Have you been thinking to yourself that it's been too long since you've massacred countless yellow turbans? Well, if not, too bad! Another Dynasty Warriors game is on the way: Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires. Currently slotted as a PS3 exclusive, DW7: Empires is due out September 20th in Japan with a western release planned for sometime in 2013. A new character will be added (Xu Shu) as well as an in-depth political and tactical system. Other than that, though, little is known; however, being a Dynasty Warriors game, I'm sure you can fill in a lot of the gaps.

It's been sometime since we first heard about Alien Fear, the download FPS from developer City Interactive.  Apparently the game was being shown off at E3 2012, but the Co-Opticrew failed to find it.  Sad too, because the two player co-op game looks really slick.  If the graphic quality in these screenshots are any indication of the quality of the overall product, I think we're in for a pretty solid experience.

I love surprise games at E3.  These are the games you've either never heard of or never had any interest in.  For Guardians of Middle-Earth, an upcoming MOBA from Monolith, the game was a pleasant surprise on many levels as it was just announced right before the show.

We spent a good chunk of time checking out everything at the Square Enix booth, as they had a pretty strong lineup this year. With Tomb Raider and Hitman: Absolution stealing most of the attention. There were some other cool titles that caught our eye like Quantum Conundrum and a co-op gem for the Nintendo 3DS called Heroes of Ruin. 

The announcement of Pikmin 3 at E3 was one game we couldn’t wait to learn more about. With the Wii U just months away from release, we wanted to grab as much info on Nintendo’s next-gen, co-op titles as possible. From the big Nintendo cheese himself, Shigeru Miyamoto, we got the inside scoop on Pikmin 3's co-op capabilities.

Oh no! Someone got co-op in an established horror franchise again! Never fear, horror fans, I assure you Dead Space 3 will still leave you trembling, or whatever it is you do when you're scared. The EA "booth complex" had a Dead Space 3 video which showed off the game's new co-op mode. I guess it's not really a "mode." They simply added drop-in/drop-out co-op to the campaign. 

Aliens: Colonial Marines had a strong presence at the Sega booth. Gearbox managed to score the original Alien Queen as well as a sweet Powerloader/Soldier Alien display. The multiplayer versus mode of the game was available to the press (short line) and  public (ridiculous line). The gameplay featured a team of Marines in a heated battle against a pack (gaggle, hive, herd, murder?) of Xenomorphs. Yeah, I know it's not co-op, but at least Mike and I would get a chance to feel how the game played. And it felt goooooood.

On Tuesday night of E3 2012 we were able to attend a party where the Hawken developers were showing off the current build of their fast paced mech game. Now Hawken does not contain any co-op...yet, but the game was so damn impressive we wanted to report on it. 

Long lines and a distinct lack of appointments given to us from Nintendo largely kept our busy editors away from test-driving the WiiU at this year's E3, but as luck would have it, our Warner Bros. booth visit included a chance to check out Scribblenauts Unlimited, the first co-op entry in the popular 

Diablo 3 has gotten a new patch which brings a major change to co-op gameplay.  Previously as more players joined your game, the difficulty of monsters would scale up - this included not only their health but their damage.  The patch has removed the damage scaling but left the health scaling in tact.  It's a curious change, one that Blizzard hopes encourages players to play co-op more.  The patch also makes pots drop less gold than before.  I guess calls from the anti-pot destruction league worked.

While visiting the Atlus booth at E3 and ogling Persona 4 Arena, I noticed that there was a small 3DS demo station tucked into the back corner. Upon further inspection, I discovered that there was a playable build of the just-announced Code of Princess, a 2D side-scrolling brawler due out this Fall.

In this world of global events, some people may be unawares that it is currently the football European Championship held in Poland and the Ukraine.  Not big co-op news in itself, but if there is one thing that will get millions of English people around their TV, its soccer.  Seeing this potential audience, Microsoft cleverly released their extended live action trailer for Halo 4 during the half time adverts of England vs France.  Courtesy of the Tube of You, we can also get a glimpse of the video.