Replica arcade cabinets are popular among collectors nowadays, with three sizes commonly available: 3:4 scale cabinets from Arcade1Up, 1:4 scale cabinets from Quarter Arcades, and 1:6 scale cabinets from Replicade (New Wave Toys). Numskull's Quarter Arcades line is stepping up their game (and prices) with today's announcement of 1:4 scale Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and TMNT: Turtles in Time cabinets. Both miniature cabinets are fully playable and support 4-player local co-op.

With all of the excitement of E3 and the thrills brought on by Project Scarlett, Microsoft’s next generation gaming platform, there was some bittersweet news as well. Microsoft announced the next batch of games that are now available via Xbox’s Backward Compatibility program will be the last. The team over at Xbox is now looking forward to the future of the platform with Scarlett, and in turn will be looking at how to help gamers' libraries stay with them moving forward, which means no more games coming to the Backwards Compatibility program from now on.

In more great news from Microsoft, 16 original Xbox games are being added to the Xbox One’s Backwards Compatibility list. All of the titles either need to be purchased and downloaded through the Xbox Marketplace or played with a physical copy in the Xbox One. The first batch of 8 games is set to arrive on April 17th and the later 8 on April 26th. While a number of the games feature some sort of multiplayer, it’s the April 26th release of Star Wars Battlefront (2004) and Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2005) that feature the Co-Op we’re most excited about.

One of Rockstar's lesser known titles is getting brought into the current generation of consoles. The Warriors is now available on the PlayStation 4 as a part of their "backwards compatibility" program for Playstation 2 games.

Apparently, if you want to find out about whether or not a game is coming to the consoles, you should hit up the Taiwan Game Software Rating Information board. Similar to how HAWKEN got listed on a Taiwan Microsoft store page early, three older Activision games (Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron) all got ratings for both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

For most of us, Star Wars Battlefront is not even out until tomorrow, but that has not stopped EA from announcing their Season Pass and providing some information on how the game will develop through 2016.  As well as providing four new expansions packs, the Season Pass has an added incentive as these chosen users will get the new content two weeks earlier than anyone else.

Outside of the odd MMO, it's not often that players get to experience the Star Wars universe cooperatively.  I suppose this makes a certain kind of sense when you consider that "wars" is in the franchise name, but nevertheless, the desire to blast Droidekas, Sith, Rebel Scum, etc. with a buddy was starting to reach critical mass.  That was, until Star Wars Battlefront was announced to have a dedicated two player co-op mode.

It's not all gritty, tooth and nail PvP combat in Star Wars Battlefront. The galaxy far, far away is fraught with peril, and sometimes you need a buddy to blast your way out of trouble. Sony's press conference showed footage of exactly what you and your pal can do against wave after wave of those iconic stormtroopers who are fed up with a pair of rebels.

Five or six years ago, you couldn't walk into someone's house without tripping over a few sets of plastic game instruments. Rock Band and Guitar Hero were everywhere, even on mobile devices, and thousands of songs were rolled out to make sure we kept pretending we were rock stars. But now, another big nail has been driven into the coffin. The Rock Band Network is dead.

The May 31st killswitch deadline is rapidly approaching for GameSpy. While many companies are hoping to salvage their online services by switching gears before GameSpy bites down on its cyanide pill, Star Wars Battlefront II was to be abandoned at the wayside. 

Attention Rhythm gamers: all DLC for Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, and Band Hero games will be vanishing from the online markets by the end of this month. Grab your favorite songs before they are gone for good!

Probably to be filed under "things that won't surprise you," it's come to our attention that Marvel Super Hero Squad has been pulled from Xbox Live. This super hero brawler with pint-sized protagonists was geared towards younger kids and family play, but the nausea-inducing camera angles and unforgiving platforming bogged the game down to an unforgivable degree.