2020-01-01_PC_Gamer_(US_Edition

REMOTE CHANCE

STEAM is taking the ‘local’ out of ‘local multiplayer’

T

he problem with couch co-op is that

it involves (shudder) Full Human

Interaction. Valve to the rescue!

Steam now offers (in the beta client)

Remote Play Together, which allows local

co-op games to be played over the internet.

There are over 4,000 supported games at

launch, and I’m not listing them here because

we only have so much space.

The host invites somebody from their

friends list to play, the game is streamed to

their screen, and away you go. While we’ve

found that internet speeds have an effect on

quality, it’s surprisingly solid so far.

Luke Kemp

STRONG AS A (PARAD)OX

PDXCON 2019 announcements? Let’s DLC what we have here

Y

ou can check out p28 and p30 for

the new games, but there’s plenty

more announcements from

Paradox’s annual convention to talk about.

Battletech’s Heavy Metal expansion, for

example. Eight new mechs! Flashpoint

mini-campaign! Plus a free update to the

base game, with two new mechs and official

mod support. All coming November 21.

Stellaris gets an expansion called Federations.

Based on negotiating with aliens rather than

blowing them up, this DLC will let you make

alliances and be a space politician. The

Lithoids Species Pack—with new species

portraits and ship models—is out now.

Age of Wonders: Planetfall’s first expansion

lands November 19. Revelations offers two

campaigns, a new faction, and more. With

Hearts of Iron 4’s La Resistance expansion

too, there’s plenty to keep Paradox fans busy.

Luke Kemp

Stat Pack

25

Years Monolith has been making

games. Happy birthday!

12,000,

(and then some) dollars revenue for

Youtubers Life! Mad...

100

Dollars for a year’s Fallout

1st subscription.

48

Hours Fortnite was taken offline

before the launch of Chapter 2.

64

The version of Doom you get as a

bonus if you pre-order Doom Eternal.

93

Percent positive Steam reviews for

I Love You, Colonel Sanders.