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]

Heroes of the Storm is getting its biggest post-maintenance mode patch yet

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After causing a stir with some small patches late last year and earlier in 2024, Blizzard's MOBA Heroes of the Storm is back again...

The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming checks out Your Only Move is Hustle

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Fighting games aren't normally the purview of our stream team (except for that one time), but that doesn't mean MOP's MJ and Chris can't...
GTA Online

Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive lays off 600 employees and axes game projects

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The wave of job cuts flooding the games industry doesn't appear to be slowing down anytime soon, as this time around Grand Theft Auto...

Hearthstone has kicked off its fairytale season 7 and the new battlegrounds duos mode

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Blizzard has been busy the past week, and now it's turned its attention back over to Hearthstone, which officially launched its Battlegrounds Duos mode...

The Stream Team: Hunting for the big robot doggos in Helldivers 2

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OK, so they're technically called factory striders, but MOP's Chris sees them as giant robot dogs. Robot dogs packed with guns that kill. So...

Last Oasis, four years in early access, finally releases its modkit and teases season 6 (again)

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Last Oasis has been a side-eye magnet in the MMO world for a few years now. The "woodpunk" survival MMORPG had the misfortune to...

Kickstarted cozygame Solarpunk didn’t make its Q1 alpha, but devs say they’re ‘making significant progress’

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One of the top multiplayer Kickstarters of 2023 was for Solarpunk, when indie outfit Cyberwave Games and Rokaplay pulled in $330,000 US on a...

Tower of Fantasy debuts a teaser trailer for its April 30 Celestial Destiny update

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The hype machine is beginning to spool up in Tower of Fantasy, as the shared world RPG has started talking up the April 30th...

Mad World will condense all of its regional servers into one single server April 25

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So hey, how are things going for Mad World? Well, if the OARPG's latest announcement is to be taken at face value, things possibly...

Fight or Kite: Gigantic is a fantastic MOBA, but it’s missing a bit of Q and A and TLC

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Over the last couple of months, I’ve been keeping a cursory eye on the development and release of Gigantic: Rampage Edition - another resurrected...

Grand Theft Auto Online hikes its optional monthly subscription fee GTA+ by two bucks

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Stealing cars, gunrunning, and building a criminal empire in Grand Theft Auto Online is about to become more expensive. Starting on June 11th for existing...

Myth of Empires plans a new region-locked Jade Era server set for North America and Europe

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Survival MMO Myth of Empires is entering its Jade era - that is, it's launching a ton of new localized North American and European...

Gigantic hands out goodies and preps a double XP weekend as compensation for server issues

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Last week, the shooter MOBA Gigantic promised a compensation package for fans as an apology for its rickety relaunch. This week, those fans now...

Overwatch 2’s Season 10 arrives with spunky archaeologist hero Venture

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Not every archaeologist is Indiana Jones; some are actually more destructive and insane as they plunder ruins for trinkets and treasures. One such figure...

The Stream Team: Daring to do Warframe’s Dante Unbound

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In Warframe's recently update Dante Unbound, curator and caretaker of the Leverian has asked for help to defend it from Parvos Granum and the...
A bit of a message disconnect.

Ubisoft pulls The Crew 1 from player libraries, encourages them to ‘check the store to pursue your adventures’

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Last March was the final bell tolling for multiplayer racer The Crew 1, as Ubisoft completed an announced sunsetting of its servers, effectively making...

ARK Survival Ascended opens temporary Scorched Earth servers, confirms premium mods for consoles in April

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Evidently there are a lot of fans who are trying to get into the Scorched Earth map of ARK: Survival Ascended - enough that...

World of Warships adds the historical USS Wisconsin – and funds the restoration of the real deal

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World of Warships is bringing an absolute unit of a ship to bear with its April patch. Update 13.3 arrived a few days ago...
I Am Jack's Total Lack of Surprise

LawBreakers fans have created an emulator – with Cliff Bleszinski’s stamp of approval

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Do you miss Boss Key Productions' team vs. team FPS LawBreakers? If you're among those who were left twisting in the wind after its...

SMITE 2’s founder’s editions will get you into this spring’s alpha tests

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Momentum is gathering behind SMITE 2, Hi-Rez's next entry in its hit MOBA franchise. One sign of this is the sale of Founder's Editions,...

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