USA Today has posted a story covering Rock Band 3, Harmonix's upcoming music game release.  As hinted in the Green Day Rock Band demo, keyboards are included, to the satisfaction of Liberace fans everywhere.  This will bring the upper limit for co-op to seven at a time: bass, guitar, lead vocals, two backup singers, a drummer, and a keyboardist.  Tickling the ivories has been a fan request ever since the original Rock Band, and as the next logical step for the genre, it's great to finally see it.

Electronic Arts has announced that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be getting its four player co-op DLC on June 22nd (June 23rd in Europe) for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.  The price will be $10 or 800 .  This content will allow players to complete objective based missions against enemy AI on specific maps from the game's multiplayer mode.  The content should also add new achievements and trophies.

Astro has announced a new special edition of their A30 headsets celebrating this week's co-op release, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.  The branded pair of headphones features unique colors and speaker tags showcasing the game.  

We just got the first trailer for Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light for the Nintendo DS from Square-Enix.  The trailer shows off the games story and four player cooperative gameplay and will be showcased at the upcoming E3 Expo.

Sad news today out of Aperture Science Laboratories - errr - out of Valve.  If you were hoping to get your blue and orange portals on this fall with a friend in Portal 2, you're going to have to wait a while longer.  Why?  Well, it's because making games is hard. 

Sword 'n' Sandals is a genre that I always enjoyed, but have rarely been able to play in co-op. Therefore, when I heard that Clash of the Titans would contain 2 player local co-op I was hoping for great things. Did the game live up to its potential?

GameInformer has a soft spot for Indiana Jones, apparently. Well, really, though - who doesn't? The communist-slugging professor with a knack for nearly getting killed on motorcycles possesses a charm that seldom fiction heroes have anymore.

Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype takes you on a wild Shoot 'em Up ride through space, under the sea, and through a variety of beautiful environments. We take a moment to play this with a buddy, and offer you the chance to do the same. Check out the review, and enter for a chance to win a PSN code.

If there is any one thing the Wii does especially well, it's classic-style on rails shooters. Point the Wii remote at something on the screen, shoot, and the game takes care of the rest. Well, Sin and Punishment: Star Successor thinks you can do better than that. Originally released and well recieved in Japan last year, Star Successor adds an element of character control to your standard on rails shooter.

An interesting thing happened recently with the release of DOOM II on Xbox Live Arcade - not only did you get the classic game updated to be playable on the umpteenth platform with online play and the original graphics - you got a sense of the original experience of playing the game on a 14.4 modem!

Last year, the Guitar Hero brand was a bit too prolific.  That seems to have changed in 2010, with but one Guitar Hero game on the horizon.  All sorts of information has been revealed about the next Guitar Hero, subtitled Warriors of Rock.  Releasing this fall, Warriors of Rock will have a new "story-based" Quest Mode, narrated by none other than Gene Simmons.  Co-op would seem to be a point of emphasis in Quest Mode, as players "join together" on an epic journey to save rock and roll.

We just got a brand new trailer for Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days showcasing some of the hell the duo will be going through in their 48 hour period in Shanghai.  Called "She Better be Worth It," the trailer showcases the intensity and grittiness of the upcoming co-op action title.