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]

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Book of Travels studio after layoffs: ‘We don’t plan on shrinking our ambitions’

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Despite cutting its team by more than two-thirds right before the holidays, Might and Delight said that it's full steam ahead for micro-MMO Book...

SoulWorker outlines Lunar New Year goodies, login rewards, and contests for January

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There will be events aplenty in SoulWorker in the month of January, just as there is every month of the MMO, and just like...
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Post-apoc multiplayer RPG Eden Falling touts a visual overhaul as it heads to its final alpha phase

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This past November we wondered whatever happened to Eden Falling, a sci-fi post-apoc survival RPG that has been slowly but steadily moving through the...
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Associate director of Ubisoft’s oft-delayed Skull and Bones departs the company

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"What the heck is Skull and Bones," you cry. And we hear you! See, back before Ubisoft put out awful NFT nonsense no one wants,...

Hi-Rez Showcase 2022: SMITE’s Shiva, Rogue Company’s Glimpse, Paladins’ VII

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The annual Hi-Rez Showcase got underway yesterday, with a slew of previews for all of the company's games. Here's a quick look at what...
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Diablo Immortal is ending its closed beta on January 7

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You know what is definitely far more mortal than the name of Diablo Immortal might imply? Its closed beta, which is ending abruptly tomorrow, January...
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Raven Software strike extends to its third week as Activision-Blizzard claims management is listening

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January 3rd marked the third week during which the staff for Raven Software (responsible for several Call of Duty titles including Call of Duty: Warzone) was...

Whatever happened to Valnir Rok?

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This year's smash hit Valheim isn't the only place that you can go to fulfill your latent Viking fantasies. I mean, it's a good...

Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis will support Nvidia DLSS features in a February update

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If you're trying to get more visual performance out of Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis but think you've exhausted all of your options,...

Apex Legends adds a new map and new hero in Escape update, releases a new lore video for Bangalore

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Yet another season of content is underway in the battle royale shooter of Apex Legends, and this one is inviting players to an Escape,...

The Xbox x OPI nail polish collab includes in-game swag for Halo Infinite

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True story, when this news blip crossed into our writers room, I giggled because I'd already bought some from the collection. Look, it's nail...

Nightingale is aiming for ‘one united community’ by designing around the idea of ‘a million realms, one universe’

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Inflexion Games' CEO Aaryn Flynn is once again talking some big talk about Nightingale, the studio's multiplayer survival sandbox that was first revealed during...

Genshin Impact’s next playable character is leaked as the Fleeting Colors in Flight update goes live

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If learning about one of the next playable characters in Genshin Impact enters spoiler territory for you, then you'll probably want to stop reading...

Starbase addresses playerbase size concerns, brings corpse looting and furniture painting updates to PTU

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"Is Starbase dead?" That was the question asked by developer Frozenbyte as part of a dev vlog last month, as followers of the game...

Super People is a battle royale shooter featuring super soldiers currently in indefinite CBT

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If you've somehow not had your fill of battle royale shooters featuring people with unique powers, then you may be intrigued by the premise...

Project Zomboid may be the zombie survival game you’ve needed

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If one of your new year's resolutions is to stop fleeing from the zombie horde and start fighting back, then you may need to...

Diablo III’s Darkening of Tristram retro dungeon is live

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It is time. You've put it off for far too long, and now the forces of hell are gathering for an all-out assault. The...

Snail Games fires back at Myth of Empires’ lawsuit with countersuits of its own

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In the middle of last December, Myth of Empires studio Angela Game fired off a lawsuit against Snail Games and Studio Wildcard, demanding that...

China’s continued freeze on new gaming approvals sees 14,000 gaming firms in the country shut down

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The fight against the so-called "spiritual opium" of gaming by the Chinese government presses on into the new year. Readers will recall that a...

Valorant’s game director moves to secret project at Riot

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The status quo at Riot Games' Valorant was upended this past weekend when Game Director Joe Ziegler announced that he's leaving the online shooter to...

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