March is sneaking up on us, bringing a bounty of games. Among the titles of games landing in March is Shogun 2: Total War. If you're still on the fence about this strategy game from the Creative Assembly, digitial distributor Steam gets the demo tomorrow for your demo-ing pleasure. Relatively little is known about what exactly the demo will contain, aside from allowing "all armchair samurai to test their skills in epic land battles and on Total War: Shogun 2’s gorgeous new campaign map." Maybe it will include some crazy weather phenomena - who knows?

At a recent Electronic Arts event in NYC we got some hands on time with a little known title called The Fancy Pants Adventures. The platformer is based on a flash game of the same name, but this time comes fully featured and with co-op. Here's our impressions of the XBLA and PSN title.

Bulletstorm, People Can Fly's much hyped-first person shooter/splatter fest, releases tomorrow.  Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 owners could play a demo for the game as early as January 25th.  PC owners...still don't have a demo.  You would think a game that has been this heavily marketed (Halo and Call of Duty parodies, Facebook content, Cliff Bleszinski's constant Tweets) would have an early demo on all platforms. According to Vice President and co-founder of Epic Games, Marc Rein, (or more accurately, according to his Twitter account):

You probably don’t remember this one, but we previewed Islands of Wakfu back at PAX 2009 - and then we didn’t really hear anything about it. Apparently that was because the developer Ankama was hard at work finishing up the local co-op Xbox LIVE Arcade exclusive.

It’s something we’ve thought about, and finally someone had the opportunity to ask - but where is the co-op campaign for the testosterone-fest Bulletstorm? We know, we know. There is always Anarchy mode, complete with four-player co-op - but what about the story? According to the interview with Epic game’s Cliff "Cliffy B" Bleszinski (avid patrons of Bulletstorm), co-op unfortunately broke the game.

Do you remember all the hub-bub Gandalf made about the northern front in The Lord of the Rings?  It was something akin to "Many Bothans...died...to bring us this information."  Subtle, but ominous.  I may be crossing my trilogy streams.   You knew things were going to be okay, or else Tolkein would have made the heroes of the War in the North the main characters in his magnum opus.  Maybe Gandalf was more confident in the Northern Army because they didn't base their entire battle strategy on a hobbit (the most kill-able creature in Middle-Earth) performing black ops behind enemy lines.

Twin stick shooters used to seem like a dime a dozen, but they really offer some of the best co-op experiences out there. A new EA published title called Gatling Gears looks to expand on the genre adding in some RPG-lite elements. We went hands on with the game at a recent event in our latest preview.

Killzone 3 launches tomorrow exclusively on the PlayStation 3 - and to gear you up for the series' first foray into co-op (it's local only) we have two brand new trailers that we scoured from the depths of YouTube.

There's a handful of  deals this week for co-op gamers, especially if you are a fan of Tom Clancy games - which have always been a fan favorite.  There's even a spiffy deal on the Games for Windows marketplace if you're looking to snag the upcoming Bulletstorm.

One of the most beloved titles for my TI-99/4A was Tunnels of Doom, which combined my love for swords and sorcery with my obsession with computers. It was a very early, primitive iteration of the computer role playing game, a genre that has been amazingly popular for almost three decades.

The Dead Island trailer not only surprised us with its deep emotional nature, it managed to surprise and get the attention of numerous folks in the movie industry.  Rumors have been circulating that the Dead Island IP has already been optioned off for a movie by Union Entertainment.  Deep Silver, the game's publisher and IP holder, sent out a press release this morning to set the record straight.

If you haven't beaten the single player campaign in Call of Duty: Black Ops - you'd only have one zombie map at your disposal for the four player co-op survival mode.  If you didn't take the time to explore the menu area of the game, you'd also be missing out on the game's other co-op mode - Dead Ops Arcade - a top down shooter.  Lucky for you, this weekend Activision is unlocking both of those options for a limited time.