Tag archive: Multiplayer

Shoot, stab, stab, stab, run away, stab, stab shoot. Repeat. Okay, so the basic mechanics of a military shooter have not changed that much in the past few years. A multiplayer match still consists of running around in a crazed stupor, jumping or dropping prone to avoid cheap killshots, and plenty of random stabbings at close range (if you do not know how to stab opponents in these online gore fests, you probably are not winning too many… Read More

 Mass Effect 3 will include an online multiplayer mode. Even now that the feature is confirmed, it still feels weird to actually say it. After all, this is a hardcore BioWare RPG we're talking about here, and the third one in a trilogy no less. But it's true: when the trilogy-closing Mass Effect 3 arrives on March 6 of next year, players will be able to connect with fellow fans of the series online. I got to have an actual hands-on… Read More

There has been a lot of back and forth on the possibility of a multiplayer component for the upcoming action/RPG from BioWare. Part of the confusion was the uncertainty of how a Mass Effect multiplayer would work. Would it be a competitive shooter? Perhaps a co-op way to tackle the game? Or maybe it would just take a what-the-hell approach and become a competitive racing game. Well, those answers will have to until October 19, but the… Read More

Brace yourselves, EA gamers. Electronic Arts is up to its old tricks. The publisher has announced that it will be shutting down multiplayer servers for more than a dozen of its action and sports games. These games either have low multiplayer traffic or are sports games that are being replaced with new versions. That's right: if you buy an EA Sports game, you have one year to play it online before it's shut down. These shutdowns will… Read More

A Nintendo system is never truly born until you can play a new Super Mario game on it, and the folks in Kyoto are hard at work on the next iterations of Nintendo's legendary game franchise. The Mario series is famous for showing the capability of the company's new hardware, but we haven't heard much about Mario's first foray onto the Wii U. How will it take advantage of the Wii U's fancy new touchscreen controller?… Read More

Update: We have more codes to give!   On Tuesday June 28, one of the year’s biggest title, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, will begin beta testing its multiplayer. As it stands there are three ways to gain access to that beta: Buy Infamous 2 and receive the code, be a member of the PlayStation Network or receive one from a magnanimous tech website by being among the first 20 people to post below in the comments section and let us know… Read More

The horde mode has become synonymous with the Gears of War online multiplayer experience, so it is no surprise that it returns with a few new bells and whistles for the upcoming Gears of War 3. In essence, the mode is the same as it was in GoW 2, but the changes should make it feel like an entirely different experience. Cash will now play a significant role in the horde strategy, as it can be used to build barriers, and purchase other items to… Read More

It is a difficult task to scare a person in a video game. After all, how scary can a mutant creature be when you have a combat shotgun waiting to greet it. A fully automatic assault rifle makes even the scariest things seem a little less frightening. Grenades help too. Generally the best a video game can do is startle you. Things jump out and scream at you before you shoot them 30 times. The medium is one that gives you total control over… Read More

Nintendo's upcoming console has had a lot of rumored names and codenames. Some call it Project Cafe; some call it Wii 2; others believed it might have a simple name: “Nintendo.” However, we've now learned its true name: Wii U. The Wii U is Nintendo's next generation videogame console, a true successor to the Nintendo Wii. This makes it Nintendo's sixth home gaming console since 1985 when it launched the NES.… Read More

It is either going to be a good holiday season for gamers, or a very contentious one. The fourth quarter of this year is ridiculously packed with massive, heavyweight titles whose combined budgets could buy a medium size country. Lithuania perhaps. And among those heavyweights, the heaviest is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which is due out in November. It will sell a lot of copies and make over a billion dollars, or it will be considered a… Read More

Disney Interactive Studios has announced Disney Universe, a forthcoming action-adventure multiplayer game that, for the first time, will present a mashup of many of Disney's best-known properties, spanning from animated Disney and Disney/Pixar characters to live action franchises (no doubt including Pirates of the Caribbean). Players will be able to “suit up” as more than 40 Disney characters and run off on multiplayer… Read More

You might expect that id Software, the company that more or less invented the modern online first-person shooter, would have something special cooking when they release their first complete game in seven years. And it turns out that they do, although it may not be exactly what most of us are expecting. Recently, id invited IGN down to check out the multiplayer that will be included on the upcoming title Rage.  It’s not exactly what you might… Read More

If you are the type of person that just wants the bottom line and doesn’t have time for any jibber-jabber, then know that Resistance 3 is shaping up to be one of the best looking and tightest playing titles coming out this year. Thanks for stopping by. Yesterday at GDC, developer Insomniac and Sony gave a group of lucky people the chance to play the multiplayer as well as a level of the campaign for Resistance 3, and it looks amazing. The level… Read More

Do you want to fight in the ruined husk of New York City, while wearing a futuristic combat suit that helps you to hunt down some of your friends to annihilate them? Sure, who doesn’t, and with Crysis 2, you get to do exactly that. There really doesn’t seem to be much reason to continue to hype this game—the anticipation is almost palpable as is. An early multiplayer demo on Xbox Live was available as an exclusive for gold members from January… Read More

When Ubisoft announced that a sequel to Assassin’s Creed II was on the way, it seemed like a no-brainer. Ubisoft has claimed that it is unlikely to develop any new IPs (intellectual properties) until the next generation of consoles, so its current library of titles — of which there are many — will be the focus for the company.  And of those existing titles, Assassin’s Creed seems like the one with the most potential to expand on. The… Read More