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]

Summer Game Fest 2023: Grinding Gear Games releases new Path of Exile 2 trailer

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Way back in 2019, Grinding Gear Games announced a sequel for Path of Exile - Path of Exile 2 - and we even got...
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Summer Game Fest 2023: Throne & Liberty, Path of Exile 2, Black Desert, Wayfinder, Fae Farm

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We're updating at the end of this post with all the big MMO news! Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest arrives today, marking the closest thing...

Return Alive is a multiplayer top-down PvPvE shooter planning an open beta on June 29

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Developer KOG Games is looking to entice people with a stew of PvPvE shooting, survival and RPG elements, and a post-apocalypse setting, all from...

Conqueror’s Blade adds more samurai and new unit progression in latest season while marking its fourth year

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The tactical MMO Conqueror's Blade is one of those games that sort of flies under the radar, but flies all the same, with our...

The Stream Team: Working through the Destiny 2 mission backlog

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MOP's Chris arrived a bit late to the Destiny 2 bandwagon, which means that there are a bunch of story missions and expansion things...

ARK Survival Evolved’s final update features a horrifying yet versatile new giant insect creature

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It's the eighth - and final - year for ARK: Survival Evolved as the game has received its last major content addition in the...

Overwatch 2 discusses Season 5 adjustment plans for crowd control, one-shot abilities, and specific heroes

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The fourth season of Overwatch 2 is nearing its end, yet already game director Aaron Keller is plotting changes for Season 5, including some...

Riot Games collabs with Coca-Cola on Coke Ultimate flavor, the taste of League of Legends XP

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You know, I came very close to sending a MOP staffer in California to the reveal of this promo, but since it has almost...

The Day Before talks player housing, lifeskilling, volunteer workers, and the ongoing trademark dispute

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Fntastic's post-apoc shooter The Day Before has been a swirl of scandals and irregularities all through 2023. First announced in 2021, the game was...
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Craftopia confirms the items that can be carried over when its seamless world update launches

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If you've already got a highly efficient cow boiling operation in Craftopia, then we have some bad news: When the seamless world update goes...
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Microsoft is hit with $20M fine for collecting the personal information of children on Xbox

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Microsoft has earned the ire of the US Federal Trade Commission and has been slapped with a $20M fine by the government agency for...

Marvel’s Avengers coasts toward its end with a final patch that unlocks everything

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Missing Marvel Heroes on its 10th anniversary? Your inclination may be to look for an acceptable substitute -- but keep looking beyond Marvel's Avengers...

Diablo IV’s global launch was marred by server issues, but Blizzard is already working on two expansions

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"Welcome to Hell. Diablo IV is now available." With last evening's announcement, a new era for the long-running Diablo franchise began. The online ARPG...

Elite Dangerous attacks a wide assortment of bugs plaguing Update 15 in latest patch

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It's time once again for Elite: Dangerous to fill in more of the cracks of Update 15. The space sandbox's newest update is primarily...

Gamers successfully work through ARG clues for Bungie’s Marathon and unlock extra goodies

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When Bungie unveiled FPS turned extraction shooter Marathon, it wasn't just looking to engage people with a hyper-stylish video; it also kicked off a...

Microsoft is reportedly considering pulling Activision out of the UK market over regulatory block

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The locking of horns between Microsoft and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority over Microsoft's billion-dollar acquisition of Activision-Blizzard appears to be reaching a...

Diablo IV fixes PC stuttering, balances classes and glyphs, releases Halsey-SUGA vid

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While the wider playerbase is still a day away from Diablo IV's launch, the game has been getting patches for its biggest and earliest...

Union pressure forces Activision-Blizzard to share details of workers’ union rights

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The Communications Workers of America (CWA) has filed unfair labor practice charges against Activision-Blizzard multiple times, but at least three of those ongoing ULPs...

The MOP Up: CDPR lays off the rest of Gwent’s dev team

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As CD Projekt Red prepares to end development of its card battler Gwent, it announced that it'll be letting the remaining 30 developers on...

Survival sim Nightingale teases new character outfits and points of interest

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Are we still smarting a bit that Victorian survival RPG Nightingale was bumped to this fall? A bit, if we're honest, but that extra...

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