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Crystal Dynamic’s Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is finally on PC after 10 years of waiting – but there’s a catch.

Stardew Valley is a game made by just one person, but it has seen more success than most games made by dozens, or even hundreds, of people. It’s even one of Digital Trends’ top 50 video games of all time. Since its release in 2016, the game has beenupdated regularly with new features and content to keep its avid fans coming back. This includes an online multiplayer component that allows you and up to three friends to hang out on each other’s farms. And with the recent trend of games allowing players on different platforms to join together, you may wonder if Stardew Valley offers cross-platform functionality. Here’s everything we know about cross-platform support in Stardew Valley.

Helldivers 2 players are celebrating a dramatic 11th-hour victory that saw hundreds of thousands of the digital soldiers unite to defend 10 worlds from the undemocratic grip of advancing bug-like Terminids, and soulless Automatons. However, some members of the community have found themselves wondering whether Arrowhead’s game master Joel may have stacked the odds in their favor to stave off defeat.

You can easily lose hours designing your village and appeasing your citizens in Manor Lords all by yourself. There are so many different avenues to achieve victory, but the only competition or help you can normally find is in the form of NPCs. Other factions around the map can be helpful or harmful depending on how you play, but what if you wanted to team up with a friend to combine resources, or perhaps compete to see who can crush the other first? Many strategy and city builders thrive on multiplayer components, but does Manor Lords offer those same modes? Make sure you know the answer before making your purchase if that’s your intention.

Building and managing your own medieval utopia is a lonely job. Sure, you have a population of citizens to grow and order around, but they can’t compare with another actual human player. At least at launch, Manor Lords is a PC exclusive, and it’s also going to be coming to Xbox consoles as well so even more people can get in on the city-building fun. We can expect basically any modern game to allow for cross-platform play, but what if Manor Lords is stuck in the Middle Ages? Here’s everything you need to know about cross-platform support for the latest and greatest management simulator.

Cross-play is now available for “boss rush” cooperative online action game TrinityS across PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam, publisher Phoenixx and developer Indie-us Games announced.

Fans of tactical multiplayer FPS Escape from Tarkov are angry at a new $250 edition offering exclusive modes and “pay-to-win” upgrades.

The Fallout craze continues to pay dividends for Bethesda. Earlier this week, the studio announced that Fallout 76 surpassed one million daily players across all platforms for the first time since its launch in late 2018. The multiplayer game is one of the top sellers on Steam (and elsewhere), largely thanks to various promotions and offers that have, however, since ended. On Valve's PC platform, the game reached 73.3K concurrent players last Sunday.

The actor behind JD Fenix might have teased upcoming Gears of War news for the scheduled Xbox Showcase this June.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Warzone recently dropped their Season 3 update, which introduced a half-dozen MP maps, brought back Rebirth Island, let you play as Cheech and Chong (yes, really) and more. Of course, as usual, Activision is rolling out even more content, with Season 3 Reloaded coming in early May. This refresh will include a couple more MP maps, modes, another Zombies story missions, NBA star Devin Booker as a operator, and more. You can get more details, below.

Season 3 Reloaded Arrives in Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone

Cooperative roguelike hack-and-slash game Rotwood is now available in Early Access for PC via Steam at a 10 percent-off launch discount price of $9.89, developer Klei announced. The price will change to $10.99 after May 8.

While the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 are excellent consoles, especially for those who don’t want to invest in a gaming PC, you tend to lose out on a lot if you don’t have one of Sony’s online subscriptions. You see, a PlayStation Plus (PS Plus) subscription offers, is access to online multiplayer, and without it, you can’t connect to online servers and play with other folks, which is a bit frustrating. Luckily, a PS Plus membership does offer some additional features, such as free games every month and access to some older PS games, all of which depend on which of the three tiers you subscribe to: Essential, Extra, and Premium.

Sega has released a new Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble which details the game’s five multiplayer battle modes.

