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]

Diablo Immortal snagged only 10M players out of its 30M registrations

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Blizzard dropped an infographic last night for Diablo Immortal showing... well, some numbers, though probably not the numbers you're most interested in. Most notably,...
Less than heroic.

12-year-old MOBA Heroes of Newerth has officially sunsetted

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After 12 years of operation, one of League of Legends' direct competitors has called it quits. Heroes of Newerth, which launched back in 2010, closed...
A whole lot of flashing lights at each other!

Path of Exile answers community questions on fine mechanical interactions between skills

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We're going to put something out there for everyone to chew on for a moment: Path of Exile has a lot of skills. Amazing...

Osiris New Dawn introduces multiplayer crossplay between Steam and EGS, teases its next major update

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While the silly tribalism between Steam users and EGS users continues to be an unfortunate thing, the sci-fi survival sandbox of Osiris: New Dawn...

Grab a World of Warships gift key from Wargaming – for both newbies and vets

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World of Warships is in the midst of a major patch - it just added the Faroe Islands last week - and a major...

MechWarrior Online brings the Crusader chassis and the promised new Vitric Station map tomorrow

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It always feels good when a game dev nails its promised release target, and developer Piranha Games has done just that with regards to...

Tree of Savior is letting players dress up like bird superheroes in its latest big event

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Admittedly, it's probably going to be hard for the painterly multiplayer ARPG Tree of Savior to top adding a literal Luchador class, but we...

Funcom’s early access Dune Spice Wars 4X RTS just got multiplayer in its latest update

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No, it's not Funcom's survival sandbox, but Dune Spice Wars is a Funcom-published strategy title that hit early access this past spring - and...

Destiny 2 tentatively scores $13.5M in settlement with makers of cheat software

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Bungie has seen yet another court case it leveraged against the makers of some cheat software for Destiny 2 wrap up. The studio brought...

Nightingale strives to sell its realm-building card mechanic even while admitting the system isn’t finished

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While we will show up for Nightingale's Victorian steampunk aesthetic, the upcoming crafting survivalbox has to convince us to stay for its unique realm...

Star Citizen QA tester is out of a job after pushing back against the company’s return-to-office policy [Updated]

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"Today, I lost my job at Cloud Imperium Games for standing up for my fellow coworkers," opens a LinkedIn post by a former employee...

Not So Massively: Enduring Space Punks’ sensory onslaught

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I've been meaning to check out Space Punks, the new isometric shooter from developer Flying Wild Hog and publisher Jagex, since it launched its...

Elite Dangerous griefers stream-sniped Frontier’s own community managers

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Back in May 2017, we reported on the killing of Salome, a character in the fiction of Elite: Dangerous whose novel-ending journey through the...

Diablo Immortal delays its launch in China, sending NetEase stock into freefall

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It would appear that investors of the Chinese games giant NetEase were pinning a lot of hopes on Diablo Immortal's launch to China. The...

Hearthstone’s latest patch seeks to corral Fel Demon Hunter and Control Warrior decks

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Hearthstone is continuing to turn the big giant knobs of balance with its most recent patch, seeking to address metagame concerns related to some...

The Cycle attempts to tackle bugs and cheaters in its first pre-season patch

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The first "official" season for survival shooter The Cycle: Frontier hasn't even started yet, but the devs are attacking a host of problems that...

Diablo IV talks up player choice in PvE and endgame while Diablo Immortal rakes in $24M in revenue

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The devs of Diablo IV are hitting the press trail, putting out interviews and previews of the multiplayer ARPG ahead of its 2023 release...

The Stream Team: A first look at ARK’s Fjordur

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Since ARK: Survival Evolved has released another free map created by a community member, Massively OP's MJ is willing to hop in and check...

Conan Exiles accidentally leaks a video announcement of its large-scale Age of Sorcery update

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The general purpose of having a countdown to a major reveal is that you follow the clock's timer. Conan Exiles was doing just that,...

Rotwood is a multiplayer side-scrolling dungeon crawler from the makers of Don’t Starve

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Klei Entertainment, the studio behind the popular survival title Don't Starve as well as other excellent games like Oxygen Not Included and Mark of...

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