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]

Star Citizen debuts the new Anvil Legionnaire as part of the game’s free-to-play Invictus Launch Week

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The annual Invictus Launch Week event for Star Citizen is back once again, making the alpha version of the game available to everyone for...

Former Hearthstone devs reveal Marvel Snap multiplayer CCG with beta signups open now

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No, it's not a bean, a clicking noise, or a government assistance program: Marvel Snap is just a a new multiplayer card-collecting game. Nuverse...

EA lays off up to 100 Austin support staff, Nexon says FIFA Online 4 is safe

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The split between Electronic Arts and FIFA may have resulted in more than just the end of EA-published FIFA-branded soccer games: Now EA's pushed...
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Star Citizen boss rests feature delay blame on COVID, touts rise in new players, and marks a path to beta

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Chris Roberts has seen fit to peer down from his tower and issue his annual Letter from the Chairman, which looks back at the...
It knows you sinned.

Hearthstone class action lawsuit targets ‘deceitful’ marketing practices

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Behind the jaunty art designs and goofy voice quips of Hearthstone lies another headache-in-the-making for Blizzard Entertainment. Polygon reports that the studio is getting...

The Stream Team: Marking three years of Dauntless by beating up beasties

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Happy third birthday to Dauntless! The multiplayer monster hunting RPG is holding its anniversary and MOP's Chris is keen to celebrate in the only...

Sea of Thieves heralds its new live storytelling Mysteries feature arriving this week

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Back in the days of yore, live GMs would tick off events in an MMO and things would happen as players moved forward in...

Destiny 2’s Bungie says it won’t be ‘muzzled’ by Sony when it comes to ‘standing up for what’s right’

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For the last week, we've been covering a WAPO story on the games industry's tepid response for reproductive health rights, which led to a...

Military sim shooter Arma gets its first new installment in years with the early access launch of Arma Reforger

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We don't really talk about the Arma series on this site very often, even though it's certainly within our periphery. The mil sim shooter...
Costs money!

Overwatch wraps up beta testing for its sequel’s PvP and releases volume 2 of the original’s anniversary event

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The devs of Overwatch have called it a wrap for the sequel's PvP beta test round, and game director Aaron Keller would like to...

Scavengers enters PC maintenance mode and cans console development as its studio gets sold by Improbable

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Over the past year, we've been following the development of Scavengers, a multiplayer PvPvE survival shooter that entered early access last April. Gameplay involved...

Hex crawl MMO World Seed officially releases on Steam with new features, new monetization, and no server wipe

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World Seed, the TTRPG-like hex crawling MMO, has been sliding along a unique development track. First announced in 2020, the game attempted to Kickstart...
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Path of Exile pushes out balance update, pay-to-swole cosmetics

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I'm gonna be honest: I thought Path of Exile's tweet about switching from pay-to-glow to pay-to-swole was just a joke. But it turns out...

Not So Massively: First impressions of V Rising, launching into early access today

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I'm still searching for a survival game that fits me. I enjoy a lot of the survival experience, but the games as a whole...

Video essay explores why Star Citizen has taken so long to put together

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Many people are wondering what is taking Star Citizen so long to come out of alpha, let alone a release state. With ten years...
Same old story, same old song and dance.

Diablo III dev shares behind-the-scenes stories for its 10th anniversary

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First of all, it's been 10 years since Diablo III launched on May 15th, 2012, and that makes us all so old. Second, it's...

Fall Guys is going free-to-play – but breaks its Steam promise

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Remember that zany Fall Guys bouncy royale game that was all the rage back in the middle of 2020? Well, even though it's since...

The Stream Team: Procuring the problem pets of Path of Exile’s Sentinel

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After learning about the interesting mechanics of the pets that like the mobs more than players, Massively OP's MJ has been looking forward to...

Destiny 2 outlines several updates to Iron Banner and other PvP activities arriving in Season 17

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Destiny 2 has been talking up its Season 17 update and what it's doing to change things like raid rotations and weapons, but now...
Arrow'd

Whatever happened to Red Dead Online?

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Unlike Grand Theft Auto Online, Rockstar's online western RPG has been withering away due to studio neglect. It's been close to a year since...

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