The PC version of choose-your-own-story multiplayer game Baladins will launch via Steam on May 15, publisher Armor Games Studios and developer Seed by Seed announced. The PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch versions will follow at a later date.

Developer Starbreeze Entertainment is finally adding an important feature to Payday 3: Quickplay.

There haven’t been many complaints about Xbox Series S since it launched in 2020. Serving as the more affordable sibling of the premium Xbox Series X, it plays all the same games yet works at a lower resolution – allowing it to carry a nice price tag of $250. Users have reported a few common issues with Xbox Series S over the years, however, which run the gamut from Quick Resume crashing to HDMI-CEC not registering a connection.

Visions of Mana won't include a multiplayer mode like its predecessors at launch, but the game's producer has toyed with the idea of reintroducing co-op to the series "in the future."

Tencent Games subsidiary MoreFun Studios has announced Arena Breakout: Infinite, a multiplayer first-person shooter based on the on the “ultra-real immersive military simulation franchise” for PC. A closed beta test will be held via Steam and client download in early May.

The second wave of closed beta testing for large-scale multiplayer mech action game Mecha BREAK for PC will run from April 26 at 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET to April 28 at 10:00 p.m. PT / 1:00 a.m. ET, Seasun Games announced. Users can register here.

Like many other multiplayer games, Overwatch 2isn't immune from cheaters. And it's not only an issue on PC, where cheaters use tools like aimbots. Some folks use XIM devices so they can play with a keyboard and mouse (KBM) on consoles. This is against Blizzard's rules, as KBM players typically have an aim advantage over those who use a controller, even though the console versions of the game have features like aim assist. While it's taken some time to get the ball rolling, the developer is finally doing something about the XIM problem.

It’s fair to say that Fallout 76wasn’t exactly what fans were hoping for when it launched. Instead of being a single-player RPG like Fallout 4, 3, and New Vegas, 76 was a pseudo MMO where you joined multiplayer servers to play in a persistent world. A multiplayer Falloutsounds great on paper, but the execution wasn’t what people were looking for. Many years and updates later, the game is in a far better state, but not quite up to the standard of some hardcore fans. However, Bethesda games are among the most famous for the quality of mods made for them, and at this point, there are thousands of mods available forFallout 76. We’ve scoured every inch of Appalachia to collect only the best Fallout 76 mods.

The second wave of closed beta testing for large-scale multiplayer mech action game Mecha BREAK for PC will run from April 26 at 3:00 a.m. PT / 6:00 a.m. ET to April 28 at 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET, Seasun Games announced. Users can register here.

Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut is arriving on PC on May 16, and it’s coming with a new PlayStation overlay. This will allow PC players to log in or create a PlayStation account and access many features found on the console, including earning trophies.

You asked for a PC version of Arena Breakout, the popular mobile military multiplayer tactical first-person shooter, and here it is. Say hello to Arena Breakout: Infinite, which will be getting a closed beta next month. Check out the announcement trailer above and the first batch of PC screenshots in the gallery below.

If you are a PC gamer, then you will know all about the power of mods. They allow dedicated fans to alter how a game looks or plays, which sometimes results in an upgrade to the base experience.

Moon Studios and Private Division have released the Steam early access launch trailer for No Rest for the Wicked. The game was announced at The Game Awards 2023. The developers described it as a love letter to action RPGs, as well as their attempt to innovate in the genre.

Cliff Bleszinski’ LawBreakers appears to be making a comeback, thanks to a group of modders who have been working hard to restore the game's online features.

Fallout 76 didn’t have a very good reputation for the longest of times, but like No Man's Sky, it has built itself up into something truly great – but is Fallout 76 cross-platform?

It's bad news for interstellar fashion icons everywhere, as Helldivers 2's creative director confirms that Arrowhead isn't planning to add transmog options to the hit shooter because it just "doesn't make sense."

