Ranked and competitive modes are becoming more and more commonplace in online multiplayer games. These days, it’s easy to pick up any multiplayer game, sink a few hours into it learning the basics, ...

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It's time to kick up the competitive heat with some Ranked Battles in Splatoon 3 Online Multiplayer! Brian Saviano gets ...

Splatoon 2 has inked its mark on many a Nintendo fan’s heart since its official Switch release on Friday. If you’ve got your heart set on playing in competitive ranked play (and you’ve reached level ...

During the Switch reveal trailer, Nintendo showed off an arena with thousands of screaming Splatoon fans, and it seems that the gaming company wants to make this a reality. Nintendo has announced that ...

Though Nintendo hasn’t exactly been completely upfront about this, it’s pretty clear that Splatoon 2’s matchmaking system is region-locked. Whereas the first game offered global matchmaking where the ...

Back in 2015, when Splatoon launched on the Wii U, all I could think about was all the people that would never get a chance to play it because it was only available on a dying console. Thankfully, ...

Splatoon is an online multiplayer shooter delivered in a way only Nintendo can — instead of engaging in realistic violence, teams of half-kids, half-squids engage in raucous competitions over who can ...