{"id":98046,"date":"2016-07-11T14:55:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T12:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=98046"},"modified":"2016-07-11T14:56:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T12:56:23","slug":"the-best-multiplayer-pc-games-of-2016-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/98046-the-best-multiplayer-pc-games-of-2016-so-far","title":{"rendered":"The best multiplayer PC games of 2016 (so far)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether you’re looking for the latest title to break out at your LAN party or a new competitive shooter\u00a0to master, we’ve got you covered with the latest and greatest multiplayer PC games.<\/p>\n

Check out the best multiplayer games of 2016 so far, according to their Metacritic<\/strong> <\/a>score:<\/p>\n

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Overwatch<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Metacritic Score: 91<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overwatch is the obvious contender for the top spot of this list.<\/p>\n

The game has been massively successful and is still only in its infancy, recently adding in its first official iteration of competitive matchmaking.<\/p>\n

The game features intense action and exciting team-play, delivering a refreshing, unique multiplayer shooter that defines its own genre.<\/p>\n

\"Blizzard<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dark Souls III<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Metacritic Score: 89<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dark Souls III is the highly-acclaimed final\u00a0installment in the Souls franchise.<\/p>\n

The game offers a hardcore, unforgiving multiplayer experience, allowing players to be invaded by others and team up to complete especially difficult boss fights.<\/p>\n

\"Dark<\/a><\/p>\n

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Total War: Warhammer<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Metacritic Score: 86<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Total War franchise has always contained a unique multiplayer element, offering armchair-generals the opportunity to command entire armies in battle.<\/p>\n

Total War: Warhammer is the latest game in the franchise, and features a fantasy setting, something the Total War franchise did not branch out to until now.<\/p>\n

\"Total<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hearthstone: Whispers of the Old Gods<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Metacritic Score: 85<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hearthstone’s Whispers of the Old Gods expansion brings\u00a0a variety of new cards and game mechanics to the popular trading card game.<\/p>\n

Hearthstone is a refined, simple trading card game based in the WarCraft universe which is free-to-play and relatively easy to pick up.<\/p>\n

The game also features competitive gameplay along with a ranked season ladder.<\/p>\n

\"Hearthstone<\/a><\/p>\n

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DOOM<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Metacritic Score: 84<\/strong><\/p>\n

DOOM was met with a warm reception, despite early doubts as to the game’s multiplayer.<\/p>\n

The title boasts fast-paced multiplayer which is slightly reminiscent of classic arena shooters.<\/p>\n

\"Doom\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hearts of Iron IV<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Metacritic Score: 84<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hearts of Iron IV pits players against each other in the arena of World War II.<\/p>\n

Hearts of Iron IV is a grand strategy game, with a focus on global control and macro-management over specific battle control and action-packed combat.<\/p>\n

\"Hearts<\/a><\/p>\n

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Enter the Gungeon<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Metacritic Score: 84<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enter the Gungeon is a co-op dungeon crawler featuring roguelike elements and tons of replayability.<\/p>\n

The game only features local multiplayer, but gamers can play on the same screen with multiple controls.<\/p>\n

\"Enter<\/a><\/p>\n

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Duelyst<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Metacritic Score: 81<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duelyst is a unique trading card game which shares certain features with Hearthstone, but opts for a more complex\u00a0tactics system.<\/p>\n

The game features online multiplayer and is currently free-to-play.<\/p>\n

\"Duelyst\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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If you’re looking for a new multiplayer to get into this year but are fresh out of ideas, we’ve got you covered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":93639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3],"tags":[15623,17576,1966,753,261,10096,15397,17606,457,15527,20204,17520],"class_list":["post-98046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-pc","tag-15623","tag-best","tag-games","tag-list","tag-multiplayer","tag-overwatch","tag-pc","tag-play","tag-review","tag-score","tag-so-far","tag-top"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98046"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98282,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98046\/revisions\/98282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}