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the latest addition to the award-winning franchise that most of us have been playing for well over a decade. Beyond the enhanced graphics, refined mechanics, and new gameplay features, one of the biggest draws to the COD world has always been online multiplayer. Not only does multiplayer return for MW3, but there’s more to love about the competitive space than ever before.

The upcoming PC and Xbox game seems well-prepared to deliver an interesting strategic experience, but whether it will be possible to experience that gameplay in multiplayer isn't as immediately clear. has a big focus on medieval city-building, but it pairs this prerogative with a side helping of tactical combat gameplay. This ambitious vision is being carried out by solo developer Slavic Magic, and from everything that's been shown so far, actually stands a good chance of delivering on its core promises in a satisfying way.

Old School RuneScape will be getting more Varlamore, including new Herblore training method, a new group boss challenge, and the team is polling on several key proposals.

This current discount on the Asus ROG Cetra true wireless gaming earbuds is perhaps one for the ages. Not only have the pair returned to their record-lowest price, this time, you can claim a free PC game to go along with them.

The 2024 BAFTA Games Awards have come and gone but didn’t leave without another round of wins for Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3. The Dungeons and Dragons RPG rolled away from the show with five wins (including Best Game) while other highlights saw solid wins for projects like Alan Wake 2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and Viewfinder.

For fans of The Matrix or John Wick, you’ll be glad to know you can dual-wield certain weapons in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – here's how to get the Akimbo Attachment in CoD MW3 to live out your gun-fu dreams.

Margot Robbie's LuckyChap production company is set to produce a movie based on the beloved board game Monopoly – and we're here for it.

Palworld has been keeping the updates and teasing coming as they now have been teasing yet another big feature coming to the game later this year. Recently, they just added raids to the game, while players are having a good time defeating the raids, they aren’t able to keep the Pal that they defeat sadly enough.

Star Wars Outlaws is now building to its 2024 release date, with a new trailer raising questions over whether the single-player game will incorporate any multiplayer elements.

Supercell’s Community Manager Paula Baguena just dropped a video with some juicy details. So, they’re soft-launching Squad Busters on April 23rd, 2024. If you haven’t been in the loop, it’s a new squad-building action game with the most popular Supercell characters.

A new $80 Call of Duty item has been blasted by fans of the shooter franchise.

Earlier this week, we saw what was essentially the death of two beloved consoles, as Nintendo finally shut down the online services for both the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, leaving several games either obsolete or without online multiplayer. Games such as the first Splatoon, Mario Maker, Mario Kart, and plenty more were left practically unplayable, or were severely impacted by the shutdown, but it turns out there may be a glimmer of hope for those wanting to jump into a game.

Today, Hangar 13 shared a lot of new details on the main modes fans will find in Top Spin 2K25. Everything starts in the Top Spin Academy, where they'll be able to master core gameplay mechanics guided by the voice of John McEnroe. The tennis icon will lead players through Basic Lessons on fundamentals such as positioning, timing and shot selection, followed by Advanced Lessons focused on power serves, lob shots and more, and ending with Playstyle Lessons that show off the strengths and weaknesses of various playstyles players can chose to apply when building their custom MyPLAYER.

ProbablyMonsters, an independent game company founded in 2016 by former Bungie president and CEO Harold Ryan, has created a new team to develop a competitive multiplayer game in Unreal Engine 5. Led by former Bungie leader Chris Opdah, who has more than 20 years of experience as a game developer working on franchises like Halo and Destiny, Hidden Grove is the new team within ProbablyMonsters working on this multiplayer project.

A new Palworld update has broken things so badly for Xbox Series X/S players that developer Pocketpair has recommended not loading multiplayer data whatsoever.

After quietly roiling away on Itch.io for a few months, bite-sized strategy gambling game Buckshot Roulette has come to Steam and instantly become one of the most popular and highest-rated PC games of the year. It only costs $3 ($2.69 thanks to an ongoing sale), you can finish it in well under an hour, and there's a very good reason that it's gotten over 6,600 user reviews with a 96% positive score since its April 4 Steam launch. 

