First Strike: Multiplayer

After about 10 hours with the Gears E-Day multiplayer beta, Xbox's long-time shooter series is making some smart gameplay changes.

Meccha Chameleon, Lethal Company, and Bokura are just a few excellent affordable multiplayer games on Steam.

Gears of War: E-Day is a prequel entry that maintains the Gears of War formula, according to a 3-hour preview of its Horde mode.

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls launches on August 6, and if you're feeling battle-hungry, there's a good chance that you'll be up for a brawl when you've got the game installed. But when can you start testing out your dream-team of superheroes and supervillains against real people? Surprisingly soon, as the multiplayer servers for the game are almost open. Developer Arc System Works has revealed the launch times for the Marvel Tokon servers across the globe. Here they are: United States 8 AM PT 11 AM ET United Kingdom 4 PM BST Europe 5 PM CEST Middle East 6 PM AST Africa 5 PM SAST China 11 PM CS

A brand new Halo multiplayer game has been scrapped, according to sources.