. Seriously.

First, check your Xbox Live account information to make sure it's up to date and accurate. Next, register for the sweepstakes by downloading the 'Splosion Man sweepstakes gamer picture between October 22nd and November 22nd for free. Finally, play 'Splosion Man co-op (one entry per multiplayer log-in, up to 5 entries per person) to win!

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Upcoming top-down Alien co-op title Alien Breed Evolution has been confirmed to be released episodically in three installments, instead of being the first of a separate trilogy as previously believed. It's said that each of these three episodes will take players 5-8 hours to complete, and will be available for download "December-ish." If you're unsure about paying for 3 separate installments of the game, don't fret - the prologue will be available for download and preview for free.

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The above screenshot may look like Mirror's Edge, but it's actually an upcoming Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network game called Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond.  The character name may sound familiar, Matt Hazard: Eat Lead was a 3rd person shooter released earlier this year that had a lighter take on video games.  Basically, the game was a videogame that was a spoof on videogames.  It was fun and frustrating at the same time.

The side scrolling "sequel" to the game looks to follow this tradition, showcasing "out of work" video game characters desperate for a job...and attention.  The game has a two player co-op mode that lets your buddy play as Matt's partner Dexter Dare.  If the trailer is any indication...the game is going to be pretty over the top.  Look for it early next year on the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.

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Sol Survivor, the co-op tower defense title from developer Cadenza Interactive, was released over the XBox LIVE Indie Marketplace last month and we’ve been putting it through its paces ever since.  What are the results?  Read on, o ye lovers of co-op gaming, read on.

We love 'Splosion Man. We really do. Good for a lazy weekend or tough-Achievement-gathering, this gem from indie dev Twisted Pixel had one major flaw in our eyes: online co-op laaaaag.

Devs to the rescue! Not only does today's title update supposedly fix this issue, it also finalizes support for Xbox Live Avatar Awards, such as virtual t-shirts. This update has been a long time coming, but we're glad for it. Don't forget to use the meetup forum to test out the online co-op!

We haven't gotten a whole lot of new information about Perfect Dark on the Xbox LIVE Arcade, but we did get some pretty nice screens. It definitely looks to be shaping up to be a solid remake - cleaned up visuals, co-op, and that good old fashioned N64 feeling.

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Microsoft and the creators of South Park have had a pretty solid relationship.  We've seen a ton of content on the Xbox Live Video Marketplace, some for free, for quite some time.  Now a new game published by Microsoft and developed by Doublesix has hit Xbox Live Arcade.

South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! brings the tower defense genre to the town of South Park, complete with four player co-op play.  You'll be defending various turf from the Ginger kids while controlling one of the four South Park characters by placing baseball pitching machines and other structures around.  You can also throw snowballs as an extra line of defense.

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Sure Serious Sam is all about kicking ass and taking names in the name of ass kickery.  Normally Sam likes to blow his enemies into tiny bloody bits, generally making a red mess wherever he goes, and a wake of destruction behind him.  

But Serious Sam HD isn't all serious, no sir-ree.  In the Super Happy Fun Time mode of the game you can disable the blood and instead of enemies explode in bunches of confetti, candy, and flowers!   Suddenly yesterday's M rated title is tomorrow's kid friendly co-op game.  

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