Motion gaming is coming to Portal 2.  It won't be for  the PlayStation Move, and no, it won't be for the Xbox Kinect, either.  Another motion control peripheral is coming to the PC in the form of the Razer Hydra.  Unlike consoles' camera motion controls, the Razer Hydra has a base station that creates an electro magnetic field that can be manipulated by two Wii/Move like controllers.  Players can use the peripheral to stretch blocks and expertly manipulate lasers.  No word on whether these motion controlled levels will support co-op, it may just be a polished tech demo.

Eight player co-op fantasy RPG Two Worlds II is already available in mainland Europe, but what was a small wait for the Brits (January 25th) has now become a slightly less small wait - February 4th. According to Eurogamer, one million copies have already been sold, and those copies all have English language tracks.

The media continues to roll out for Dynasty Warriors 7 on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 - and for the first time in quite some time - we're really impressed with the game's graphics.  The screens are not only colorful, but detailed, and the character models look like a perfect upgrade for the series.

Did someone cast a darkness spell on the release date for the PC version of Fable 3? We’ve seen, beaten, and are just waiting for some DLC on the console Xbox 360 version, but still no word for PC gamers. CES did offer us a bit of light on the game, as it was available for previewing at the Microsoft booth just last week. Hopefully that means they’re just about ready to give up the goods and release for PC already.

It's no secret that Shogun 2: Total War will boast impressive graphics, especially for an RTS game; the real question is, can your PC run it? Sega recently made a post on their blog revealing minimum and recommended system specs for the game. Read on to see if your PC is up for the job.

Nintendo's Wii is definitely a successful console, by pretty much anyone's standard.  But if there's one area that the Wii is sorely lacking in, it's online play, and specifically, online co-op.  Less than twenty Wii games in our database have online co-op, and most of them are music games.  But The Last Story, an upcoming RPG from Mistwalker, is definitely an exception to the rule.

CES is about gadgets. Most gadgets don’t apply to us, but when we get a solid lead on a new headset that brings players together through communication we can’t help but get a little excited. The new Steelseries Spectrum 7xb is a wireless headset that does just that for the Xbox 360. The headset features a retractable microphone, easy to use settings on the right earcup, and a few different settings to really bring players into the game.  We we're big fans of the wired 5XBs, so the 7XBs sound like a worthy upgrade.

Finally looking at some cross-platforming action, Dungeon Defenders brought PC, Droid Phone, and PS3 players together at CES. Now, the Droid phone has to be pretty high powered to do something like playing in the same game as the PC and PS3 players, so Nvidia pitched in a bit to give this handheld device the boost it needed to keep up. Ripten takes a look at the specs while both Co-optimus and Ripten awe at the co-op capabilities.

It’s time now for some new Dawn of War 2: Retribution info that should get the mouth watering for most of us, once again. First on the agenda is a great collectors edition of Retribution, complete with all six races bonus wargear, poster, and race cards in a nice bundle. If you’re just not into that sort of thing and you’re especially in love with a particular race, you’ll be able to buy the individual race edition of Retribution at the normal retail price.

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

While the focus here at Co-Optimus has been and always will be on video games, we reserve the right to cover other cooperative gaming experiences as well. Today, we’ll take a look at Forbidden Island, a delightful co-op board game.

If you didn't get enough games for the holidays, Microsoft has you covered.  Major Nelson has more goodies coming your way this January.  The week of January 10, which my sources tell me is coming soon, will have yet another zombie theme.  Are you sick or zombies yet?  Heck no!  Zombie Apocalypse will be available, followed up by a discounted Plants vs. Zombies on January 17th.  Crackdown 2 is already On Demand, for those of you who like to do your crime fighting with a friend.