Multiplayer

Games in our Multiplayer category are multiplayer online games that share some but not all mechanics in common with traditional MMORPGs. Generally, their “massive” nature is contested. They frequently include OARPGs, online shooters, online strategy games, mobile MMOs, and other pseudo-MMOs that optionally provide single-player, offline, or custom-server support. We formerly categorized Multiplayer titles as “Not So Massively” games. You may also be interested in our MOBA category for PvP-centric arena battlers. [Follow the Multiplayer Online Games category’s RSS feed]

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The Soapbox: Subscriptions might actually be the next big innovation in digital card games

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What started earlier this week as a rant on how bad an idea a subscription model in Hearthstone would be evolved into something more:...

Siege-centered PvP MMO Warlander makes its free-to-play launch, is immediately flooded with cheaters

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A few weeks ago we caught wind of Warlander, a self-described MMO focused on online castle siege warfare with up to 100 players that...

Diablo III brings a talent tree-granting new season to its public test realm January 31

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Players of Diablo III can now pretty much expect each new season of the ARPG will bring some form of distinct mechanical shift for...

Minecraft Legends and co-op shooter Redfall confirm release dates in Xbox developer showcase

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Earlier this week saw Microsoft and Bethesda kick off a developer showcase of titles arriving to Xbox, PC, and Game Pass, and while our...

The Stream Team: Starting a few first-time matches in Marvel Snap

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MOP's Chris is not usually one for card games, but there was a lot of early noise made about Marvel Snap, and it appears...

Overwatch 2 devs address issues with ranked play, reward acquisition, and balance frequency

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In an attempt to get ahead of several controversial topics in the Overwatch 2 meta, Blizzard posted a developer update to briefly address a...

Dungeons & Dragons’ OGL fiasco ends in victory for third-party content like The Secret World TTRPG

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Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro flooped around and found out. As we discussed earlier this month, the stewards of the Dungeons & Dragons...

Tower of Fantasy unveils a frosty karate robot coming to the roster on February 2

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Have you ever worn shoes that could kill? You will be if you're going to be playing as Alyss, the new Simulacrum arriving to...

Hearthstone applies balance adjustments to Battlegrounds, Duels, and several of its latest cards

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With Hearthstone's March of the Lich King expansion now almost two months old, the devs of the online CCG have had time to take...

Destiny 2’s day-long outage this week was the result of… a config error in a dev tool

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Destiny 2 suffered a nasty outage earlier this week that took the game down more than 24 hours and even caused a rollback. Now,...

‘WELP’: New World leaderboard test event ends with a bellyflop thanks to war mercenary mechanics

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Testing is meant to break things and not go to plan, but the devs of New World had a pretty big stumble as the...

Star Citizen provides previews of alpha 3.19’s expanded derelicts and updated Lorville

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While Star Citizen's alpha 3.18 build has been going through the public testing motions, the game's returning weekly video digest is taking a look...

Diablo IV takes you behind-the-scenes of its launch date trailer

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If the grim setting and bloody characters of Diablo IV's January release trailer were too obtuse for you, then be grateful that Blizzard threw...

Valheim lead dev teases ‘fairly meaty’ update with fixes, updates, and new items

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While Valheim has offered a long-distance look ahead to content update plans, there's a new update that's apparently much closer to release according to...
Darn it.

The Soapbox: Comparing the monetization of physical and digital card games

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Earlier this week, we reported on the recent Blizzard survey about a possible Hearthstone sub. When I read the news, I almost choked on...

Co-op shooter Warhammer 40K Darktide delays Xbox launch, having fallen ‘short of meeting expectations’

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Following a holiday season launch late last year, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide should be riding high on the strengths of its popular IP and gritty...

V Rising celebrates 3M sales since early access as players await its delayed content update

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Vampire survival MMO V Rising is apparently still gathering all the monies and sales: Stunlock Studios just sent 'round the announcement that it's now...

Riot Games says it won’t be extorted by hackers who breached League of Legends’ source code

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Last weekend, Riot Games told fans of its games that it had been hit with a social engineering attack that led to the compromise...

Diablo II Resurrected introduces eight new rune words to its PTR

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Speak the words and earn the power. That's what rune words are all about in Diablo II: Resurrected, and now there are eight new...

Parent puts Roblox on blast for her first-hand experiences of troubling games and failed content filtering

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In case you were wondering if the CEO of Roblox was blowing smoke when he talked up "safety and civility," allow one parent's extremely...

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