Ruffian Games, the developer behind Crackdown 2, has some rather interesting teases for what could be their next game. Last January, the Scotland based team was in search of some more programmers to help them work on some "really exciting, high action, visceral titles that are heavily focused on online [components]." Speculation began about what their next game might be, if it would have co-op, and if it would be another Crackdown title. Now, word comes from Ruffian that the company has "signed a major contract with one of the biggest publishers in the industry."

Driver: San Francisco is an enjoyable open world driving game. With a single-player story, separate split-screen co-op modes, and extensive 8-player online modes, it certainly gives players plenty to do. Any game of that scale is likely to have a bug or three out of the gate. Thankfully, Ubisoft has just released a major patch for both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 that corrects numerous issues. The update doesn’t seem to affect the split-screen co-op experience much, but at least it improves on an already solid title.

A lot of the staff will be hitting up Uncharted 3 for our community night this weekend while the rest of the staff will be playing Dungeon Defenders in anticipation of our community night NEXT weekend.  With those two games out of the way there's still plenty of time left for the falls biggest releases and I'm pretty sure we've hit them all.

Oh, sweet!  Killing Floor is free to play this weekend!  For those of you who don't know, Killing Floor is a PC horror themed FPS that offers online co-op for up to six players.  We reviewed it way back in 2009, and we really enjoyed the title, giving it a 4.5/5.  Not only is the game free to play, there's also a "Twisted Christmas" event going on.  That's right, you can blast mutant reindeer and gruesome gingerbread men into tiny little bite-sized pieces.  The "Twisted Christmas" event also includes new weapons, new achievements, and a new map.  All of the details are right here.  Check out the following video for more information.

These days, online passes are a point of contention between gamers. People who purchase mostly new games (like me) don’t mind them, while used game aficionados hate the idea of an online pass cutting into their welfare checks (just kidding). The whole purpose behind online passes is to allow developers to recoup some of the lost profits from used game sales. But at least one developer doesn’t want one included in his game – namely David Jaffe, director of the upcoming Twisted Metal reboot.

Fan films are all the rage these days, but most can't seem to actually hold a visual candle to the source material.  While their hearts are usually in the right place, these films lack the financial backing to turn their creator's true vision into a reality.  That's what makes the Left 4 Dead fan film so unique - it's being created by several folks from Airsoft GI, manufacturers of Airsoft guns.  They also seem to have a few sponsors on board helping fill the coffers and creating something that looks like Left 4 Dead..

A Valley Without Wind has been in beta for some time now, but there's been a key feature missing in the procedural side scroller - cooperative play.  Arcen Games have announced the game has entered a multiplayer alpha phase - and already it's paying off.  

This Saturday, December 10th, we're hosting a co-op night featuring Uncharted 3 on PS3, starting at 8PM Central. We haven't done many PS3 events, and you've all been asking for them, so here you go! We're going to keep running co-op nights for all three platforms so there will be more to come for PS3 fans.

Do you not have enough Xbox LIVE in your life?  When you're at your weekly iOMGApple! meeting, are you curious as to what your 360 friends are playing?  Are you playing Infinity Blade 2 right frick'n now, but you refuse to put it down unless your elderly piano tutor, "ALurBLZbLNGS2MeH," is ready to throw down on some Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 console carnage?  Are you at work, and you want to see if your husband is really taking care of the baby, and not slogging his way through his 200th hour of Dark Souls?  Well there's an app for that!

As the Playstation Vita draws nearer to launch, developers continue to announce new and exciting games for it. A title that really peaks my own interest is Samurai & Dragons, a combination action-RPG and city building simulator. If that wasn’t a promising enough description already, it will also pack four-player co-op support. Is it okay to get excited now?

Amazon is offering deals for today only on a ton of great PlayStation 3 titles, many which include co-op play.  Here's what you can snag for almost 50% off.

The Dark Souls 1.05 patch has finally come stateside.  It rolled out in Japan a little over a month ago, and it began showing up on North American consoles shortly thereafter.  This new patch includes a host of features and fixes, but the most important one for me, and many other players, is an improvement on the multiplayer summoning system.  If you've been following the whole Dark Souls co-op ordeal, you know what I'm talking about.  Previously, I openly doubted whether any real solution would ever be enabled.  After hours of post-patch testing, I'm happy, nay, delighted to report that the multiplayer portion of the game has been fixed.