What's the latest and greatest in party-style competitive or cooperative (ideally four player or even more) videogames? Our current selection is a little bit long in the tooth and I'm wondering if there's something I should be purchasing or downloading to freshen things up for this weekend. [more inside]
posted by Joey Bagels on Jun 27, 2012 - 23 answers

Can anybody recommend a Minecraft multiplayer server? I'm involved with one now and it's fine but I find myself sometimes tired of the 14/15-year-olds. Survival is great, keeps the blood pumping. [more inside]
posted by crios on Jun 19, 2011 - 10 answers

Earlier this year I watched a demo of an upcoming multi-player, online video game. In this game, you explored and build structures and traps using an extensive toolkit of components. Some items had sensors that could trigger events on other items. Tower-defense + sandbox + player-vs-player. Help me remember the game's name? [more inside]
posted by phoeniciansailor on Sep 22, 2010 - 6 answers

What are some net-capable multiplayer games that a friend and I can play on our low-end laptops? [more inside]
posted by genericdave on Mar 23, 2010 - 18 answers

[WiiFilter] What are your favorite two-player Virtual Console/WiiWare games? [more inside]
posted by coraline on Dec 22, 2009 - 13 answers

What is the easiest way to set up a multiplayer game "room" for a group of kids who all have Wii's? [more inside]
posted by pearlybob on Sep 23, 2009 - 7 answers

I'm looking for some suggestions of Xbox 360 games I can play split-screen AND online simultaneously. [more inside]
posted by superbird on Jun 22, 2009 - 10 answers

Fable 2 local co-op question: Is it possible to play through the game once with a henchman tagging along, without the second player needing to play through their own game? [more inside]
posted by cacophony on Oct 26, 2008 - 2 answers

What's the best way to find out whether or not an older online multiplayer game still has an active user base? Short of purchasing the game and looking for myself, of course. [more inside]
posted by iamisaid on Dec 12, 2007 - 9 answers

VideoGameRecommendationFilter: I thought Goldeneye was a great multiplayer game. What first-person-shooter for the Gamecube would y'all recommend as being the most like it and/or the most fun in terms of multiplayer?
posted by evinrude on Aug 25, 2004 - 9 answers