Bungie posted an article yesterday that shed some light -- no, a lot of light -- on the Firefight four-player co-op mode featured in Halo 3: ODST, and we're lapping it up!

Last month we showed off 'Splosion Man, but with limited gameplay information at the time. Now, the developers sent out a video with commentary on the demo of the game at E3, showing us what to expect with 'Splosion Man's 4 player co-op through over 100 levels in the game. Buckle your seat belts for this one, it's a pretty wild ride!

Start those engines, it's time to take your Xbox Avatar for a Joy Ride! Joy Ride, the fully customizable Xbox Community racing game is ready to blow your mind. You are your Avatar, and you get to customize your vehicle to ride around wacky tracks and do wild tricks. We should probably also mention you can play with your friends, Co-op style. These Avatars just look like they're having too much fun, so how about you watch the trailer and tell us how much fun you'd have racing as your Avatar self with your Avatar buddies.

What? Wo wo wo wo wo! Two podcasts in a week? That's right folks - Mike, Kat, and Nick return to give their impressions on the biggest week of gaming new this year. The Co-Opticrew breaks down the big three press conferences and gives you the co-op gaming highlights from each. They also touch on some of the bigger co-op gaming announcements from 3rd parties. They did all of that out of the kindness of their hearts. Awwww.

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Since breaking the news about The Grinder, we've been very interested to learn just a little bit more about the Wii's 4 player first person horror shooter, . Kotaku came to the rescue with many details straight from the developers, and some "visual hands-on" time with the game. We already mentioned that the developers, High Voltage Software worked on 4 player horror co-op with Hunter: The Reckoning. But, what does that mean for the Wii specifically?

As I type this, I'm filing it in the back of my mind for a future Battlefield Report. While it's not an intimiate battleground tactic, DICE has implemented a feature in the upcoming Battlefield 1943 that is cooperative in nature: a "community unlockable map".

Indie developer Arcen Games sent Co-Optimus an e-mail tip announcing the availability of their latest strategy game, AI War: Fleet Command.

PSP Go announcement aside, the PSP is really getting some love this year! We're expecting to play a lot of great games before summer 2010, and a good chunk of them feature co-op, both via ad hoc (local) and infrastructure (wi-fi internet).

While DJ Hero was the "hero" game of the show on display at E3 2009, we did got some Guitar Hero 5 news to share.   

We have some hot, steamy, zombie on zombie action straight from the E3 2009 show floor - courtesy of Scott Benton from Colony of Gamers.

PixelJunk has been a busy topic lately, what with the announcement of PixelJunk Shooter for the Playstation Network, and now the PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe game will be coming to the PSP while sporting useful online co-op. Not quite a port, but not quite an original title, PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe on the PSP will give players 4 player online co-op through a lobby system new to the PSP. Many may remember how the original only had local co-op, so this is already a nice change.

Star Wars.  Indiana Jones.  Batman.  Rock Band.  Each of these franchises will become part of the LEGO series of games, and now there's a new, lightning-scarred face in that crowd: LEGO Harry Potter.  The prophecies are true, it seems; the game has long been rumored but now it has been formally announced, via trailer (embedded below through the power of the Dark Arts).