The Gaming MagazineLive · September 18, 2026

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Going Deeper in Subnautica 2: A Leviathan and Deep-Biome Survival Guide

The deep in Subnautica 2 does not crush you, it starves you. A survival guide to Proteus's three leviathans, the Tadpole's crush-depth ladder, keeping your oxygen alive past 200 meters, and getting a co-op team down to Root Canyon and back.

#subnautica 2#survival#leviathan

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Guides•about 1 month ago

Best Co-op Horror Games to Play in 2026, Ranked

Horror hits different when your friends are screaming with you. The best co-op horror games of 2026, ranked: the online scares worth gathering a group for, from panicked scavenging runs to methodical ghost hunts, with team size, the kind of fear each one deals in, and who it suits.

#co-op#horror games#multiplayer

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Culture•about 1 month ago

The Co-op Friend You Only Know Through One Game

You have logged hundreds of hours beside them, learned their build, their timezone, their panic voice in a boss fight. You have never seen their face and never will. On the peculiar, real intimacy of a friendship that lives entirely inside a single game, and what happens to it when the servers wind down.

#co-op#online friendship#multiplayer

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Guides•about 2 months ago

Best Multiplayer and Co-op Gacha Games in 2026

Most gacha games are solo experiences, but a handful build in real multiplayer. Here are the best co-op and multiplayer gacha games in 2026, from Genshin Impact's co-op bosses to Wuthering Waves, Honkai Impact 3rd, Tower of Fantasy, and the raid-driven options, with an honest read on how deep the co-op actually goes.

#gacha#multiplayer#co-op

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Culture•about 2 months ago

Carted: The Strange Camaraderie of Failing in Monster Hunter

In Monster Hunter, getting knocked out does not end the fight, it loads you onto a little cart and drags you back to camp. Somehow that one design choice built a whole culture of shared failure, gallows humor, and the third-cart panic every hunter knows. Here is why carting is the genre's best idea.

#monster hunter#monster hunter wilds#carting

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Guides•2 months ago

Best Co-op Survival Games to Play With Friends in 2026

The survival games worth wrangling a group chat for in 2026, ranked. From Valheim's ten-player Viking sagas to Enshrouded's building sandbox, V Rising's vampire clans, and the sleeper hit Abiotic Factor, here are the best co-op survival games, how many friends each fits, and where to start.

#survival games#co-op#multiplayer

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Culture•2 months ago

The Hour 30 Wall: Why We Bounce Off Survival Games Right When They Open Up

You know the feeling. The first weekend in a survival game is magic, then somewhere around hour 30 the momentum dies and the world goes quiet. It is not that the game ran out of content. It is a specific, predictable wall, and once you can see it, you can climb it instead of quitting at it.

#survival games#culture#burnout

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Culture•3 months ago

The Unwritten Rules of Co-op Survival Servers

Every co-op survival server runs on a social contract nobody writes down: who owns the base, how loot gets shared, what counts as griefing, and when it is okay to log off. Here are the unwritten rules that keep a shared world from falling apart, whatever game you are playing.

#survival#co-op#community

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Guides•3 months ago

Subnautica 2 Co-op Survival Guide: How To Dive the Deep Together Without Losing Anyone

Subnautica 2's four-player co-op turns the ocean into a team sport, and it changes how oxygen, depth, and vehicles work. This guide covers roles, shared bases, staying alive as a group, and how to handle leviathans together, plus what the upcoming co-op update adds.

#subnautica 2#co-op#multiplayer

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Guides•3 months ago

Grounded 2 Beginner's Guide: Your First Hours in Brookhollow Park

A complete Grounded 2 beginner's guide covering the Omni-Tool, your first weapon and armor, base placement, Tang Corruption, and which bugs to fight (or avoid) before you tame your first Buggy.

#grounded 2#beginner#guide

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Guides•3 months ago

Abiotic Factor Beginner Guide: Your First Hours in GATE

A practical Abiotic Factor beginner guide covering jobs, survival needs, crafting, skills, and a safe first base before you push deeper into the facility.

#abiotic-factor#abiotic factor#beginner

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