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 ...

Remote Play Together is launching in beta later in October Remote Play Together is launching in beta later in October Remote Play Together has the potential to open local multiplayer games up to a ...

Valve is introducing a new feature to Steam designed to allow local multiplayer games to stream seamlessly over the internet. Remote Play Together could reinvigorate this neglected multiplayer format, ...

Jason Wojnar started his gaming life with the original PlayStation and the Commodore 64, despite being way too young to know what the was. He started writing about video games in 2018 and hasn't ...

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.