There’s something special about sharing a multiplayer game in the same room as a group of mates. Whether it’s duffing up bad guys in classics like Streets of Rage II, racing in four-player Mario Kart ...

Why it’s great: Easy to pick up, impossible to put down. The chaos of shells, bananas, and last‑second blue shell strikes makes it perfect for mixed‑skill groups. Who it’s for: Families, casual ...

Anyone who played games with their siblings might remember how split-screen multiplayer was once the standard for great local co-op or competitive experiences. However, fewer and fewer games have ...

Some say that couch multiplayer is dead thanks to the omnipresence of online gaming. We would like to say that, while couch multiplayer may not be as common as it once was, it is far from dead. There ...

Did you know that Steam has local co-op games? OK, that might sound obvious, but PC gaming is so heavily associated with online multiplayer that it's easy to forget that the platform offers nearly the ...

Super Mario is the most iconic video game character in history but he also kind of hogs the whole conversation when it comes to multiplayer games on Nintendo systems. Look, I get it! Mario is awesome!

Miller Reynolds is a Writer at DualShockers specializing in news, reviews, guides, interviews, and lists. He began covering games professionally in 2025, bringing a journalism background and more than ...

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally in 2010 because an opportunity presented itself ...