Tag Archives: Multiplayer

Darryn Bonthuys

Rumour – Batman Arkham Origins will have multiplayer

April 24, 2013 at 11:15 am | 15 Comments

My worst fear has come true. I can just see it now. I’ll be playing Arkham Origins in a couple of months, and I’ll find myself clobbering some goons on a cold night, before I keep one of them awake to whisper in his ear…I’m Batman. And then out of nowhere, I’ll hear else someone shout “NO I’M BATMAN!”. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


Gavin Mannion

GRiD 2: Multiplayer Redefined

April 16, 2013 at 9:45 am | 13 Comments

The next GRiD title will be out in about 6 weeks and Codemasters have just released a video showcasing just some of the new online features that the title will include. It seems to be based very much around online competition and challenges with their RaceNet hub.


Darryn Bonthuys

An interview with Black Ops 2’s David Vonderhaar – Next-gen,design and esports

April 15, 2013 at 12:30 pm | 12 Comments

While at the Call of Duty Championship last week, I got the chance to have a quick one on one with Black Ops 2 Game Design Director, David Vonderhaar. Maniacally enthusiastic about the game that Treyarch has worked on, here’s what Vonderhaar had to say about design, evolution, co-operation and next-gen ideas.


Yolanda Green

Multiplayer support for console games has declined

March 26, 2013 at 3:00 pm | 10 Comments

Contrary to popular belief, multiplayer isn’t taking over the industry, at least according to some research done by EEDAR. In fact, there’s been a heavy decline in multiplayer support in games released in the USA on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.


Darryn Bonthuys

Fuse’s Echelon mode is going to be brutal

March 13, 2013 at 1:30 pm | 8 Comments

What does every game need these days? A monolithic wave of enemies that get increasingly more difficult on a specific multiplayer stage? Erm, well yes, apparently they do. The upcoming Fuse from Insomniac Games is going to have just such an online mode. And it’s going to be brutal.


Geoffrey Tim

Expect a lot of God of War: Ascension DLC

March 13, 2013 at 9:45 am | 3 Comments

God of War: Ascension is out locally today, and we thought it was pretty excellent. for the first time, the series features that back-of-the-box bulletpoint multiplayer – but we’re happy to say it’s not some needlessly tacked-on nonsense; it’s actually well fleshed out. Sony will, of course, be supporting that multiplayer through some extensive DLC.


Darryn Bonthuys

Mass Effect 3 celebrates a year of multiplayer

March 11, 2013 at 3:00 pm | 17 Comments

TAAAAAAALI! Ahem. Can you believe that it’s been a year since Mass Effect 3 launched? Since then, the game has done pretty darn well, minus the colour-coded ending controversy that is. That’s a year of multiplayer operations and teamwork, summed up in one number-heavy infographic.


Gavin Mannion

Blizzard gives Starcraft 2 MP steroids, Armstrong style

January 22, 2013 at 10:45 am | 16 Comments

The Heart of the Swarm multiplayer beta has been going strong for a while now but you knew Blizzard wasn’t showing you everything in that beta. During our press trip to their offices they revealed some of the incredible new additions to the all-conquering strategy title.


Yolanda Green

The Lazygamer Awards 2012 – Best Multiplayer

December 21, 2012 at 12:45 pm | 53 Comments

Multiplayers are dominated by shooters, whether it’s on console or PC. But what makes a great multiplayer? Everything: from latency to good map layouts, potential for league play or pure addiction. This year, we’ve seen some top notch multiplayers release, the best of them being…

The Last of Us multiplayer won’t be “tacked on”

Yolanda Green

The Last of Us multiplayer won’t be “tacked on”

December 11, 2012 at 6:00 pm | 17 Comments

Just yesterday I was all like “Oh my gosh! Like, keep your multiplayer out of my single player” just like a whiney WoW player should be (I am kidding!), today Naughty Dog assures us that The Last of Us’ multiplayer won’t be broken and awful and stuff.


Yolanda Green

Keep your multiplayer out of my single player

December 10, 2012 at 3:30 pm | 30 Comments

Adding multiplayer modes to almost every single game this year is something that’s really gotten on my nerves. It’s not that they are all necessarily bad, it just feels like its making prostitutes out of good games.


Darryn Bonthuys

New multiplayer modes arrive for Halo 4 next week

November 23, 2012 at 2:30 pm | 9 Comments

Halo 4 may be more tailored towards multiplayer, but at least it doesn’t cut any corners in that department. There’s a ton of game modes on offer, from your standard Slayer team and free for all matches, through to the ever hilarious take on foosball, Griefball. And now, there’s some new match-making content on the way.


Darryn Bonthuys

You’re going to die horribly in the Aliens: Colonial Marines Survivor multiplayer mode

November 21, 2012 at 7:45 am | 15 Comments

With 2012 almost done, it’s time to ignore the Mayans and get ready for anew year of gaming. There’s some great new titles on the horizon, with Aliens Colonial Marines looking real good. I’m already stocking up on adult diapers for the Gearbox title, something that will no doubt come in handy for the games take on multiplayer wave-based do-not-die combat, Survivor. See for yourself after the jump.


Darryn Bonthuys

Assassin’s Creed 3 will support micro-transactions

October 29, 2012 at 2:30 pm | 4 Comments

Hey! Hey! Over here! Psst, Assassin’s Creed 3 is out on Wednesday, isn’t that cool? So far, the game looks like a winner, packed full of content and hours of play. Of course, there’ll always be more content available, but at a price, for such in-game multiplayer goodies specifically. Here’s a look at what you’ll be throwing your MS Points and dollahs at, so that Ubisoft can make it rain.


Geoffrey Tim

Metro: Last Light ditches multiplayer

October 15, 2012 at 9:45 am | 5 Comments

Hooray! It seems like more developers and publisher are coming to their senses, by not needlessly tacking multiplayer on to games where it doesn’t make sense. The latest title to shed multiplayer because it just doesn’t fit is the sequel to the successful, yet criminally underappreciated Metro 2033.

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