We just recently found out that The Adventures of Tintin: The Game has a two person local co-op mode.  The movie tie-in is a platformer with some other genres mixed in for good measure.  We have a new video today where you can see some of the gameplay elements as well as the co-op mode in action.  It looks kind of interesting and there seem to be multiple puzzle elements.  You can even play as Tintin's dog, Snowy (Or Milou, si vous parlez français.)

It’s time once again for another installment of Tabletop Co-Op. Once every month or so, we’ll go a bit beyond the realm of video games and take a close look at board and card games that feature co-op. Our focus this time around is on one of the hottest (if you’ll pardon the pun) games, funded at Kickstarter just a few months ago: Flash Point Fire Rescue.

Do you want to be in a video game?  Do you look like the subject in the lead image? (The human, not the robot.)  Are you going to be in Texas tomorrow?  Or more accurately, Dallas, Texas?  Gearbox Software is holding a casting call for a live action version of Borderlands' Lilith.  Whoever wins the role will appear in Borderlands 2.  The role will be similar to that of the Guardian Angel from the first game.

Today I decided to check out the new Iron Brigade update.  You know, the one that changes the game's name from Trenched to Iron Brigade.  After re-downloading the title I was greeted with an error - one of those nice semi-paradoxical errors that technology loves to whip out on us simple folk:

  Finally, the last set of Spec Ops missions. Enjoy our final co-op playthrough of Modern Warfare 3 where we take on more and more dudes than ever.  From hacking into a server to taking down an army in an AC130 we had a great time with these missions, all except for one.  Smack Town is ridiculously challenging and we...

This week, several Capcom and Ubisoft Xbox Live Arcade games are on sale for 33-50 percent off. Naturally there are co-op deals to be had, including Final Fight: Double Impact, Interpol, and Outland – all on sale for 400 Microsoft Points each.

There used to be a time when game developers added a deathmatch mode to a game simply so they could have the multiplayer bullet point on the back of the box.  It seems though now we've gone a different, and much more preferred method, co-op.  Single player games have been adding a co-op mode to increase replayability and interest, titles like Mass Effect 3 and Syndicate spring to mind immediately.  The latest game to follow this trend is 2K Games The Darkness II which is out early next year on consoles and PC.

"Let me sell you something."  That's the only phrase I can think of when I see the new Xbox 360 Dashboard, which is out now on your console via a free update.  The updated dashboard replaces the "New Xbox Experience" design which came out almost 3 years ago.  The latest iteration puts the dashboard in line with a new design philosophy at Microsoft brought on by Windows Phone 7 called "Metro" - square tiles that bubble up information to the user in a simple and clean design.  There's one problem with the implementation on the Xbox 360 though - it's anything but clean.

That's it!  I've had it!  I'm going to stop declaring the 2011 gaming season officially over.  Every time I prepare to put the Co-Op Release Alert on winter hiatus a new game decides to launch.  This week was looking pretty bleak until this tweet popped up.  Thanks, Frozenbyte.  You've guaranteed a Co-Op Release Alert all the way up until Christmas.  Jerks.

Christmas is coming early, co-op gamers!  Trine 2, the sequel to the excellent puzzle platformer, Trine, has been given an official release date via Twitter!  PC and Mac gamers must have been especially good.  Trine 2 will be available for download this week, on December 7th.  Console games must have been well behaved, as well; Trine 2 will appear on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and PlayStation Network on December 21st.  Linux users? You must have been bad.  You won't get the game until 2012.

After a skipped column in November, we’re back in December for another edition of MMO Co-Opportunities. It’s been exceedingly quiet on the MMO front of late (thus, the skipped November issue), but this month marks the release of Bioware’s first MMO: the Old Republic. Come, let us gossip and geek out about it.

It's almost 2012 and that means it's time to start talking Halo 4.  The next game in the series continues the story of the Master Chief sometime after the events of Halo 3.  343 Industries and series veteran Frank O'Conner chatted up some of the details of the game with website DigitalTrends.