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 discusses the difficulty of creating visual effects

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It would appear that VFX Director Mikey Snowdon, the guest of Star Citizen's latest weekly dev Q&A video, has an extremely tough and exhausting...

Dauntless hints at work on social updates, the return of seasonal talent trees, and an ‘endless challenge’ mode

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It's never too early to consider what's coming next in Dauntless, at least as far as the devs at Phoenix Labs are concerned. This...

The Stream Team: Fighting for a sea fort and more in Sea of Thieves

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It's time once more to head into the Sea of Thieves for some maritime adventuring, but this time there's the addition of sea forts...

Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak brings western movie monsters soon and power leveling now

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Capcom's finally given us a meaty update for  Monster Hunter Rise's June 30th paid DLC, Sunbreak, and it seems to confirm some of the...
What... what do we do now.

Path of Exile plans to test PC controller support in patch 3.17.3

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You can play Path of Exile on a controller... on consoles. That seems a little unfair, doesn't it? If you really prefer playing with a...

Chinese regulators draft ‘youth mode’ requirement for online games and more

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It appears that China's gaming industry still hasn't come close to hitting rock bottom. According to the South China Morning Post, China's Cyberspace Administration...

Niantic suspends Pokemon Go and Ingress in Russia, donates to support Ukraine

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Late last week, Niantic announced that it was pulling its massively online alternate reality games from Russia and Belarus following Russia's invasion of Ukraine....
Right, right, space. We're in it.

Elite Dangerous brings Fleet Carrier interiors, functioning seats, and a new mission type in Update 11

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After a couple of delays and the unfortunate news that the console version is effectively going into maintenance mode, Update 11 of Elite: Dangerous...

Gamescom outlines efforts to be ‘climate neutral’ in 2022 and beyond

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Gamescom is, without a doubt, the single largest gaming convention on the planet, which means it also requires massive amounts of energy to operate...

Rogue Company launches a crossover with Rambo, SMITE swings the nerf hammer at mages

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Sure, maybe you like the character of Seeker in Rogue Company, but have you considered that perhaps he'd be better as Sylvester Stallone's blockbuster...

Ship of Fools is a co-op seafaring roguelite full of sea monsters, island exploration, and loot

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What if the dangerous co-op sea exploration of a game like Barotrauma or We Need to Go Deeper held hands with a co-op roguelite...
Shoot cycle.

The Cycle pushes back its second closed beta to attack tech issues and apply polish

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Those who have been itching to hop into the PvPvE survival shooter The Cycle's next closed beta test are going to have to wait...

Lets Go! Baby! Friends World is a ‘so bad it’s good gem’ where players are babies in a hallucinogenic hellscape

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"Always be a baby. Don't ever be a gun." Listening to that song and its irreverence will probably help your brain become malleable enough...

The Soapbox: SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith is bad, but not for the reasons you’ve heard

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I've never been a big Star Wars fan, but I am a big BioWare fan, and after many failed attempts to get into the...
Ominous!

Warframe previews April update’s new mission types, new character, and reworks for Eximus and Focus

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As promised, Warframe's most recent devstream has offered a closer look at the game's next content expansion known as Angels of the Zariman, which...

The Stream Team: A foolish solo sojourn into Conan Chop Chop

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When it comes to a game like Conan Chop Chop, it's not a matter of if you'll die so much as how much. With...

The Stream Team: It’s shooter Saturday with Valorant

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What does MassivelyOP's MJ do when someone she cares about asks to play a game with her? She says yes! Even when it is...

PlanetSide 2 releases St. Patrick’s Day cash shop cosmetics for PC, promises to discuss ‘a larger update’ next week

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Yesterday saw the PC version of PlanetSide 2 get something of a measly update, unless you like the idea of spending money on St....

Skull and Bones begins accepting applications for private testing

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Well, shiver me timbers! We were not expecting Ubisoft's multiplayer piratical sandbox Skull and Bones to get to this point, but sure enough, the...

Space sandbox Astroneer has seen more than 8M players over its lifetime

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Astroneer has been a fan-favorite multiplayer sandbox both on MOP and in my own household for years now - five years, in fact, since...

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