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]

Dauntless starts its Halloween event, launches a new hunt pass, and adds XP banking for max level weapons

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The Dark Harvest looms overhead in Dauntless. As in it's nearly arriving to the multiplayer monster slaying RPG as part of the game's latest...

Path of Exile’s spooky Scourge league offers tricks and treats starting October 22

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Path of Exile's new leagues and updates come like clockwork every three months, just like seasons of the year. But it isn't often that...
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Diablo III’s Wyatt Cheng claims the game’s tuning wasn’t based on the real-money auction house

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Remember the Diablo III real-money auction house? Of course you do; that stuff is like horse armor or "you think you want it, but you...

Former UK Star Citizen player outlines the steps he took to get a refund from CIG

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If you're dissatisfied with how Star Citizen is being managed to the point that you want a refund and you happen to live in...

Starbase adds expandable easy build areas for stations and blueprint shopping lists for the auction house

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"Honey, would you go to the auction house of Starbase and get me some blueprints? Make sure to use the shopping list." This is...

Hearthstone’s PvE-leaning Mercenaries expansion has arrived

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If you're the kind of Hearthstone player that prefers to play more single-player content, then the game's newest expansion, Mercenaries, could be right up...

The Stream Team: Firing up the demo of Monster Hunter Rise on PC

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It's going to be a bit of time before Monster Hunter Rise makes its way to PC players, but today marks the next best...

Not So Massively Roundup: LoL’s chat test, Overwatch Halloween, and Fortnite acknowledges Among Us

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Our not-particularly-massively-multiplayer news has started to pile up, which means it's time for a quick run-down of games in the MMORPG genre's orbit. We've...

MMO Business Roundup: China’s crackdown, the COVID bubble, MY.GAMES hires, and the Shatterline leak

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Welcome back to another super fun roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Remember how regulators in China have cracked down on youth gaming in...

Destiny 2’s Halloween-themed Festival of the Lost brings haunted sectors and spooky goodies

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Today is the day when Guardians in Destiny 2 remember the fallen, put on masks, and blow away foes for the chance at candy...

Here’s how Path of Exile is tweaking the Atlas of Worlds in Scourge and beyond

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Path of Exile's Scourge expansion isn't just balancing flasks, defense, and DOTs; it's also planning a preliminary rollout of tweaks ahead of next year's...

GTA Online plans to mark the 20th anniversary of Grand Theft Auto III with events, goodies, and surprises

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Later this month will mark 20 years since Grand Theft Auto III, the groundbreaking game that set the standard for all entries in the...

Path of Exile explains how Scourge is balancing auras, curses, and elemental DOTs

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Path of Exile’s 3.16 Scourge expansion inches closer, and we're expecting the big reveal on October 14th. But in the meantime, Grinding Gear has...

Diablo II Resurrected is still suffering from major outages several weeks after launch

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MMO players have been a been preoccupied with the launch of New World over the last two weeks to pay Diablo II Resurrected too...

PvP MMO-lite Soul Kingdoms will start crowdfunding November 4 and run a playtest October 26

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Last week we shared some details on Soul Kingdoms, a self-described "MMO-lite" PvP game that promised lots of instanced PvP gameplay modes that can...

World of Warships’ latest update adds new German battleships and returning Halloween events

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Just because World of Warships is all about historically accurate military hardware doesn't mean the game doesn't like to have fun with itself, as...

Shop Titans crafts a new logo and teases ‘bigger news’ on the horizon

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Once in a while, you need to take a break from the stress of constant adventures and danger, perhaps to pursue the life of...

Marvel’s Avengers introduces XP boosts to its in-game store and sends its community into a tailspin

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Back in August of 2020, a dev blog from Marvel's Avengers developer Crystal Dynamics outlined what would be in its cash shop, writing in...

Star Citizen posts scheduled times for this year’s CitizenCon panels

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Tomorrow is the all-digital CitizenCon, and while fans of Star Citizen were already aware of the panels that are coming for the event and...

Another War Thunder player leaked classified military documents to win a forum argument

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Back in July, we shared the astonishing news of one War Thunder fan and UK service member who wanted developer Gaijin Entertainment to make...

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