As the gaming season winds down, we are still kneed deep in our reviews. This month we have several triple A single player titles to look at including two from the James Bond franchise, a new Assasin's Creed and many others. Beyond Co-Op Reviews look at the games that don't necessarily have co-op.

We've talked about Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood in the past on Co-Optimus, not because it contains co-op, but rather to clear up confusion that it DOESN'T contain co-op.  All of the marketing material, videos, and information we had scene suggested cooperative play without actually saying it - after all - a brotherhood isn't so much a fellowship without other fellows.

Two gaming franchises are getting new installments this November, Ubisoft Montreal's Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops and .  Two recent interviews with these games' developers offer some good news and bad news for co-op gamers.

At E3 2010 we checked out a new trailer for Assassin's Creed Brotherhood which looked awfully full of co-op. We were mistaken, and it's a real let-down for some of us. Even as a mode where you just co-op assassinate the bosses, co-op would have been a breath of fresh air for adventure games like this. But, the developers say it just wasn't possible.

From the looks of it, the November 16th release of Assassins Creed: Brotherhood will have quite a few surprises. Not only will this be the first Assassins Creed to continue with a figure of the past (starring Ezio Auditori), but he'll have a few friends with him. The game looks to live up to the previous visual quality of Assassins Creed titles, but we're not sure where the story is headed with this new Brotherhood.