Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, the co-op downloadable game that will be hitting XBLA on August 18th and PSN and PC on September 28th, will be a looking a little more lean than was expected when it is released on the Xbox 360 as part of the Summer of Arcade.

Apparently the Online Co-op mode of the co-op title will not be part of the game until it is released for the PS3 through the PSN and PC via Steam. While it will still feature offline co-op, gamers will have to wait a little over a month for the free patch that will allow them to play online with friends.

Sure sounds like some shady backroom business going on, but as long as I get my Lara fix, I’m good with it.