multiplayer

Hands On

The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Multiplayer Preview

7:00AM AJ Glasser | It seems like nobody noticed (except of course the developers) that Link’s newest adventure has a multiplayer mode. Too busy paying attention to trains and a ghostly Zelda along with Link for the ride, I guess. More »
Features

In University, The Party Never Stops — For LAN

10:00AM Owen Good | Last week, more than a million users flooded Xbox Live to play Modern Warfare 2. Here’s something just as impressive: In January, nearly 300 gamers will meet in person to play a game released in 2000. More »
News

Job Listing Says Dead Space 2 Will Have Multiplayer

5:00AM Owen Good | A job listing on LinkedIn hints at multiplayer support and levels within Electronic Arts’ sequel to Dead Space. More »
News

Xbox Live Sets Record With Two Million On At Once

2:40PM Owen Good | Likely driven by the nearly five million copies Modern Warfare 2 sold on its launch day, Xbox Live set a record Thursday with two million people logged into the service at once. More »
Culture

Let’s All Play Modern Warfare 2

9:00AM David Wildgoose | Yep, we know you’re all experiencing problems with the new matchmaking system built into Modern Warfare 2. Maybe it’s working OK for US gamers, but it has been a nightmare for any Aussies trying to join a game without being killed by lag. So what to do? More »
News

Valve’s Multiplayer Calculus: (360 = PC) > PS3

5:00AM Owen Good | More provocative tidbits continue to trickle out of Valve, with the Left 4 Dead 2 project lead saying that game won’t be coming to PS3 because the console’s multiplayer community isn’t on par with PC and the Xbox 360. More »
Culture

Developer: The Bosses Mandated Our Unnecessary Multiplayer Mode

8:00AM Stephen Totilo | Why do some games have multiplayer? Because the executives demand it, even if the developers don’t want it. As explained in a recent inside story about the Midway Stranglehold team. More »
Rumours

And Here Are The Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Perks

12:30PM Owen Good | Well, fresh on the heels of the killstreak list, we’ve got another claim to the multiplayer perk set. You know the drill, rumour, not official, spoiler alert. More »
Media

25 Kill Streak In MW2 Delivers You A Really Big Bang

9:30AM Owen Good
Multiplayer spoiler alert, I guess. Should you be awesome enough to rack up 25 straight kills in Modern Warfare 2, the game gives you a superweapon from which there is no escape. Not even for the guy who uses it. More »
News

First Brutal Legend DLC Free On PS3

2:20AM Mike Fahey | The age of downloadable content dawns in Brutal Legend next month, when the Tears of the Hextadon map pack goes on sale for 400 Microsoft points — or completely free for PlayStation 3 owners. More »