Tag Archives: Multiplayer

Sony has been working on a number of ‘live service' projects at its studios for a while now. Some of these have been cancelled, like Naughty Dog's TLOU Factions 2, or Insomniac's promising-looking Spider-Man: The Great Web. Others have lived on, like the upcoming Horizon Zero Dawn multiplayer game. It …

The Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection did not launch in the best state last week, swiftly leading to a very negative rating of the game on Steam. Aspyr is now beginning the process of fixing up the game, starting with an extensive first patch. The new update is now available …

There was plenty of buzz when Aspyr announced plans to launch the Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, bringing back the original two games with full online multiplayer. Unfortunately, the game's launch today has not gone as planned, swiftly garnering negative reviews due to major issues.  The Battlefront Classic Collection packages …

Just yesterday, a gameplay trailer for Insomniac's cancelled multiplayer game, Spider-Man: The Great Web, appeared online. Many sources of this video have now been removed, but just 24 hours later, a second trailer for the game has leaked. 

Sony announced earlier this week that it would be laying off hundreds of staff members across the PlayStation business, including some team members at esteemed studios like Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog and Guerrilla Games. With Guerrilla being hit, many were wondering if the long in-development Horizon multiplayer game had been …

Since the release of The Last of Us Part II, Naughty Dog has been working away on an expanded multiplayer game to follow up on The Last of Us: Factions. Unfortunately, after several years of development, the studio has now decided to pull the plug.  In a statement published last …

Remedy recently updated investors on its roadmap of upcoming games, confirming that the Max Payne remakes are ready to enter production, while other titles like Control 2 are still in pre-production. The studio has now given a further update on Project Vanguard, its upcoming multiplayer game. While initially envisioned as …

Modern Warfare 3 has officially launched. The game has already attracted some harsh reviews for its seemingly rushed campaign but many were still hopeful for the multiplayer. Unfortunately, there are early issues creeping up there, with Activision already removing several maps.  The Quarry, Rundown, Karachi and Scrapyard maps have all …

We've heard a lot about Sony's plans to make a big push into live-service games, seeking larger, recurring revenues than their single-player hits can provide. Originally, Sony had planned to ship around 12 live-service games by 2026 but that number has now been cut in half. During Sony's latest earnings …

Earlier this year, we began hearing about two Far Cry projects. One of these is obviously Far Cry 7, the next single-player game in the franchise. However, there is also a multiplayer spin-off being developed and now, it appears that the team has settled on it being an extraction-based shooter.  …

Despite being known for its story, 2013’s The Last of Us featured a rather fun multiplayer mode known as Factions. Ahead of 2020’s The Last of Us Part II, Naughty Dog confirmed that the sequel would not include a Factions mode – with the team instead working on a standalone multiplayer project. Since then, the title has seemingly struggled to find an identity – with it reportedly now being put on ice.

In recent years, Sony has been ramping up its development of ‘live service' games, in hopes of generating more recurring revenue through multiplayer hits, rather than consistently relying on single-player blockbusters. Sony reportedly has as many as ten live service games in development right now, but sources now claim that …

During the most recent Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase, we got our first proper look at the campaign for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Ahead of the game’s release on the 10th of November, the team have now confirmed that we will finally get to see what multiplayer looks …

While Grounded is a great survival game, many fans of Obsidian Entertainment became fans through single-player RPGs. At one point, Avowed was going to be more multiplayer-focused as part of an internal effort to entice publishers into helping with the project.  Prior to being acquired by Microsoft, Obsidian had spent …

We've known for a while now that Insomniac was at one point considering the possibility of adding co-op to its Spider-Man game. With Spider-Man 2 set to be more of a team-up effort between Peter Parker and Miles Morales, the idea of co-op gameplay has come up again, but Insomniac …

While The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is traditionally a single-player game, fans have often wished for some form of co-op or multiplayer. The Skyrim Together mod was the most successful attempt at delivering on this, but it would seem that Bethesda might be looking to implement multiplayer elements in a more official capacity with The Elder Scrolls VI. 

Last night during Sony's State of Play stream, a new Resident Evil 4 Remake trailer debuted, giving us a look at new gameplay scenes ahead of launch next month. The game's upcoming VR mode has already been announced, but there is also a demo on the way, in addition to …

We've known for some time now that Guerilla Games originally envisioned its Horizon series as having a multiplayer component. Plans for this were scrapped early on in development of Horizon Zero Dawn, but recently, early footage of multiplayer gameplay has leaked online.  It would seem that after scrapping multiplayer plans …

One of the most consistent Ubisoft franchises is that of Far Cry, with the open world FPS series being generally liked across the board. It is therefore unsurprising to see that Far Cry 7 is reportedly in development. Interestingly, so too is a standalone multiplayer title. As reported by Insider …

It has long been rumoured that Guerilla Games is working on a multiplayer game set in the Horizon universe. Thanks to a number of new job listings, this fact has officially been confirmed, with multiple positions explicitly stating that the team is working on a co-op multiplayer Horizon title. Making …

After a successful beta, Infinity Ward has been working on further improving the now available multiplayer mode for Call of Duty Modern Warfare II. The developer has considered the community's feedback, leading to changes in various game systems, including UI, matchmaking, sound, and gameplay.   The patch brings many improvements over …

Back in January, Bandai Namco and From Software were forced to take the multiplayer servers for the Dark Souls series offline for the PC platform due to a major security bug. Last month, we learned that the team was close to bringing multiplayer back online, but things went quiet again. …

Now that Spider-Man has officially broken free of PlayStation exclusivity and ended up on PC, dataminers have swiftly gone to work trying to figure out all of the game's secrets. As it turns out, at one point, Insomniac was considering a multiplayer co-op component for the game.  In the game …

Somewhere during one of several reboots for Skull and Bones, the game transitioned into a multiplayer-first title. Now, the game's director, Ryan Barnard, has given us more insight into what that means, noting that while the game has an ‘underlying story', narrative is not a focus of the game.  Speaking …

Back in January, Bandai Namco and From Software were forced to take the multiplayer servers for the Dark Souls series offline for the PC platform due to a major security bug. Several months later in May, From Software gave us a small update, stating multiplayer would come back online ‘soon'. …

Turtle Rock's last major game, Evolve, didn't really ever find success. While there was a lot of pre-release hype for the game, overly aggressive monetisation at launch put a lot of players off. Online functionality for the game eventually came to an end, but in a surprise move, Evolve seems …

Modders have been working on enabling co-op multiplayer for Skyrim for years in various forms, like Skyrim Together and Tamriel Online. Later this week, the most promising Skyrim multiplayer mod to date will launch – Skyrim Together Reborn.  Skyrim Together Reborn is a version 1.0 update to Skyrim Together, marking …

Last month, 343 confirmed that it is finally ready to publicly test Halo Infinite's long-awaited campaign co-op feature. Today, the studio announced that the co-op beta will be arriving on the 11th of July.  This is in line with the roadmap 343 published around the launch of Season 2. Aside …

Last month, Supermassive Games announced a sudden change of plan for The Quarry – the game would no longer release with online co-op and the feature had been delayed to July. At the time, we wondered about the circumstances around this delay and now, Supermassive has explained what happened.  While …

It looks like Halo Infinite will finally be getting campaign co-op soon. In a new developer update, 343 Industries has announced the first public flight test for online campaign co-op, which should roll out fully to all players during this current season.  This is in line with the roadmap 343 …