Lara Croft & the Guardian of Light Launching Without Online Co-Op

I think the two Summer of Arcade games that I’m most excited about are Monday Night Combat and Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light. Getting a TF2-style shooter on XBLA seems like a terrific idea, but getting an isometric, online co-op enabled Lara Croft game seems too good to be true. Oh, did I say online co-op enabled? I meant “local and local only for a month enabled”. Just a typo- the keys are right next to each other and whatnot.

If you’re looking forward to blasting through Guardian of Light with a buddy online, then you’re going to have to wait until September 28th, coincidentally the same day the PS3 version launches. Crystal Dynamics plans to patch online co-operative play into the game that day, as it seems as though it won’t be ready for launch.

I’m conflicted on this news; on the one hand, not having to deal with a delay on the game is great, but I have a feeling that online co-op is what will make this game the most fun. I guess we’ll have to find out ourselves whether or not we’re willing to wait for a patch when the game launches on Xbox Live Arcade on August 18th. [Destructoid]