The best competitive multiplayer games

 
Video games can be truly rewarding experiences whether you're knocking Bowser into a fiery inferno, scrapping seconds off a lap time around Silverstone to turn it into a record breaker, or solving a head-scratching Picross puzzle after a quiet and focused half hour. When that accomplishment happens to involve besting a friend sitting on the very same couch or a stranger (or 99 for that matter) halfway round the world it's made all the more sweeter. Knowing you've bested not just the video game, but another hungry competitor too. So put on your meanest game face as 'The Best Competitive Multiplayer Games' guides you through 60 of the best multiplayer titles around.