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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Overwatch 2 discusses hero mastery mode, progression updates, new missions, and Flashpoint PvP mode

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Yesterday saw the Overwatch 2 team come together in a developer broadcast to call attention to the various features scheduled to arrive in the...
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Activision-Blizzard shareholders vote down anti-union busting proposal

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We hope you weren't holding your breath on Activision-Blizzard shareholders doing the right thing, but if you were, you can exhale now: Proposal 6,...

MMOs You’ve Never Heard of: Solarpunk, Hyperspace, and Dawnlands

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Welcome back to another run-through of some new-to-us MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles that we (and presumably you) have never heard of. If you have,...

Discord announces additional monetization via new subscription gating tools for server creators

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For regular users of the chat program Discord, monetization of the platform began a potentially worrying trend when the company announced the server subscriptions...

Phoenix Labs’ cozy MMO Fae Farm buffs its preorder packages, releases new trailer

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In case your haven't gotten enough cozy MMO from today, here comes Fae Farm with a little bit more. At today's Nintendo Direct, Phoenix...

Fallout 76’s Once in a Blue Moon arrives with new events, cryptids, and season

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Strange things are afoot in Fallout 76 with the arrival of this week's Once in a Blue Moon update. It may not be the...

The Stream Team: A peek at the open beta of Coreborn Nations of the Ultracore

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The Steam Next Fest is on, and there are several games joining in on the demo and beta testing melee. One of them is...

Hearthstone twists all of its rules in a new ladder mode

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Touting it as "classic Hearthstone with a twist," Blizzard is preparing to upend the digital card game's standard format with something a little more...

Tower of Fantasy launches on PlayStation August 8 (without crossplay)

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Gamers already likely knew Tower of Fantasy was destined for PlayStation, largely because Hotta Studio has already loudly complained about Perfect World's stewardship of...

Valve is eliminating Dota 2 battle passes because almost nobody was buying them

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A common refrain that's used to fight against unwanted monetization is "speak with your wallet" - ie don't buy a thing you dislike. That...

Palia announces free-to-play arrival to Nintendo Switch this holiday season, reaffirms work on PC version

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The latest Nintendo Direct has just wrapped up, and there was a pretty surprising announcement to come out of Singularity 6's developing cozy MMO...

Overwatch 2 talks about Season 5’s upcoming game modes, battle pass tweaks, and correcting ‘stomps’

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Overwatch 2's director Aaron Keller is back once again with another dev blog, and as one might expect, it's primarily focused around the recently...

ARK Survival Ascended highlights the sand-swimming Fasolasuchus and narrows down community critters

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Now that ARK: Survival Evolved has gotten its final content drop, Studio Wildcard's ongoing Community Crunch newsletter is solely focused on the Unreal Engine...

Harry Potter Magic Awakened, NetEase’s new MMOCCG, is launching June 27

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Warner Bros. and NetEase have been teasing a launch for Harry Potter: Magic Awakened for a few weeks now, but now it's official: The...

V Rising’s next release will be its proper launch – and take a whole year of development

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You'll have to do a lot of scrolling around in the latest V Rising dev blog to find the important bits, as Stunlock Studios...

Tencent’s Undawn, an open-world survival RPG starring Will Smith, launches globally

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If you want to get your new open world survival RPG noticed against the ever-expanding field of competitors, you need to have some sort...

Competitive team PvE game Evercore Heroes hits paid closed beta today [Updated]

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We don't often receive press releases for a game that declares itself "completely unique competitive PvE experience that’s not a MOBA or an MMO"...

War Thunder shares economy roadmap targeting summer update

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Last month, the players of War Thunder started a revolt as Gaijin Entertainment's deeply unpopular economic changes got rolled back following a review bombing....

Microsoft admits Redfall is ‘a miss’ but reaffirms its support of the shooter’s development studio

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It's a well-documented fact that Arkane Austin's multiplayer FPS Redfall has had a messy launch, with players and critics panning the game, Phil Spencer...

Lost Skies is bringing back the beloved Worlds Adrift island creator with new features and tools

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While Worlds Adrift dropped many balls over the course of its shambolic release, one of its features that was generally beloved by players was...

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