Tag Archives: Multiplayer

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 …

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. The lack of online functionality is a temporary measure, as a bug that could grant an attacker Remote Code Execution (RCE) privileges was discovered. It …

Shortly after the release of The Last of Us Part II, rumours about a PS5 remake of the first game began popping up. It has been a while since we last had an update on this, but according to reports this week, the remake will be coming ‘this holiday'.  According …

Yesterday as promised, WB showcased new Gotham Knights gameplay, giving us our first look at Red Hood and Nightwing in action. The stream also brought along a few important updates about the game – it is no longer coming to PS4 or Xbox One, and co-op is not being upgraded …

It is no secret that Call of Duty is currently at a low point, with franchise fatigue setting in once again. In an effort to boost player counts and sales, Activision will be offering a two-week free trial for Vanguard, the longest free trial period for any Call of Duty …

As 343 Industries was gearing up to revamp the Halo franchise with Infinite, the company brought in some new leads to help shape the game, including former Rainbow Six Siege gameplay designer, Andrew Witts, who helmed Infinite's multiplayer development. Now that the game has shipped and is on its way …

Halo Infinite drew a lot of criticism at launch for its lack of campaign co-op and forge modes. As the months have gone on, that criticism has grown louder due to a lack of meaningful content updates for multiplayer. Much of this was supposed to be fixed with the rollout …

While multiplayer isn't the core selling point behind the XCOM games, it still has its fan base. Unfortunately, in the case of XCOM 2, multiplayer services will soon be going away for good, on PC at least.  Released back in 2016, XCOM 2 is a fantastic strategy game that has …

Skull and Bones has been delayed repeatedly, but it seems that we'll finally get the chance to play it within the next year, as Ubisoft confirmed plans to release within the next fiscal year (April 2022 to March 2023). As expected after multiple reboots, the game will now be a …

Two weeks ago, Bandai Namco and From Software were forced to take the multiplayer servers for the Dark Souls series offline for the PC platform. The lack of online functionality is a temporary measure, as a bug that could grant an attacker Remote Code Execution (RCE) privileges was discovered. Unfortunately, …

Titanfall 2 isn't the easiest game to play online nowadays, with hackers being left to their own devices and multiplayer services being prone to DDOS attacks while Respawn focuses most of its efforts on its flagship game, Apex Legends. However, players on PC may now have an alternative to official …

Since launching Halo Infinite multiplayer, 343 Industries has been tweaking the balance of XP and in-game rewards to address player concerns. We'll get to see some of these changes in action over the next week, as Halo Infinite's ‘Winter Contingency' event has launched today.  Winter Contingency will reward players ten …

After plenty of delays and a lengthy development cycle, we have finally arrived at Halo Infinite launch day. The multiplayer will leave beta in a few hours time and the campaign will finally debut worldwide. Unfortunately, your chances of playing exactly when the campaign unlocks are pretty low, as there …