The co-op component of Splinter Cell: Blacklist ties specific play styles to certain characters, so co-op players will need to be versatile, said Ubisoft Toronto's Zack Cooper on the PlayStation Blog. Blacklist co-op features 14 missions split up according to the member of Fourth Echelon that gives them to you. Cooper, community developer at Ubisoft Toronto, revealed two of the characters and their respective game types today: Isaac Briggs and Anna Grimsdottir. Briggs plays alongside protagonist Sam Fisher in story-based missions that focus on the interplay between the grizzled Fisher and the relative neophyte Briggs. The story ties in with Blacklist's overall narrative, and the missions are more free-form, with support for the Ghost (non-lethal stealth), Panther (lethal stealth) or...

In Turbine's upcoming DC Universe MOBA Infinite Crisis, the mystical Shazam will be a brawler with sustained damage according to his newly-released champion profile. Unlike other champions that have a slowly replenishing resource pool, Shazam's abilities draw from a rapidly-regenerating energy meter. One of his abilities creates a lightning storm around him doing area-of-effect and steadily draining energy, while another toggles between regaining energy whenever he is hit and whenever his attacks connect, allowing players to keep the lightning storm active for longer. He has two abilities that dash to an opponent, and his ultimate has a long enough range to engage on enemies over walls. Shazam's official name for most of his fictional existence had been Captain Marvel, but he had been...