There have been a few delistings from XBLA recently as the end of the console cycle looms and companies are biting the proverbial dust.  The latest game to disappear from Microsoft's download service is the 5 player co-op Voltron: Defender of the Universe.

Voltron: Defender of the Universe has some new DLC for fans of the game.  The "Arena of Doom" offers a survival mode that can be played cooperatively with the five robot lions.  I was cleaning out my car and managed to find 240 Microsoft Points, so I ponied up the points and gave it a spin.  I've got to say, I wasn't too impressed. 

Classic Voltron: Defender of the Universe returns in this cooperative twin stick shooter. Is it an awesome blast from the past, or just a bad memory? Find out, in our Co-Op Review!

You may have heard that Voltron: Defender of the Universe is coming out this week.  This will mean different things to different generations of gamers.  For a few of us at Co-Optimus, it means "dynotherms connected, infracells up, mega thrusters are go!"  That's Voltron speak for "COME AT ME BRO!"  Some of us grew up watching Voltron, and it was more than one staff members' favorite cartoon from the 80's.  

Videogame fans and children of the 80's - your lives may now be complete.  Or at least, I know mine is.  A brand new Voltron game is coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network courtesy of THQ complete with 5 player online co-op and 2 player local co-op.  

If I had to pick one cartoon above all others that I adored as a kid growing up in the 80's its without a doubt Voltron: Defender of the Unvierse.  It's pretty hard for me to contain my elation when I read that THQ looks to be creating a game based on the classic series to go along with new movies and a TV show created by World Event Productions - the current owner of the IP.