Konami has just announced that it will be publishing Ninety-Nine Nights 2 in Europe and North America when the game releases this spring on the Xbox 360.  The two player co-op title does still have Microsoft's involvement, who published the first game, though it's unclear how.

Just in time for the release of the first of two new DLC packs, Resident Evil 5 joins the list of great co-op titles (one of which is slated for tomorrow's XBox LIVE Co-Op Night) available through XBox LIVE's Games on Demand service.  Now, I'm sure the question many of you are asking is, "Shouldn't I just wait and buy the Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition that's set to be released in three weeks' time?"  Well, if you crunch the numbers on all of it, snagging the Games on Demand version of Resident Evil 5 ($29.99) and all of the DLC as it becomes available, which in total will come to 1520 , will set you back about $48.98.  That's just a couple dollars more than the current pre-order price for the Gold Edition on Amazon of $46.99.  To put it another way, picking up the game and the "Lost in Nightmares" DLC now gets you an additional three weeks to enjoy the new Jill and Chris chapter, as well as zombie slaying with Excella and Barry Burton in Mercenaries mode, and an additional week with the "Desperate Escape" DLC, all for just $2 more.

Two Amazon sales today will be of particular interest to co-op fans.  The XBox 360 version of online juggernaut Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is discounted, down to $39.96.  If you prefer comic book style Juggernauts, then Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 is a good bet (though Juggy is only available as DLC).  The game was recently discounted down to $40, but today's sale allows you to pick up the Wii, 360, or PS3 versions for a mere $19.99.  The game wasn't as good as it's predecessor, but it's worth playing at that price for the story, alone.  Click on the boxart for the deals, and help support Co-Optimus!

Midway Games closed up shop last year as the company went completely bankrupt.  Pieces of its franchises were sold off to various publishers, but a lot of its back catalog remained in jeopardy.  

"It's time to kick XBLA and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of gum."  The latest tweet from 3DRealms has revealed that next weeks XBLA Deal of the Week is 8 player co-op classic Duke Nukem 3D.  At the bargain price of 400 Microsoft Points it would be a shame not to rid the world of alien scum.  So as of February 22nd make sure that you "come get some."  Why not visit Co-Optimus' meet up forums and find 7 like minded steroid infused psychopaths to play with?

BAFTA have announced the nominations for their 2010 Video Game Awards.  Contrary to popular belief, BAFTA does not stand for Badgers Are Fairly Tense Anglers, but British Academy of Film and Television Art.  The BAFTAs are considered the UK equivalent of the American Oscars.  Since 2005 they have given out gongs to video games and have become one of the most prestigious awards for the industry.  Click on Read More to find out which co-op games have been nominated.

While White Knight Chronicles is not the be-all, end-all, genre-defining game I had hoped it would be, it's still an excellent experience, and the co-op modes add some value beyond the single player story mode.

In spite of the date set forth by Amazon.com and GameStop.com, the co-op mech-giant Transformers: War for Cybertron will be shipping this May. So far, we know that Transformers: War for Cybertron has a really sweet trailer but we hadn't heard much else about the gameplay or co-op within. Activision CEO Mike Griffith revealed the official release date last week, and we can't wait to see some of the new exciting things this Transformers brings us in the months leading up to release.

Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising is only 23 short days away, but if you need to pass the time while waiting for the expansion pack to last year's awesome 2 player co-op RTS, perhaps Saint's Row 2 will fit the bill?  After all, it's a co-op game as well!

Despite our best guesses, and that's all they were...guesses, the official fact sheet for Halo Reach has hit our inboxes.  Even though there is a focus on six different Spartans in Noble Squad for the Halo Reach campaign, the game won't support six player co-op, but instead support the traditional four found in previous Halo titles Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST.

When there is no room in hell, the dead shall walk the Earth.  That's why over the first two months of Left 4 Dead 2 we sent over 28 Billion zombies back from whence they came.  These figures, that span both the PC and 360 version of the game, have just been released via the Valve Blog.  

BattleForge, EA Phenomic's card-trading-meets-RTS game, has received another expansion entitled the Lost Souls Edition. As you might recall, BattleForge is a free-to-play game where you can purchase BattleForge points for real money which you can then use to buy booster packs in-game or use to trade with other players for specific cards via an auction system. The Lost Souls Edition introduces 120 new cards, 28 of which are from the Twilight and Lost Souls factions (14 of each), previously only seen as enemies in the game.