Wait, stop. Just...pull over here for a second. Thanks. I need your help getting me strapped in. Can you do that? First, reach over here, and buckle this for me - back here, where I can't reach. Got it? Okay. good. Now I need you to hold this lever with your thumb and lock this clasp shut. Wait...no, you're not -...there you go. Perfect. Now see if you can move me. No? Good, then...I'm locked in and ready for some turbulence. Let's break the news.

Right now you can snag Brink on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 for a tiny chunk of change.  Just how small?  How about ten dollars.  Ten dollars for a co-op game we gave a solid 4 out of 5 on.  Ten dollars for full eight player online co-op through the entire campaign.  Ten friggin dollars.

There's a new movie style trailer out for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 hoping to hype you for the game.  While it doesn't show any specific footage of the game's cooperative mode, it does set the stage for the single player campaign.  Our good friend Makarov is back and he's not as insane as we might have thought.  

Though the Nintendo 64 isn't exactly regarded findly by most modern gamers, it was an excellent gaming system. There might not have been a huge number of co-op games for the system, but the ones that were available provided great opportunities for teamwork in a variety of ways.

Perhaps you thought that the events of the last three Harry Potter books could've been pictured more dramatically than they were in the live action movies. Well, sir or madam, I ask you to watch this brand-spanking-new LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7 trailer and see if you still think that the case! Just look at the emotion on those little noseless LEGO faces. It doesn't get deeper than this folks.

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

It's getting darker early as fall progresses, but not nearly as dark as Dark Souls, which appears on several lists this weekend.  I guess some of our contributors are masochists or something?  Gears 3 and other recent releases, as well as drumsticks from a certain large poultry also make appearances.  Quite a lineup, don't you think?

Look at this image from Saints Row: The Third.  No doubt you've seen it before.  The Saints are moving up in the world.  Private planes, fancy cars, flashy suits, champagne, and assault rifle accessories.  The vision carries a certain elegance and style offset by the presence of firearms.  It's classy, with a nuanced subtety alluding to the dangerous lives of the characters.  Okay, it's not that subtle.  He does have a gun resting idly on his shoulder, but the image gets the job done.  Now check out this video of a cowboy bullet-juggling a mascot and making an obscene gesture.  Saints Row is cra-a-a-a-zy!

Battle Brothers!  Warhammer 40k: Space Marine is finally getting the promised cooperative mode, "Exterminatus."  For the Emperor, and all that stuff!  This is great news, because I've been holding off on the Space Marine review for over a month now.  I can't do a proper Co-Op Review if the game doesn't have co-op, can I?  

Activision has sent word that they have teamed up with toy store Toys "R" Us to launch the impressive co-op game, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.  We went hands on with the game at E3 and were incredibly impressed by the title, not only for it's unique technology, but for it being a fun family friendly game too.

Are you put to sleep by the gentle sound of shell casings hitting the concrete floor?  Is the boom of a shotgun your alarm clock wake up call in the morning?  Do you just like the sound of guns?  We've got good news for you today at 343 have revealed brand new remastered sound effects for many of Halo: Anniversary's guns.  

Transformers: War for Cybertron was one of the best co-op experiences of last year, allowing up to three players to pound Cybertron into rubble.  The latest Game Informer magazine has announced that a sequel is coming in 2012; Transformers: Fall of Cybertron.