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]

Frozen Flame confirms an early access launch date of November 17

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The time is nigh for the multiplayer survival RPG Frozen Flame to step out of closed testing and into early access. Developer Dreamside Interactive...

Star Anvil’s Secret World TTRPG Kickstarter successfully funds with $150K raised

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Secret World fans, prepare yourself for the only Secret World content you're going to get in the foreseeable future: Star Anvil Studios' The Secret...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go is just not keeping its community promises

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For those who haven't been keeping score, I have. Niantic has now missed two Pokemon Go dev diary months: one in August, which was the...

Star Citizen outlines work done for CitizenCon, alpha 3.18, and Arena Commander in October dev report

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Star Citizen is checking back in once again with its customary monthly development report for October, which by and large focuses on things that...

EA Q2 FY23: Live service titles are 73% of EA’s business, sports lootboxes sell big

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The second quarter earnings call from Electronic Arts has pretty much confirmed what most people were probably assuming: 73% of the company's business is...

Activision-Blizzard continues obstructing QA worker unionization with latest appeal

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A few weeks ago, the QA division of Blizzard Albany - that is, the studio formerly known as Vicarious Visions that is working on...
Like caw.

ARK Survival Evolved’s survival edition upgrade goes live on Nintendo Switch without multiplayer (for now)

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Yesterday was a big deal for Nintendo Switch owners who live survival sandboxes, dinosaurs, and the combination of the two. That's because the Ultimate...

Post-apoc MMO shooter Ashfall boosts its visuals and adds two new game modes

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Considering that we only recently became aware of Ashfall, NetEase and Legendary Star Studio's upcoming post-apocalyptic shooter MMO, we haven't really had that much...
TANKS for the MEMORIES of separate channels

Wargaming is overhauling World of Tanks’ social media following relocation to Europe

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It's a merge coming for World of Tanks... specifically, a social media merge. It can't be a server merge, the game doesn't work like...

Apex Legends launches its Eclipse season with a new character, new map, and the ability to send gifts

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Presumably, most of what people gift one another in Apex Legends is headshots, but as of the game's newest season, actual gifts can be...

Diablo IV devs talk up the ARPG’s ‘return to darkness’ in the tonal and literal sense

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Dark. Darkity dark dark. Darkness. It's what the devs of Diablo IV have crowed about before, and it's the subject of discussion once again...

Path of Exile elaborates on the punishing handicaps that December’s Ruthless mode applies

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Last week Grinding Gear Games had expounded on, among other things, a new name and initial details for Path of Exile's new hard mode...

Kakao Q3 2022: Revenue down, pipeline packed with ArcheAge War, Ares, Odin Valhalla Rising, Dysterra

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Kakao Games released Q3 financials this morning, and it's packed with good and bad news. Let's do the bad first: Revenue is down by...

Fortnite celebrates the original Star Wars trilogy with skins and weapons during its Skywalker Week event

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The battle royale-cum-pop culture blender pitcher that is Fortnite is at it again. Starting today, the shooter is kicking off a Skywalker Week celebration...
We won this one.

Almost 2M PlayStation Plus subbers quit this summer following pricing revamp

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This past March, Sony thought it would be a keen and swell idea to mess with its PlayStation Plus subscription plan, announcing plans to...
Hunder those warts. With helicopters.

War Thunder celebrates a decade of operation with special vehicles, events, and sales

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Can you believe it's been an entire decade since players were allowed to start hundering warts? Wait, sorry, that's wrong; the game isn't Wart...
WHOOSH

MultiVersus adds Black Adam and a new arcade mode to its feature set

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Expect to see a whole lot of bandwagon hopping with MultiVersus, as this multiplayer battler is well-positioned to absorb any trending pop culture character...

Hearthstone announces March of the Lich King expansion for December 6

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Hearthstone is basically built on top of Warcraft universe lore, so Blizzard's announcement today - that the game's net expansion is called March of...

Massively on the Go: The Pokemon Go outlook for November 2022

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After several several, constant event failures, Niantic still hasn't offered up a November blog for Pokemon GO. But it did release another homemade infographic...

Netflix acquires cozy game dev studio Spry Fox, which promises work on non-violent MMO will continue

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Last January we had gotten word that developer Spry Fox, the studio behind cozy games like Road Not Taken and Cozy Grove, was working...

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