Grab your guns and strap on your assaultin' boots, cause Assault Heroes 2 is back on the menu.  Specifically, it's back on the Xbox One menu, as it's been added to the backwards compatibility list.  The game is nearing ten years of age, but hey, twin-stick shooting is twin-stick shooting, no matter what decade it's in.

Looking for a deal on a downloadable game?  Got some spare change lying around?  Xbox Live is loaded with a ton of deals this week on a bunch of great games, including some truly classic XBLA titles.  Here's what we spot in terms of co-op.

The latest rush for Acitivision sales are in, and we’re encouraging you to load up on your Activision published games and Call of Duty: World at War DLC while it’s cheap. Okay, loads of other DLC is also available at a reduced price - Major Nelson gives us the official scoop.

One of the surprise titles of Xbox Live Arcade was Assault Heroes from Wanako games.  It was a witty, beautiful, and most importantly fun top down shooter with cooperative play.  Over a year later Wanako is back with the sequel and it promises to have more style, more bad guys, and more levels.  Most importantly the game has a renewed focus on co-op play with not only co-op specific attacks, but different ways to play cooperatively including replaying specific sections of the game or playing through the game in it's entirety.

We sure do love our contests around here.  So with that I present to you the latest contest from Co-Optimus.com.  Last week Assault Heroes 2 was released for the Xbox Live Arcade.  The game is a top down shooter featuring 2 player co-op play via Xbox Live.