Tag Archives: Multiplayer

In a game all about creation and interaction, it’s surprising that The Sims franchise has historically opted out of featuring any significant multiplayer features (save for The Sims Online). In the latest investor meeting however, EA’s CEO, Andrew Wilson, alluded to the fact that the next Sims title could feature …

Infinity Ward has done well with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare so far and with paid map packs and loot boxes now out of the picture, the game is transitioning to a ‘seasonal' model for content. There will be a battle pass, but if you don't want to pay, the …

CD Projekt Red really ramped up the news output on Cyberpunk 2077 this year. So far, we know the main single-player game is coming in April 2020, with expansions and smaller free DLCs planned. Meanwhile, another smaller team is working on a multiplayer spin-off set to arrive after all post-launch …

Less than two weeks ago, Steam announced that players would be able to force couch co-op games to work online through a feature it called “Remote Play Together”. The feature is now available to all in beta form. Announced in a blog post, Steam has detailed the exact specifics of …

While Microsoft and Nintendo were quick to play along with the idea of cross-platform multiplayer between rival consoles, it took a lot more convincing for Sony. After plenty of criticism, Sony did begin allowing certain games to use cross-platform multiplayer as a beta test and now as we approach the …

The Last of Us is fondly remembered as one of the all-time great single-player story-driven games. However, Naughty Dog also popped a multiplayer mode in to the original game that grew to maintain quite a large following. This week after The Last of Us Part II previews began going up, …

Last week at the Tokyo Game Show, Capcom officially announced Project Resistance. It didn’t end up being a new Outbreak game like many of us thought. Instead, this is a 4v1 game in a similar vein to Dead by Daylight. Some fans were disappointed in the announcement and would prefer …

Over the years, we have known that CD Projekt Red has been experimenting with the idea of multiplayer in Cyberpunk 2077. The studio has never confirmed official plans to implement this as the team has been focused on the game's huge single-player campaign. However, as we enter the final months …

There has been a lot of discussion around cross-platform multiplayer in games over the last couple of years. At this point, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are all on board with the idea, paving the way for today, with Dauntless launching as the first game with full cross-platform multiplayer. Dauntless was …

Last weekend I gave the Anthem Demo a go only a few weeks away from their unfortunate VIP demo connectivity and bug issues I was a little more than cautiously optimistic about the experience. EA revealed a rather confusing release schedule matrix, but the full version of Anthem will be released for Origin Access Premier subscribers from the 15th of February, The rest of us get to play it on the 22nd.

Scum aims to evolve the MMO survival scene with insane levels of customisation, where your knowledge of the environment and efficiency with survival will be the difference between life and death. So how long will you survive? Gamepires and Croteam are the studios behind Scum, released on 29th August 2018 …

Red Dead Redemption 2 has been doing incredibly well over the last few weeks but the lengthy, single-player story mode is just one half of the game. Starting from today, Rockstar will begin rolling out Red Dead Online, the multiplayer mode that will carry the game for years to come, …

While its battle royale mode might be stealing a lot of the limelight with Blackout, Call of Duty Black Ops 4 still has a relatively popular multiplayer. Maps within the mode might be receiving an overhaul in the near future, introducing rain and night time variants. Dataminers are digging deep …

While Guerrilla Games is still basking in the success of its single-player smash hit Horizon: Zero Dawn, the studio is looking ahead towards its next project. In what seems like an attempt to return to its multiplayer roots, the firm has been snapping up veterans known for their work on …

Psyonix has been one of the forces behind the industry's push towards cross-platform multiplayer gaming. In order to help push the boundaries further, Rocket League is set to get a new ‘RocketID' feature, which will allow friends across different platforms to party up and play together. Initially, we were expecting …

This year, Nintendo is following in the footsteps of Xbox Live Gold and PlayStation Plus by launching a paid online service for the Switch. The fee will grant Switch owners access to multiplayer primarily but not all games will require the subscription, as free to play titles will be excluded. …

No Man’s Sky garnered a significant amount of backlash during its 2016 launch, with many features discussed in interviews noticeably missing from the final launch. This caused Hello Games to fall silent on its communication with fans as the team worked hard to get the game in a state that …

The team at Treyarch is trying something different for Call of Duty this year. Black Ops 4 will be the first game in the series to ditch the single-player campaign mode, refocussing all efforts on multiplayer. The standard multiplayer and Zombie modes will be returning, alongside a Battle Royale mode …

No Man’s Sky’s Sean Murray made a lot of promises in the run up to its release in 2016, and it looks as though developer Hello Games is still working towards making some of them a reality. The next big update for the space explorer will introduce a proper multiplayer …

Fans of Stardew Valley have been waiting for the game's coveted multiplayer mode for quite some time now. The multiplayer update was pushed back last year, planting it in a ‘Q1 2018' release window. Now, we finally have an update on that front, with Stardew Valley creator, Eric Barone, announcing …

In the year following Final Fantasy XV’s initial launch, the development team has been hard at work on additional content. One major expansion heading to the game is the addition of co-op multiplayer. This has been in the making for a long time and while it was initially supposed to …

One of the biggest issues many had with No Man's Sky on release was the lack of multiplayer/co-op, particularly since we were told before release that players would be able to encounter each other in-game. That didn’t turn out to be true at the time but it seems that Hello …

DOOM was very popular when it first launched in May 2016 but unfortunately, the game's multiplayer base didn't end up staying healthy for very long. A big reason for this is that Bethesda split up the player base by releasing map packs, which isn't a very good system unless you …

One of the things that made Just Cause 2 such a good PC game was undoubtedly the multiplayer mod. While the creator of the JC2-MP mod did initially begin working on a similar mod for Just Cause 3, he ended up dropping it to go and work at Avalanche Studios …

We have known for some time now that Mass Effect Andromeda will include its own multiplayer mode and similarly to Mass Effect 3, it will tie back into story progress. However, not everyone was a fan of how this system was handled back in the Mass Effect 3 days, so …

Stardew Valley may have released over a year ago but the developer behind it isn't done with updates just yet. Throughout 2016, Chucklefish updated the game a few times with interesting feature additions. However, perhaps the biggest feature being worked on right now is multiplayer, which is still in the …

The Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod went on to become very popular after its launch and many had hoped that this would push Avalanche Studios to work on a multiplayer mode of its own for Just Cause 3. The latter did not end up happening and unfortunately, the Just Cause 3 …

While a lot of attention has shifted over to Dark Souls III in recent weeks, plenty of people have still noticed that Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition has been taken offline recently. The original Dark Souls is still played and loved by many but the game has been stuck …

Last year, famed game developer, Cliff Bleszinski, announced his new game, a multiplayer shooter called Lawbreakers. This game has largely been seen as competition for Blizzard's Overwatch and was originally pitched as a free to play title but that is no longer the case, the game will also be exclusive …

Earlier this week, Microsoft issued an open invitation for developers to create cross-platform games between the PC and Xbox One. The company also noted that it would be open to games being cross platform with other networks, like the PlayStation Network and since then, Sony has answered a few questions …