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]

Choose My Adventure: The point of a community-guided MMO column

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We interrupt your regularly scheduled Choose My Adventure programming for something of a meta discussion on what this column is meant to be and...

EA will foot the travel bill for all players of Apex Legends esports events after facing community backlash

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It's hard to believe that a company the size of Electronic Arts can't handle the travel expenses of 40 different esports teams for an...

Closers makes adjustments to Cubes and the Chip system in latest update

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While Cubes and Chips might sound like an excellent retro-style new wave band name, what they are in the context of the action MMO...

Destiny 2 previews upcoming content, pits cosmetic mechs against monsters

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Fans of Destiny 2 will have an important choice to make very soon. It will determine the fate of the game's next Halloween event...

Myth of Empires opens a server with no building decay and lands on the Humble Bundle store

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Angela Game appears to be hard set on operating the survival sandbox Myth of Empires as if there's no ongoing legal issues happening whatsoever,...
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Overwatch elaborates on the Anniversary Remix vol. 1 event arriving April 5

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The anniversary event of Overwatch is on the horizon, but this time it's going to be a bit different. In fact, it's going to...

The Stream Team: A mortal’s life in Warframe

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After concluding the Teshin portion of Warframe's The New War story (*sobs*), Massively OP's MJ has become a mortal resistance fighter infiltrating a Narmer...

Star Citizen grants a first look at an upcoming ore refining ship and runs down alpha 3.17’s feature set

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Yep, there's another ship being added to Star Citizen. Yep, it's still only in the concept phase. However, it is not being sold ahead...

April Fools’ Day around the MMO world, 2022 edition

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Whether you love it or dread it, April Fools' Day is happening everywhere, specifically to annoy copyeditors who have to fix that dang apostrophe...
Tataru and her muffin adventure.

The Perfect Ten: 10 MMO NPCs as muffins

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You’ve all seen those memes or Twitter threads that try to link celebrities or people to food items or other inanimate objects, but I’m...

The ‘death by a thousand papercuts version of sexism’ engulfed State of Decay studio Undead Labs, according to new expose

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Earlier today, Kotaku ran an expose of Undead Labs, best known for the State of Decay franchise and now housed under no less than...
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The Division 2 promises to kick off its next test server with a new game mode on April 1

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If you're a fan of The Division 2, you've been waiting for a while to see new updates to the game. The latest announcement from...

One More Game’s latest blog talks bot AI, peppers in hints at a possible but ‘hypothetical’ PvP RTS

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We're going to lead off by stating that dev studio One More Game - the one that was founded by former ArenaNet and Riot...

Superbugs Awaken is a two-player co-op title where communication is key to saving an illness-ridden cat

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Yes, this isn't a massively multiplayer game; it's two-player specifically. That said, the premise of Superbugs: Awaken is too interesting to not share: Players...

Dual Universe elaborates on PvP features and changes arriving with the Athena update

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Players of Dual Universe already have the overall gist of the Athena update and its primary focus on PvP features, but that doesn't mean...

PlanetSide 2’s Arsenal update arrives to PC players today – here are the patch notes

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The sizeable Arsenal update for PlanetSide 2 - the one that promised lots of changes to infantry weapons - is now officially live for...

Prime Gaming teams up with Blizzard to offer freebies for Overwatch, Hearthstone, WoW, and StarCraft

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Amazon Prime members are likely already very familiar with all of the free stuff they can claim for a wide variety of games, but...
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Activision-Blizzard’s $18M settlement with the EEOC is officially finalized

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Yesterday saw the long fight among the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and Activision-Blizzard over an $18M...

Fortnite and its community have now raised $100M for Ukrainian relief

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Never let it be said that gamers -- and their associated studios -- can't be compassionate and generous. Epic Games and Microsoft announced that...

Hackers yoink crypto worth over half a billion dollars from P2E Axie Infinity

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We greet you this fine Wednesday morning with some schadenfreude: The people behind massive exploitative pay-to-earn job/game Axie Infinity have apparently seen their network...

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