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]

So now we know: Dauntless dev Phoenix Labs was bought out by a blockchain company last year

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Back in 2023, we were dismayed at the news that Dauntless and Fae Farm studio Phoenix Labs was being crushed with a nasty round...

V Rising conjures up some more Castlevania DLC goodies for the Halloween season

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If there was ever a perfect collab, it would be the vampire games V Rising and Castlevania coming together to make some children of...

Palia opens up the plushie trading system and adds new decor with today’s Fall’s Flourishes update

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Do you remember when there was a school-wide trading market for collectibles? Baseball cards, Micro Machines, Garbage Pail Kids cards; they were totally a...

Not So Massively: ZeroSpace is the last hope for multiplayer RTS fans

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All right, that headline is a bit of hyperbole, but it does reflect how I'm feeling right now. A bit over a year ago, I...

Game show shooter The Finals gets super-green in Patch 4.3

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Forget orange and purple: Green is the color of the month when it comes to game show shooter The Finals and its Patch 4.3. Currently,...

DayZ brings a frosty new map with related new dangers in its Frostline DLC

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Life in DayZ can arguably be pretty rough, but it could also always be much worse. For example, players could find themselves in a...
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No Man’s Sky’s soundtrack is on the bill for a November 4 charitable games music concert

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If you can travel to the Electric Theatre in Guilford, UK, like the music out of No Man's Sky, and are looking to help...

33 Immortals delays early access into 2025 to address player feedback and stability problems

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Earlier this year we started reporting on the not-so-massive 33 Immortals, a multiplayer co-op roguelike game that put 33 players together (natch) to try...

Helldivers 2 completes sweeping buffs and commits to more comms as jump-jetting Automatons menace players

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Last month brought some big changes to the co-op shooter Helldivers 2, as Arrowhead Studios deployed a huge buff-granting update that brought the "power"...

Sea of Thieves Season 14 releases with an ‘incredibly disappointing’ number of bugs

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Sea of Thieves players were likely looking forward to getting sneaky and tricksy with the launch of Season 14: Making Mischief and its suite...
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Nightingale discusses building updates, Halloween event, and the impending arrival of Nightingale City

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Nightingale has once again brought Inflexion CEO Aaryn Flynn and head of audio Neil Thompson together for the survivalbox's second dev talk video where...

Hi-Rez’s Realm Royale Reforged and Divine Knockout will be sunsetting in February

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The top of October spelled some worrisome portents for Hi-Rez studios as the company announced layoffs as well as team reductions for the original...

Wayfinder officially launches today on PC and PS5 after a year of early access

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It's launch day for multiplayer OARPG Wayfinder, which means it's patch day too for this game that's come such a long way over the...

Wayfinder sprints toward its 1.0 launch with the reveal of its 8th hero, Lora

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We're just days -- nay, hours -- away from the full 1.0 release of the battered but spunky Wayfinder on October 21st, and Airship...

The Stream Team: Prepare for the pigs and frogs of V Rising’s Cursed Forest

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V Rising is vampires, vampires, and more vampires. And pigs. And Frogs. Yup, you heard us: pigs and frogs. And Massively OP's MJ gets...

Ammo and Oxygen, the Wild Terra studio’s new sci-fi roguelike shooter, heads to early access November 7

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Juvty Worlds, the studio behind the MMORPG Wild Terra 2 (which last saw a major update in August), is thinking smaller with its next...

Fight or Kite: Dungeonborne gives Elder Scrolls vibes with a hint of battle royale

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Over the past couple of weeks, my gaming time hasn't been amenable to long sessions thanks to work travel, but I was prepared: I've...

PlanetSide 2 fans seek to draw in new players to the shooter with the Bring Your Friends PlanetSide event

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We would say that it has been pretty tough to be a fan of PlanetSide 2 following the IP being sold off by Daybreak...

Cozy MMO Palia is letting us trade plushies in next week’s Fall’s Flourishes update

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Palia is back and teasing yet another update for the open beta mini-MMO: The Fall’s Flourishes Update - aka patch 0.185 - arrives on...

World of Warcraft expands dracthyr classes for its 20th birthday, plus Blizzard patches Hearthstone and Diablo IV

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Blizzard is busy this time of year, in just about every one of its online games. Let's start with World of Warcraft, as Blizzard...