Gears of War 3 is out today on the Xbox 360.  Our review will be up this morning, but most likely, you've already got plans to buy it - don't you?  Don't worry, we won't judge.  The Gears of War series have been a solid co-op experience through and through, with both campaign and Horde Mode co-op.  Gears 2 set the bar for it's co-op gameplay and even included more content for the co-op player in the form of DLC.  So it should come as no surprise that Gears of War 3 will continue the DLC trend.

The original Peace Walker was one of the best co-op games on the PSP, but many full console fans never got the chance to play the game.  Hurray to Konami, as they have officially announced that the upcoming HD collection of MGS games will include the 4 player co-op ready Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD.  Now details have been released explaining why owners of the standard definition version of the game should think about upgrading.

The demon is coming... and I shall be prepared for him...

Renegade Ops is a beautiful twin stick shooter from Avalanche Studios, the makers of Just Cause 2. Does it play as well as it looks? Find out in our Co-Op Review.

This week in co-op releases we'll get the highly anticipated final part in a flagship trilogy, a co-op racing game, and a Bunch of Heroes will try to save the earth from an alien zombie invasion. 

The Summer of Arcade has come and gone and we're just now starting to see how the myriad of co-op titles did.  With several big co-op games in the promotion - including Toy Soldiers: Cold War, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet and Fruit Ninja Kinect wrapped up by Crimson Alliance there was a lot vying for your summer dollar.  

Netflix dropped a bombshell on its customers late last night announcing it was splitting it's DVD by mail service and streaming service into two separate companies.  While a major price increase was announced just months ago, this announcement was supposed to be the grand plan all along...or so it seems.  With that Netflix is becoming a streaming media only company while their new DVD service is being called Qwikster.

PlayStation Plus Members (and a few lucky members on our Facebook page) managed to get access to the Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One beta this past week.  It's a bit odd to have a beta for a platformer, something that's typically reserved for first person shooters trying to do balance and server tweaks before launch, but All 4 One game isn't your typical platformer.

Capcom Arcade is a multi-game app for iPhone and iPad that lets players sample and purchase classic Capcom titles. The latest addition to the app: Final Fight, one of the all-time classic co-op beat-em-ups.

Epic’s Director of Production, Rod Fergusson, recently revealed numerous details about Gears of War 3 via a live video stream. Of chief interest are the game’s downloadable content details. First off, Epic will be selling a Season Pass that includes the first four major DLC releases for 2400 Microsoft Points. That’s a savings of $10 as the items will cost 3600 Points separately. Sure, you could wait a year and get them on sale for even less than the cost of the Season Pass, but who wants to get so far behind in Gears 3’s multiplayer? Actually, at least one piece of content will add to the single-player campaign and apparently be more significant than Gears of War 2’s “Road to Ruin” Deleted Scene.

The Dead Nation “Road of Devastation” DLC we mentioned earlier this month is coming around sooner than expected: September 27, to be precise. It’s going to cost an affordable $3.99, according to a post from the game’s designer at The Playstation Blog.

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