Thieves, brigands, and cut-purses alike have flown a little under the radar on Microsoft's current-gen console.  Sure, you've got your "Big Bosses" and your "Templars" and whatnot, but aside from that, stealth enthusiasts have largely had to dwell in the shadows and console each other with unsuspecting neck snaps.  It wasn't always this way, though.  Once upon a time, a little game called Monaco: What's Yours is Mine tiptoed its way directly into our hearts.

Last Friday, the Friday Awesomely Live Co-Op crew finished off Zonaco and suddenly felt an overwhelming feeling of emptiness as we realized we'd finished Monaco. Then our friend Bakken Hood pointed out that there's another campaign that goes by the name of Fin. That's "Fin" as in the French word meaning "The End," not "Finn," the handsome new hero of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Although, a Monaco campaign based on a Storm Trooper gone rogue, releasing a Resistance fighter from captivity, and escaping from a Star Destroyer together would be pretty bad-ass.

We've probably played more Monaco than you care to watch, but this episode of Friday Awesomely Live Co-Op is worth your attention. We've played the majority of Zonaco (the zombie mode of Monaco) with just the three of us, and during this episode, we realized that we've been playing it wrong this whole time. Our good friend Bakken Hood joined us, and demonstrated his innate ability to strategically throw his body at Bloaters to great effect. Sure, we had to revive him several many many times, but he always managed to take out several zombies with him, or destroy lasers/turrets. Impressive, to say the least.

Towards the end of the month I only have one thing on my mind; what do I get free next month with Games with Gold?  There has been a veritable co-opathon with this 360/One scheme and that is set to continue this September with three out of the four games featuring co-op.

Like hands on a clock, it seems that the Humble Indie Bundles come round and round, providing Co-Optimus readers with great co-op titles on the cheap (the bundle, not the clocks).  This time you can wrestle with Guacamelee and pay a little over the average to get Monaco: What's Yours is Mine for a steal.

Level Designer of Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine, Andy Nguyen, updated the game today with a brand new patch titled: "The Architect Patch". New streamlined campaign experiences being featured, as well as other new gameplay additions, perfect Pocketwatch Games' already very addictive co-op title.

Every other Monday the regular podcast crew gets together to stream a game via our Twitch.TV channel. We then post it to YouTube. How's that for social synergy? This week we checked out the brand new zombie mode in Monaco: What's Yours is Mine which was released as a free update for the PC version of the game.

Half a year after the game's release, Pocketwatch Games has released what is dubbed the "Huge Free Update" for the stealth action game Monaco. It's called huge because there's lots of new stuff, and it's free and an update because, well, it is.

If you have a pair of dusty old tights around the house, why not shove them on your head and play Monaco: What's Yours is Mine?  The game is already out on PC and XBLA, but as of October 21st, it will also be available via Linux.

The hardships of XBLA development continue, as the developers of Monaco, Pocketwatch Games, recently described their overall disappointment with the game’s low XBLA sales. Due to its complications during launch, Andy Schatz of Pocketwatch expressed his thoughts on the results of the Xbox 360 version.

After playing Monaco: What’s Yours is Mine for the first time, we had to beg the question: “Would a level editor eventually make it into this game?” Just think of the all the possibilities for different co-op missions one could create if given the opportunity. Luckily for us, Pocketwatch Games actually listened to their fans and granted Monaco players the chance to design their own levels!

The Co-Optimus staff has really taken a liking to Monaco: What's Yours is Mine. The four player online and offline co-op game earned the coveted Editors Choice award for being an all-around great co-op gem. Our staff and community have enjoyed the heck out of this game and we want to spread the joy.