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Co-op multiplayer can quickly descend into a mindless free-for-all, but here's five crafty ways developers can encourage a group of strangers to act like a single unit.

Three games shown at GDC 2012 proved that careful thought and smart design can do what multi-million-dollar budgets often can't.

See why a player believes that modern games have lost the charm that immortalized classic releases.

Ever wonder what's being dumped unto the shelves of video game stores every week? Wonder no more! Karli Winata will attempt to bring to light the many releases that come out each week. Won't you join him in his self torture? Check out what's coming out on the week of 2/20/2012.

"Fuck secondhand buyers." "Whatever. I don't mind." These voices in favor of online passes are too loud and too quiet, respectively, and they're the sentiments I usually see on this side of the debate. Some of the nay party’s arguments are flawed, too, so here's my case for the ayes.

More and more games are locking entire modes for all but first-use buyers, and that can only have a crippling effect on gamers and developers alike.

Remaking a classic, isometric, real-time strategy game into a twitchy first-person shooter seems like a very bad idea...unless they get it right.

Believe it or not, there are really ten multiplatform games for 2012 that aren't sequels.

Video Blips for January 4, 2012. PlanetSide 2 is classy, Syndicate is co-op-y, and Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 just is.

A snapshot of 2012's titles

News Blips for December 20, 2011. The PlayStation Vita sells 321,400 units after two days in Japan, Australia gives Syndicate the heave-ho, and Devil May Cry HD collection

Video Blips for December 15, 2011. Final Fantasy 13-2's capturable monsters starts an adventure full of friendship and magic, zap over a devastating virus into the minds of your hapless foes in Syndicate, fend off a zombie audience as you take the fight to your would-be killers in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, and more.

Video Blips for December 1, 2011. Educate yourself on the some of the weapons and gadgets of Syndicate, fend off Japanese zombie hordes with organized crime samurai in Yakuza: Dead Souls, Dr. Watson's time in the spotlight involves shoving a gun in the face of his former partner in The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, and more.

The new Syndicate is every bit as brutal as the original. Only, the transition from an isometric view to first-person presents a surprising challenge.

Video Blips for October 13, 2011. Check out 11 minutes of corporate infiltration from Syndicate, Mass Effect 3's multiplayer ties in to the greater war for humanity's survival, Phoenix Wright desk-slams his way to victory in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and more.

Video Blips for September 29, 2011. Syndicate's debut trailer piles on corporatocracy and dubstep, Dark Souls is really pushing the "die a horrible death" angle, the players of Assassin's Creed: Revelations' multiplayer beta racked up impressive numbers, and more.

News Blips for September 13, 2011. Blizzard considers itself a game developer, not a PC developer, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword potentially holds nearly 100 hours of gameplay, and the Syndicate remake was always meant as a first-person shooter.

News Blips for August 4, 2010. Torchlight 2 promises multiplayer co-op, Mass Effect 3's story is shaped by over 1,000 variations, EA files trademark registrations for the tactical game Syndicate, and more.

A collection of 22 must-play PC and console games that probably slipped under your radar.