D&D: Dark Alliance can be played solo, but it is meant to be played with others. Instead of fighting the goblins and orcs of Icewind Dale alone, you can (and should) team up with two or three other companions. This makes combat easier and exploration more fun. But does D&D: Dark Alliance have local split-screen co-op?
Unfortunately, D&D: Dark Alliance does not support local split-screen co-op on any platform at launch. You can't throw a controller at your buddy, slump on a couch, and talk about Icewind Dale killing clueless vermin.
Well, not yet, anyway.
Developer Tuque Games said in May that local split-screen co-op would be coming to D&D: Dark Alliance after launch. There's no set release date for the split-screen addition, but Tuque said he hopes to implement the feature "this summer". This would put its ETA between the game's launch on June 22 and the end of summer on September 22.
I just announced on the Dev Stream: We heard you loud and clear.
After the launch of Dark Alliance, our main priority is to support 2-player split-screen co-op mode for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC.
We're working to get this ready for our first free DLC this summer. pic.twitter.com/WkoFimeBHi
- Dark Alliance (@DarkAlliance) 28 May 2021
Until then, D&D: Dark Alliance supports online cooperative multiplayer. Of course, you and your friends will each need to own a copy of Dark Alliance to play together, but it's possible. You can create custom game and your friends can join janky co op.
The game also features matchmaking, so you can search for players currently online and access a lobby with your current character. You will be paired with random players in a random session. It's not the same as local co-op or playing with friends, but it's an alternative.
It's unfortunate that D&D: Dark Alliance won't support local split-screen co-op at launch, but it's good news that it's coming in a future patch. Hopefully they will also allow more than one class in a group at a time. Crossed fingers.
