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Best co-op games to play in 2024 with friends and family on consoles and PC

Source: EA

Teaming up with others can take the joy of gaming to the next level. Nothing beats winning the World Cup on FIFA with your best mate. Or pulling off an adrenaline-pumping GTA Online heist with your outlaw crew.

In fact, communal play is woven into the DNA of gaming. Back in the eighties, when the Nintendo Entertainment System offered 8-bit escapism, players had to wait their turn to play multiplayer Mario. 

Fortunately, those days are firmly behind us. Pick up any new online game, and there’s a big chance you’ll be able to join forces with your friends. Nowhere is this more evident than in the latest crop of survival adventures that have taken the gaming world by storm. The likes of Minecraft, Valheim, Sons of the Forest, and Palworld enable players to build, hunt, and fight in packs.

To think there was a time when you had to invite your best mate sesh. Still, for those who prefer to game with people in the same room, a bounty of local co-op titles await, in part thanks to the .

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