Depending on your disposition, the advent of online multiplayer has transformed video games for better or for worse. Gone are the days where you would sit on the sofa with your friends and soak in a shooter, at least in the mainstream.
Nowadays, everyone has to have their own console, and you’re often playing over the internet, connecting over voice chat, and bringing down squads in a battle royale. For keeping in touch with distant friends and family, this is a godsend for the gaming-savvy, but you may still have fond memories of those halcyon days of couch co-op and cheap controllers.
With Turtle Rock’s zombie horde shooter Back 4 Blood out in October and looking to capture the magic of co-operative multiplayer for a new generation, we thought it’d be a good time to reminisce about some of the best multiplayer video games of all time. Here are 10 of our favorites, from stone-cold classics to new contenders.