There's only good news in the world of Helldivers 2 today following the successful completion of Operation Swift Disassembly, the recent Major Order to crush the Automatons in Arrowhead's popular multiplayer game. Not only is the galaxy free once more, but all Helldivers have received a special gift in the form of a minute-long break inclusive of the time it takes to read the announcement. Congratulations, folks; you earned it.

Online multiplayer on all Wii U and 3DS games has come to an end, as Nintendo shuts down the servers for good. This makes it impossible to use online functionality in games such as Pokemon X & Y, Splatoon, Mario Kart 8, and Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS - at least while using conventional means.

We knew it was coming, but that doesn’t make it any easier to say goodbye. Nintendo shut down the online servers for both the Wii U and 3DS today. This means the end of online multiplayer gaming for both consoles, turning Mario Kart 7 for 3DS and the original Splatoon for the Wii U into single player or couch co-op experiences. The first Super Mario Maker is also effectively dead, as there’s no way to browse for and download player-created levels.

Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for April 8: Online gaming is booming, especially among young people. From kids to adults, everyone's hooked on these games. Today, let's dive into one of these online adventures and explore its special codes. Garena Free Fire MAX is a thrilling multiplayer battle royale game. Here, players get to flaunt their gaming skills and take on opponents from around the globe. In the world of Free Fire MAX, players often find themselves in need of various in-game treasures like diamonds, pets, cool skins, and unique outfits.

An official Pokemon account has put together a video promoting the Nintendo 3DS, just hours before the servers are taken down. The video makes no mention of this, simply showing off a Pokemon-themed 3DS at an event this weekend, as if it isn't about to lose access to all of its online functionality.

Publisher Atari has been bringing back all kinds of old school series lost to the annals of time, and its latest is soon to leave its stint in early access with a full launch. That game is NeoSprint, a modern take on the company's top-down, multiplayer racing series, coming this summer to PS5 and PS4.

Sea of Thieves is one of the four Xbox titles heading for new shores with its PS5 port — not only that, it's the first ever PlayStation game from Rare. The seafaring multiplayer game lets you live out all kinds of pirate-themed adventures in its sandbox environment, and we're excited to finally take it for a spin. A big draw for some, though, is the allure of a good Trophy list, and Sea of Thieves is looking to deliver on that front big time.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Warzone Season 3 has arrived, and as usual, it’s packed with plenty of new content to keep players busy. The core CoD: Modern Warfare III multiplayer experience is getting a bunch of all-new maps, Warzone is bringing back the Rebirth Island Resurgence map with a bunch of updates, and more crossover content is on the way, including Godzilla x Kong cosmetics, and… Cheech and Chong as Operators? Sure, man, groovy. Check out the launch trailer for CoD: Modern Warfare III/Warzone Season 3, below.

Amazon has announced the 12 games it'll be giving away to all Prime Gaming subscribers in April, with this month's offerings including Fallout 76 — whose arrival is perfectly timed to coincide with Amazon's new Fallout TV series.

Xbox Game Pass grants access to a wide variety of titles, including a selection of excellent multiplayer games. When it comes to multiplayer gaming, tastes vary: some prefer to team up with friends and work together to take down enemies, while others prefer a more cutthroat, competitive scene. Whatever the case, Game Pass has got players covered. From player-versus-enemy RPGs to player-versus-player shooters to survival games that seamlessly blend the two,

Amazon is offering another decent batch of games to Prime members at no extra cost for the month of April. Leading the bunch is Fallout 76, a multiplayer take on the post-apocalyptic franchise. There’s also the hack and slash adventure Chivalry 2 and around a dozen more.

Gameloft has announced Divine Rush, a 16-player “platformer royale.” A pre-alpha test is available from today through April 8 for PC via Epic Games Store.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Season 3 is officially live, introducing brand new battle pass content, gameplay improvements, and more.

