Co-optimus is reporting that “the 360 and PS3 version [of CoD5] will also feature a 2-player offline splitscreen mode. If that wasn’t cool enough in it’s own right, we’ve learned that the co-op mode will feature the same addictive Perks System that made Call of Duty 4 so popular.”

Now that is cool news. My friend Steve and I play a lot of co-op games and just finished Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (anyone want to trade for Army of Two?). So I’m really looking forward to playing through the campaign with perks with a friend. Great stuff.

Not only that, but PS3Fanboy is reporting that the game will have 4 player local co-op! I don’t know where they get that information from, though, because the press release (available at Co-optimus, linked below) mentions nothing about that. So I don’t think that this particular rumour is true.

Anyway. Good times are a comin’!

Call of Duty World at War Co-Op Details Emerge