Like a strange alien creature that was once the dinner lady, the latest news about the Dead Space franchise could be described as missing a few limbs.  Rumors are abound that the fun on-rails co-op shooter Dead Space Extraction is being adapted to High Definition for LIVE and PSN.  Despite disappointing sales, we at co-optimus think it is a great game and I personally rate it as one of the best games I have played on the Wii. 

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No, that is money burning in the background.

Despite selling 2.9 million copies of Left 4 Dead 2, as well as 2.7 million of Dragon Age: Origins, Electronic Arts posted a loss of 82 million dollars last quarter.  Sounds bad, right?  Considering the same quarter last year EA lost over 641 million dollars,  that's a pretty solid improvement year over year.

It's good to see sales of the four player co-op shooter selling well, despite some misgivings about the timing of a sequel to last year's co-op game of the year.  EA is looking to have a solid next quarter and is well on the way there with Mass Effect 2 selling over 2 million copies in its first two weeks alone.  Sprinkle in some Army of Two: The 40th Day for good measure and that ship might just be headed in the right direction.

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It seems as if this is the week for some good co-op deals.  Major Nelson posted on his site that this week's "Deal of The Week" includes not one, but two (!) co-op titles - TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled and Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao.  Turtles in Time will run you just 400 Microsoft points, while Invincible Tiger will be a little more at 800.  We took a shine to the co-op experience in both games, and both can be enjoyed locally and/or on-line with friends.  So if you're in the market for a couple of fun, digital co-op titles that won't break your Microsoft space bucks bank, then hop on your 360 and give them a spin.

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If you've missed out on some of the great co-op titles of this generation on the Xbox 360, now's your chance to pick a trio up for around $40.  Amazon is running a promotion that includes 36 titles, 9 of which are co-op games, at a buy 2 get 1 free price.  Most titles are $20 a piece.

It might be a good time to snag Resident Evil 5 with the upcoming DLC coming out, you'd be able to own the Gold Edition for a fraction of the cost.  

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Did Fable 2's co-op mode piss you off?  Did you fling your controller while trying to adjust the camera?  Did you punch Grandma in the spleen because you couldn't bring your single player character into her game for co-op?  Would you say you were "super pissed?"  Hold onto that nerd rage because it's about to continue into the game's sequel.  According to Peter Molyneux there's going to be a big announcement for Fable 3 at Microsoft's X10 event in San Francisco this week, but he's a bit nervous about how it's going to go.

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Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.

The stories for this week:

- Splinter Cell Conviction Definitely Coming April 13
- Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Coming in Episodic Form
- BioShock 2 and Dante's Inferno Highlight Releases

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Today, we begin a two part series about the future of band-centric video games. In this first part, we will examine the band games that have already been released (or announced), in order to determine what characteristics they share.

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Left 4 Dead 2's been updated on the PC with a host of fixes and tweaks not only to gameplay - but to the maps and SDK as well.  There's an Xbox 360 title update in the works to incorporate these fixes as well as a few previous fixes.  

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The North East United States is set to get slammed again with snow as mass chaos ensues.  Grocery stores are out of milk, eggs and bread as people unexpectedly have a craving for French toast during snow storms.  Thankfully being snowed in means plenty of time for gaming...well gaming and other stuff.

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Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition is giving us some pretty snazzy content to go with it. Where did all this content come from merely a year after the full games release? Well, the games director has a bit to say about the "Lost in Nightmares" chapter. "Lost in Nightmares" is the content that fills in the story when Chris and Jill confront Wesker in the mansion. The Directors Blog has some details about where this "deleted scene" came from, and how they fit it in with the Gold content.

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