A few months ago we brought you news that Atari is remaking the Atari 2600 classic, Yar's Revenge.  The staff member (hint: it was me) who posted the article was a little distraught over the new look of "Yar."  The main protagonist of the game is no longer a bad-a$$ metallic fly, but is now a half-armored anime girl.  Remember the slow death currently happening to the Japanese game industry?  Can we please stop emulating them? I've seen a lot of half-dressed anime babes in gaming, I cannot say the same for giant metal death flies.  

Everything old is new again, it seems.  Retro remakes are all the rage right now, and with so many different systems to release on, anyone can have easy access to the classics of yesteryear.  One such vintage powerhouse coming to a phone near you is Double Dragon.  If you're not familiar with Double Dragon, stop what you are doing and read the Co-Op Classics article covering it; it's one of the most influential games of all time, particularly from a co-op standpoint.  A few years back, Billy and Jimmy made their way onto XBLA, and next month, they're headed to iOS devices.

Thanks to massive fan support, (or an overwhelming desire to cash in) DLC for the Guitar Hero franchise is not quite dead yet.  We previously reported that Activision had dissolved their Guitar Hero division in response to the poor performance of music games in general.   New DLC was no longer going to be available after February.  It seems that pumping out a new game every couple of months has repercussions when considering the rule of supply and demand.  (When's that new Call of Duty game coming out again?)

Serious Sam 3: BFE will be coming out this summer, and the producers couldn't be happier.  In a boisterous new press release developer Croteam and producer Devolver Digital express excitement akin to a child opening a new present on Christmas day.  There were some questions as to what, exactly, the "BFE" stood for in the new title.  Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel, so the "BFE" stands for "Before the First Encounter."  The game also takes place in 22nd century Egypt, so take what you want from that.

We've done some ranting and raving here about Dawn of War 2. From an interview about the original Dawn of War 2, to a video review of its expansion, Chaos Rising, to co-op nights and no too few This Week In Co-op sessions, DoW2 has gotten some significant play-time around here. I think it's fair to say we enjoy it. Good news for us then, because DoW2's stand-alone expansion, Dawn of War 2: Retribution, releases tomorrow. DoW2: Retribution will be abandoning the Games for Windows support in favor of Steamworks. The campaign will also let you play as more than just the Space Marines (yay!), letting you also control the Tyranids, Chaos Marines, Orks, Eldar, and Imperial Guard in full co-op support.

We missed this one last week, but LittleBigPlanet 2 received its first big update - version 1.01 Cupcake as MediaMolecule calls it.  The patch fixes a whole host of issues, including some really strange ones like having your entire POD go missing, Clank missing eyes, and a "squishy" SackBoy.

It seems like forever that we've been covering Brink, but as we inch closer to a solid release date, we went hands on with the game at a recent preview event to bring you all the goods. Character customization, weapon customization, and 8 player co-op is the name of the game. Here's our preview.

At a recent preview event in NYC, Co-Optimus went hands on with Hunted: The Demon's Forge, the co-op action RPG from developer inXile and published by Bethesda. In our exclusive hands on look of the game we talk story, loot, quests, gameplay mechanics, and of course - co-op.

Razer have announced a brand new set of wireless headsets that are compatible with the Xbox 360 as well as other devices.  Coming in two flavors, the Chimaera 5.1 Surround Sound and Chimaera Stereo, these headsets focus on audio quality and communication while cutting the cords.   While the set is designed to work for the Xbox 360, the base station contains many standard input jacks allowing you to hook the cans up to your PC or other devices.  

The end of the winter months are in sight as February comes to a close.  Hard to believe we're already two months into 2011 and there are plenty of great co-op releases behind us like Killzone 3, Bulletstorm, and others.  March looks to be plenty busy on its own with a handful of solid releases kicking off this Tuesday with Dawn of War II: Retribution.  March also will see the Co-Opticrew heading to Boston, MA for the PAX East Expo.  If you're going we hope to see you there!

You'll have to go this one alone

During a recent press conference, a boatload of stuff was announced for Xbox 360 - a lot of it pertaining to upcoming co-op releases. Major Nelson was kind enough to compile all of the news announcements on his blog for us. We're especially excited to see the Beta event for Gears of War 3 is public starting mid-April, but there are others to look at as well.