Amazon's Gold Box deal of the day is none other than the recently release three player co-op, Transformers: War for Cybertron on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.  The sale price puts the game just over $40.  Not a bad deal for a game we gave a solid 4 out of 5 for its co-op review.  Remember, War for Cybertron not only has the three player co-op campaign for both Autobots and Decepticons, but it also has the four player escalation mode which is the game's take on the popular survival modes.

Near, Far, Co-op Wherever You Are is a look at open world co-op games, and the differences between them. Whether you're tied together, given total freedom, or somewhere in the middle - each one of these designs plays a key role in how the cooperative experience will work.

Over 100 "top-selling" artists' tracks are being recruited for DJ Hero 2, due this October. Activision is rolling the hype train out of the station, claiming that the unique mixes stemming from this pool of tracks will be the "best soundtrack in entertainment".

In addition to her signature twin H&K USP Match pistols, Lara Croft and her partner Totec will create mayhem with submachine guns, assault rifles, a flame thrower, a grenade launcher, and even a bazooka in the upcoming arcade adventure Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light - in fact, there are over 30 weapons in total!

Activision has announced a brand new flight sim for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 called Apache: Air Assault.  The game is being developed by Gaijin Entertainment and features sixteen multi-level stages through the environments of Africa, Middle East, and Central America.  Catering to both the hardcore and casual, the game will offer both arcade and simulation styles of play.

We're pretty proud of the face we just reached a major milestone for the website - over 1000 co-op games in our database! To celebrate we're having a monster giveaway with almost a dozen prizes including a new Xbox 360 Slim console, Copies of Crackdown 2, T-Shirts and more!

If there is one game type that needs more co-op it's the addictive action puzzle game genre. Of that genre the most famous for nibbling away at our time is PopCap Games with their Peggle, and Plants Vs. Zombies. Of course this means we're very excited to announce that Plants Vs. Zombies will have a co-op mode when it moves over from the PC to the Xbox LIVE Arcade.

It looks like the power of the Summer of Arcade promo will be holding Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light hostage for a while. Once Lara Croft launches for the Summer of Arcade on the XBLA, the title will not be seen on the PSN or Steam for at least four weeks.

Valve has announced it will be releasing a free co-op top down shooter called Alien Swarm.  If that name sounds familiar, it's because there is an Unreal Tournament mod of the same name.  Valve happened to hire a bunch of the original mod team and one of their side projects was to recreate the title in the Source engine after working on Portal 2 and Left 4 Dead.

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

You'd think that a game based on Superman would be great. After all, who among us doesn't wish we had super powers like the Man of Steel? The game isn't quite as indestructible, with all manner of odd decisions. I can't think of a more bizarre way to adapt a character into a video game.

As we finally get closer to the release of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty we are hearing a lot more details about the new Battle.net 2.0. With the increasing obsession with achievements and rewards for playing games (aside from the game itself), Battle.net will be catering to gamers desire to show off.