At long last, one of the best campaigns (in my opinion) in the Halo franchise is headed to Halo: The Master Chief Collection.  In Halo 3: ODST, players roam the streets of New Mombasa trying to figure out what happened to their fellow non-Master Chief teammates, all set to a swanky soundtrack.  By having players assume the role of human soldiers, the game took on a very grounded view of the overarching Halo storyline and gave a brief glimpse into how the antics of John-117 and friends affected the rest of the galaxy.

Who's that?  Well, it's your old pal, Enoch, here to tell you that Happy Wars will be coming out April 24th for Xbox One!  Now look, I know things haven't been so good between us since I left you to die in that underground Vietnamese lemur fighting ring, but things change, people change!  I'm different now.  No one's trying to get you to throw down five million Vietnamese dongs on a particularly tough looking lemur named "The Arm Ripper" because their Vietnamese girlfriend was feeling lucky.  Not anymore.

Developer Housemarque is gearing up to drop another PS4 exclusive. The makers of Dead Nation and Resogun have their sights set on an extraterrestrial menace in Alienation. 

Time's almost up for Xbox One players. The Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare second DLC, 'Ascendance' will soon be releasing on PlayStation 4 and PC. Players can expect it by the end of this month.

Most of the community is buzzing with excitement to hear about the latest Star Wars Battlefront trailer that released last week. We can confirm that there will be an online co-op component along with the mass multiplayer experience the Battlefront series is known for.

If you're a fan of arcade-style scrolling shoot-'em-ups, you may already know that the Xbox 360 was a bastion for the genre over the past several years. The platform hosted ports of popular Cave-developed games like DoDonPachi Resurrection, Mushihime-sama Futari, and Akai Katana, along with other notable import-only releases like Eschatos and Bullet Soul.

Extra, extra, read all about it!  Man disappears on hiking trip after releasing slanderous Smokey the Bear photos to the papparazzi!  Journey to come out in both digital and physical formats on PS4 sometime this summer!  The heat death of the universe draws ever closer, and we've likely wasted a majority of our lives pushing papers in cramped cubicles!

Adult Swim Games has launched an upgraded Steam version of developer Ostrich Banditos' stylishly pixelated open-world adventure game Westerado, greatly expanding the original game's storyline and adding a co-op multiplayer mode.

Hey guys, whatcha playing? Mortal Kombat X has loosened Bloodborne's grip on many Co-Optimus staffers, though some of us remain enthralled. Here's what we're up to this weekend.

Let's get something out of the way right now.  The Trine series has been known for consistently beautiful visuals since it first graced our liquid crystal-ridden screens, and Frozenbyte has long been the master of the whimsical fantasy aesthetic.  These two facts are infinite truths.  Pillars of all that we know to be real.  Trine 3, though?  Woof, guys.  Woof.  

There's a war in the garden, and it looks like you're invited. The too-adorable zombie/plant shooter Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare has been around for about a year, and just about anytime there's a sale, you can grab it for cheap. Case in point: for the next 11 or so days, you can get your hands on the game for cheap as part of the Humble Origin Bundle 2.

Speedrunners can utterly wreck your favorite games and leave you wanting more. When indie developer Frima opened the floodgates with a speedrunning contest featuring its 2014 couch co-op favorite Chariot, the end results surpassed their wildest expectations. Here's the story of how a co-op speedrunning team achieved a new world record....