Earlier this month, Game Informer revealed the new Lara Croft for the Tomb Raider re-boot.  The game will feature a young Lara who is shipwrecked and must hone her skills to survive in a hostile environment.  This will be-wait for it-an origin story.  Everyone loves an origin story, right?  I hope she wins a pod race and has mommy issues.  She looks like the brain child of Michael Bay and Eli Roth: sweaty, filthy, brutalized and jail-bait-y.  It should sell a billion copies.  

2010 is rapidly coming to a close and it was another epic year for co-op gamers.  We took a look back at the news stories and features from the past year and a handful of games stood out amongst the 150 co-op titles that saw the light of day in 2010.  

Tecmo Koei have sent along some new Dynasty Warriors 7 info this morning, including a brand new batch of screenshots showing off the game's revamped graphics engine.

It's time once again for another world famous Co-Optimus Xbox Live Co-Op Night! This months game of choice is Call of Duty: Black Ops and we'll be playing both the Zombies and Combat Training modes in co-op!

Are you still looking for a job this holiday season?  Do you know what esoteric terms like "Software Development Engineer," "Mulitplayer Designer," or "Consumer Products Associate" mean?  Do you live anywhere near Redmond, Washington?  Well if so, 343 Industries may just have a job for you.  Boldly asking applicants to "Come be part of the awesome," 343 Industries is looking for team members for the new Halo project.  The Halo games have always been incredibly co-op friendly, including the latest iteration: Halo: Reach.

The votes were tallied in the contest of the DLC - and it looks like Kain and Raziel have won as the first set of co-op characters to download for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light.  The duo beat out Kane and Lynch as the other set of characters that would be available in the game, both sets of characters are available to download now - one free, one not.

It was only a little over a month ago when we told you that Harmonix's parent company, Viacom, was putting the developer up for sale after only owning them for a few years.  Rock Band 3 sales numbers were partially to blame for this, but the $179 million dollar selling price surely contributed.

Last summer we brought you our hands-on preview of the new Contra sequel.  Hard Corps: Uprising may be losing the 'Contra' prefix, but the same run and gun co-op action will be present.  Konami's new title will be available for download on the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.  Players will take control of super soldiers Bahamut and Krystal.  But who cares about the characters?  Old favorites like the Spread Gun and Laser will return, and let's face it, getting that big winged "S" is what you really remember from the early games.

Do you know what's the best thing about Christmas?  Other than all the righteous indignation of insane people who think that the biggest holiday in the free world isn't being celebrated enough, or in the proper fashion? No, not presents.  Early presents.  Here are some fresh screens from the 4 player co-op loot-opia, Diablo 3.  The third installment of the Diablo franchise doesn't have a solid release date, all we know is that is should be released sometime next year.  Until then, enjoy!

This boss is pretty much impossible if you play solo.

Little Big Planet 2 has gone gold, meaning no more delays, and it'll be out on store shelves on January 18th, 2011.  

Our contests continue as we round out 2010 - and this one is another huge giveaway for one lucky winner!  Up for grabs is a co-op prize pack featuring goodies from Co-Optimus and SteelSeries!  Bet you can't guess what they are?