With Ubisoft's big reveal of The Division 2 during E3 last week, we figured we'd hop back into the original Division to see how the game has progressed and improved over the past couple years. Getting back into something you haven't played in a long time is just like riding a bike, right?

There are hundreds of games now that fall into the “survival game” genre, but in my opinion, very few pack the narrative “oomph” to push them into something engaging (I can only collect 10 sticks to build an axe so many times). This is where I think State of Decay 2 sets itself apart. It’s an extremely focused survival...

E3 2018 may be in the books, but there are still a few news stories floating around there. Rebellion posted a narrated walkthrough of some gameplay from their forthcoming co-op adventure, Strange Brigade, last week, and the more we see, the more we like. Traps, puzzles, and more await you and your buddies.

While the Co-Opticrew's weekend plans certainly aren't dominated by Ubisoft games, they're getting their fair share of representation.  Maybe that's a testament to the lengthy support they've been offering for their franchises of late, or maybe it's a simple consequence of being knee-deep in the Summer Doldrums.  Either way, we'll be spending more than a few hours working our way through the best games France has to offer.

I recently had the chance to try out the Spearhead VR Gaming Headphones, which were graciously sent over by the folks at 1MORE.  While the Chinese company is primarily known for producing a range of excellent (and budget friendly) in-ear headphones, the Spearhead line marks their first attempt at catering to the gaming market.  Having now...

GOG.com's #SummerGaming sale wraps up on Monday, but you still have time to pick up a lot of games at a discounted price. We've even got our own collection of co-op titles for you to peruse! If "free" is more your speed, though, we've got you covered there, too.

If you watched Bethesda's E3 press conference on Sunday and thought, "hey! A Fallout survival game! I can get behind that!" and then thought, "But I don't want 'SSGSSBoneLord420' to drop a nuke on me," then there's some (potentially) good news! In an interview with Geoff Keighley, Todd Howard discussed how they're looking at implementing private servers for Fallout 76 "some period later" after launch.

Everyone's favorite British accent simulator, Killing Floor 2, just dropped a whole big thing of new content right in the midst of E3.  It looks like everyone's still a little startled by all the zeds running around on the showroom floor, so I'll take this opportunity to summarize what all's being added.

The next entry in the Trials series, Trials Rising, was announced during Ubisoft's press conference this week, but what they didn't mention is that it would include a two player couch co-op mode called "Tandem Bike." As the name implies, you and your buddy will ride on the same bike and have to successfully navigate through the levels as a team. The catch is that all the functions (i.e., gas, brake, lean) are split between you...

After a brief delay, Neocore Games' Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr has finally arrived on the PC (next month for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One). We took the game for a spin last fall when it was still in Early Access, and it's definitely progressed quite a bit since then. If you missed our "Let's Play Co-Op" stream this week, enjoy the recap video below!

While none of the Co-Optimus staff is at E3 this year, unfortunately, we're still scouring through all the news coming out of the event to catch any tasty co-op tidbits. This particular one comes from Christopher Livingston over at PC Gamer, who details his hands-on time with 10 Chambers Collective's co-op FPS, GTFO.

Yesterday's Nintendo Direct had a lot to say about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (I mean, A LOT), but they also revealed a sequel that we're super excited about. Overcooked 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One this August, and will now include online co-op play. WOOOO!!!

Among all the chaos and hubbub of E3, the folks over at Holospark dropped a new trailer for their first person alien blaster, Earthfall.  In case you've missed out on it until now, the title features four player online co-op and tasks its players with surviving an alien onslaught by using 3D-printed weaponry and portable defenses.

Last night was Sony' E3 2018 Press Conference. They had some very solid and interesting games to show off during the hour-long event, but not a ton on the co-op front. In fact, the only thing that was revealed that (most likely) has co-op is Nioh 2 (wooo!)

Bungie had a new trailer for the forthcoming Destiny 2 "Forsaken" expansion during last night's Sony press conference. Look, this thing and discussion of what's in it is everywhere, so I'm not even going to try and claim some kind of "spoiler warning" here, but if you really don't want to know about the story in the expansion until you're playing it, then just don't read any further.

I truly admire Ubisoft for sticking with Just Dance being part of their E3 lineup. Every year they bringing out a dance crew, and they just commit. You may find it cringeworthy or awkward, but it is absolutely joyous and a refreshing break from how many of these presentations go. Just Dance 2019 will be marching its way onto just about every console produced in the past 13 years on October 23, 2018.

Last year, Ubisoft revealed a surprising partnership with Nintendo that lead to Mario and Rabbids Kingdom Battle. Yesterday, they announced they're teaming up again for their forthcoming action toys-to-life title, Starlink: Battle for Atlas. The core conceit here is you pick a pilot, a frame, wings, and guns, and assemble your own ship to play in the game. If you pick it up on the Switch, you can do all that with Fox McCloud and his Arwing.

Overkill’s The Walking Dead, a four-player online co-op zombie shooter from built in part by Starbreeze, will be released on November 6 on PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox One. We got our first look at the game in action from publisher 505 Games with a trailer that debuted during the PC Gaming Show at E3 2018.

We heard that there would be an Open Beta for The Crew 2 heading our way soon, and today Ubisoft revealed when it will arrive. You can get your hands on The Crew 2 starting next Thursday, June 21 and it will wrap up on Monday, June 25.

At today's Ubisoft Press Conference, Massive Entertainment revealed more details about Tom Clancy's The Division 2. Particularly, the development team discussed how they focused on the way players progress as they play and the activities that await them when they get to the coveted "endgame." At launch, The Division 2 will include an eight-man raid.

Bethesda had a lot to talk about during their press conference last night. From Rage 2, to a tease of a new DOOM game (DOOM Eternal), to their new IP (Starfield), the Maryland-based company has a lot going on. There wasn't much, unfortunately, in the way of co-op (Fallout: 76 appears to be a PvPvE survival with an emphasis on the PvP part thanks to in-game nukes), but MachineGames did have a pleasant surprise. Wolfenstein: Youngblood will be a two player co-op adventure!

Microsoft's E3 2018 press conference wrapped up just a few hours ago, and there were some exciting things announced, like a new Halo title, Dying Light 2, and Gears 5. While Microsoft Studios is making the right moves towards "hey, come check out our excellent console," it was a bit disappointing that they didn't have more to say about what they were showing.

It's unfortunate, but Crackdown 3 has been delayed until 2019 - moving it out of this fall as originally planned. The game was originally slated to launch alongside the Xbox One X last year, but has seen troubled development. If the latest screens and videos are any indication though - the third game in this cult classic franchise might be worth the wait.

As predicted, Microsoft have announced two new Gears of War games coming out in the next few years. While the other one, Gears of War Tactics is a PC exclusive strategy game similar to XCOM, Gears 5 is the PC and Xbox One title that continues the series 3rd person action.