We're all getting another chance to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with no strings attached thanks to another free weekend.

Season 3's update hit Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone today and there’s a lot of new content. There are new game modes, the return of Rebirth Island, new Perks, new weapons, and so much more! Here’s everything you need to know that’s new in Season 3.

Goodbye, App Store Suika Game clones. The real thing has finally arrived on iOS for players outside of Japan. Suika Game, the watermelon puzzle game that went viral on Nintendo Switch last year, is available to download for $2.99 on Apple’s App Store, making it playable on iPhone and iPad. The title for the official version is “Suika Game-Aladdin X” and it comes from XGIMI Limited.

Publisher Gaijin Entertainment and developer Three Whales Studio will release post-apocalyptic online adventure game Age of Water for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam on April 18, the companies announced. The console versions are newly announced.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Season 3 kicks off today, April 3, and Activision has released patch notes revealing what to expect.

Tencent Cloud is now the official server provider for Palworld. The Chinese cloud giant confirmed the news via a press release shared with TechRadar earlier this week.

If you've been playing Elden Ring, you'll know that its online multiplayer component – where you can read messages from other players and even summon them for boss battles – is a big part of the fun. But this does mean that there are Elden Ring servers that need to remain healthy in order for the game to stay online.

CD Projekt RED has essentially committed to none of its future single player games featuring microtransactions as the Polish developer states it doesn't «see a place for microtransactions in the case of single player games». The studio's CFO Piotr Nielubowicz said as such in an investor's chat via StockWatch.pl, but the micro-purchases are something the team could explore for online experiences: «We do not rule out that we will use this solution in the future in the case of multiplayer projects.»

Baldur's Gate 3's multiplayer is chaotic. You've got to plan your fights together and decide how you're going to approach the various moral dilemmas the game throws at you. But as some players have discovered, you've also got to decide how to treat your campmates, because they might leave if they fall out with just one of you.

World of Warcraft franchise director John Hight says Blizzard Entertainment isn't using generative AI in the massively multiplayer online game (MMO).

Despite a few canceled games (such as the titles in development at Hidden Path and Otherside Entertainment), Wizards of the Coast is still betting heavily on the D&D brand for its video gaming division.

CD Projekt Red's chief operating officer Piotr Nielubowicz has said that the studio's single-player games may never have microtransactions, but its inclusion in multiplayer projects hasn't been ruled out.

Enough time has passed to bring us to the next Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 season.

CD Projekt Red, the studio behind The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077, apparently has no intentions of implementing microtransactions in its single-player games.

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator developer Landfall has announced four-player cooperative horror game Content Warning. It is available now for PC via Steam for free for 24 hours. Its price will change to $7.99 starting April 2 at 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET.

Following CD Projekt RED's recent quarterly report, where we learned that The Witcher 4 (Polaris) is still in pre-production, a couple of executives were invited by the Polish financial site StockWatch to answer a few questions.

We’ve had plenty of hero shooters in the past, but Marvel Rivals will be the first time we’ve had one with literal superheroes. This 6v6 multiplayer title will bring heroes and villains from all across Marvel together to battle it out in multiplayer mayhem. Aside from the game’s release date, the biggest question on everyone’s mind is what the cast of characters will look like. The only details shared so far state that there are “over a dozen” characters that will be included in Marvel Rivals, but we’ve scrubbed through the trailer and marketing materials to compile a complete list of all the heroes shown off. Here’s every hero on the roster we can confirm so far.

YoungHorses has just announced a Kickstarter for Bugsnax: The Card Game - and no, it's not an April Fools joke.

A senior CD Projekt Red official has gone on record to state that the studio doesn't believe microtransactions have a place in single-player games. And while that move effectively reiterated the company's long-standing stance on game monetization, CD Projekt Red isn't entirely ruling out the possibility of implementing microtransactions in the future.