Tag Archives: online

GameFront is reporting on a new in-development mod for the PC that would bring cooperative and online play to Skyrim. The mod will reportedly allow players to quest together, trade items, and chat with other players worldwide.

There’s no word yet on exactly how it works since the mod is still in production, however a video was released that you can view after the break. The video is extremely rough, but it does show basic character models playing and moving around together in Whiterun (though without animation.)
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NPD’s said that Xbox 360 is selling more online-capable games than both PS3 and Wii.

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DFC Intelligence has released a new report which predicts worldwide revenue of online games will hit $29 billion in 2016.

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EA Games label president Frank Gibeau has said games without online components are “finished” as “online is where the innovation, and the action, is at”.

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Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood’s multiplayer beta will kick off in September, as spotted by Gamerzines

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British Telecom has said that OnLive should launch in the UK by the end of 2011.

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Online battles with the Geth or the Collectors may soon be on the cards for Mass Effect 3: a recent BioWare job listing may suggest as such.

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Acclaim boss Dave Perry said at DICE yesterday that single-player games will not be able to compete with online free-to-play games.

The creator of Earthworm Jim told the crowd that “the days of single-player games are numbered,” and added that his company’s focus is “entirely on multiplayer.”

More over on Gamasutra.

LittleBigPlanet’s Create mode, which sees up to four players hopping, bopping, and generally glee-ing a level into existence, will only be available as an offline mode when the game launches. In a forum thread on the official PlayStation website, developer “Sam_Protagonist” confirmed the disheartening news.

“The ability to create with your friends online will come as part of the first major update after the game is released,” Sam wrote. “Offline creating with up to 4 people on one PlayStation 3 however is available right from the get go.”

“The next question will undoubtedly be ‘when is the first update due’ and right now there is no specific time set at the moment, however with the game having gone gold, the team at Media Molecule are already hard at work on content for the game after its release, with online multiplayer creating top of the list.”

We’re in tears, but we still can’t wait for the game. How about you?

By Nathan Grayson