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]

Skull and Bones’ latest dev blog talks about plundering settlements, outposts, and forts

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Sure, you can attack a ship and get its goods in Skull and Bones, but the true buccaneering loot goblin knows that plundering locations...

Star Citizen says persistence is on ‘a straight line to deployment’

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The PU of Star Citizen stands for "persistent universe," but that's only mostly true; players can't land on a planet with their ship, place...

Elite Dangerous firms up dates for console to PC transfers as players spot a possible Thargoid ‘death star’

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Over the past few months, Elite: Dangerous has been talking up plans to let console players transfer their accounts to the PC version. Readers...

Put on your shocked face: Halo Infinite has canceled local multiplayer

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Just how much multiplayer Halo Infinite would include has been the subject of a lot of fuss over the last year. It didn't even...

Multiplayer survival sandbox Earth: Revival plans closed beta this weekend

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If you just can't get enough survival sandbox, Chinese studio Nuverse has another one for you to die in. It's called Earth: Revival, and...

PlanetSide 2 releases a ‘pre-war patch-up’ that fixes some issues for PC players

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The bug fixing patch. We all know that it's something of a staple and necessary evil for MMOs, MMORPGs, and multiplayer gaming. Such a...

NetEase’s free-to-play survival shooter Lost Light makes its global debut on PC and mobile

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Lost Light, the mobile and PC survival shooter from NetEase that we first reported on last year and checked in on last month, is...

Team-based mech shooter Galahad 3093 officially begins its early access period

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The time has come for Arthurian robots to fight it out for reasons: Galahad 3093, the team-based shooter involving players hopping into mech suits...

Microsoft elaborates on its mobile platform hunger, confirms Overwatch and Diablo’s arrival to Game Pass

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The vast majority of our readers made the shocked pikachu face when Microsoft CEO Phil Spencer admitted that his company's buyout of Activision-Blizzard is...
Nope, just me.

V Rising delays its first major content patch into 2023

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Vampire survival MMO V Rising dominated the gaming landscape back in early summer, with 2.5M copies sold and 150,000 peak players. So you might...

Conan Exiles enters the Age of Sorcery and launches battlepass seasons with today’s release

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"The Age of Sorcery update is now available for download on PC." So sayeth Funcom, which has launched the 3.0 update for Conan Exiles...
All right, you live your truth.

Rumor: Lady Gaga will be Fortnite’s next in-game concert performer

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Live music and Fortnite are now two things that go together like peanut butter and jelly whether anyone agrees with it or not. Readers...

Path of Exile outlines changes coming to Archnemesis foes, minions, and Kalandra league

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Path of Exile is once again laying out another series of adjustment plans as Grinding Gear Games continues to turn the dials on several...
Mature, intelligent decisions.

Hearthstone launches the new battlegrounds season and its wildly unpopular new monetization model

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If you thought the gnashing of teeth and brandishing of pitchforks was going to be enough to dissuade Hearthstone away from its new monetization...
WE'RE SO BLEEPING DAAAAAAAAARK

Mad World releases a closed beta trailer ahead of its test on September 15

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If you're still interested in Mad World, we're willing to bet you've already registered for the game's upcoming closed beta on September 15th. But...

Massively on the Go: September brings Pokemon Go’s Season of Light and winds of change

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Hoo boy, trainers, we have a lot to unpack after that Pokemon GO Go Fest Finale. September to November will be The Season of Light,...

The Daily Grind: Are ‘survival MMOs’ just MMOs with busywork attached?

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I as much as any other fan of this industry was pleased to hear that Funcom seemingly promoted Dune Awakening to full MMO status....

Atomic Heart teases a Bioshock-like journey through an alternate USSR

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In Atomic Heart, a new first-person shooter from Mundfish, the clock is rewound back to the 1950s and players are shuttled into an alternate...

Hell is Others is a top-down online multiplayer survival horror shooter launching October 20

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What if you lived in a city that was full of shadowy monsters and you had to roam into its streets every night to...

DECEIVE INC is a new ’70s-spy-themed multiplayer shooter from Tripwire

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Our use of the term "deceive-em-ups" to characterize stealthy multiplayer mystery titles just got a little more confusing with the reveal of a new...

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