Civilization 7's latest update, 1.4.1, adds hotseat local multiplayer while overhauling settlement happiness and government ...

Local multiplayer can be a beautiful thing, but when your friends are far away, the "local" part becomes a problem. Steam is looking to solve that issue by rolling out a new feature called Remote Play ...

Flashback: it’s September 1999. Sega has just launched the Dreamcast in North America, less than a year after its Japanese debut. With its four controller ports and arcade-perfect versions of games ...

Up to four people will be able to jam out on the same TV. Up to four people will be able to jam out on the same TV. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in ...

Who doesn’t love a bit of local multiplayer? We can talk about the good old days of squinting at our TVs in the 90s for four-player GoldenEye, to duffing up bad guys in Streets of Rage 4; whatever ...

If your Thanksgivings are anything like mine over the years, there’s a bit of dead time throughout the afternoon/evening where cousins, nieces, nephews, brothers and sisters need to be kept occupied.

2016 saw a slew of great online multiplayer games like Overwatch, Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1. But this year's offline, local multiplayer games are the real unsung heroes. Sure, it may be easier to ...

Most early video games, such as Pong in 1972, featured multiplayer modes. This was likely due to expectations from analog games, which were almost always played in person with friends and family.

Anthony Puleo is a Freelance Writer for GameRant, but has a history working for the site. Having worked as a staff writer here for two years, he is very familiar with the gaming industry and plays ...

Local multiplayer for Steam games are now available for anyone thanks to Steam’s Remote Play Together. The feature enters public beta today, so you can log into Steam and test the feature right now.