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]

Nintendo’s patent lawsuit against Palworld studio is hunting for an injunction and $66K

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The middle of September saw the megahit monster collecting survivalbox Palworld rouse the boundless litigious ire of Nintendo when the latter slapped the former...

Dauntless breaks its long radio silence with a commitment to releasing its revamp by the end of the year

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It has been quite some time since we specifically checked in on the multiplayer Behemoth-hunting RPG Dauntless, but that was primarily because news coming...

Cozy RPG sim Dreamlight Valley turns the page to its upcoming Storybook Vale expansion pass

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Once upon a time, in a game that nobody seems to talk about yet probably has a bajillion players because it's Disney, a new...

Sony reflects on team FPS Concord’s disaster: ‘We are still in the process of learning’

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The flash-in-the-pan launch and then nearly immediate cancellation of Firewalk Studios' Concord remains one of the more startling game disasters of the year, and...
This is what I always wanted.

Betawatch: We have Opinions about Brighter Shores’ early access

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If you find yourself on Steam saying that you want the RuneScape-iest game the platform has before shaking your head and saying that no,...
Yes, very goth.

MultiVersus adds Raven as the headliner for its Season 4 update

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Do you miss when Raven was an obscure DC Comics character instead of the go-to whenever someone wants to have a hot lady using...

Pixel-art multiplayer sandbox Tinkertown launches on Xbox X|S, revamps its world map for 2.0 update

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This may be the first time you're ever hearing about Tinkertown, and I would've thought the same for me too, except that I looked...

Destiny 2 plans a grandmaster nightfall catch-up feature November 19 and Revenant Act II preview November 12

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The next two weeks are potentially big ones for players of Destiny 2, assuming those players want to access all of the hard mode...

Sea of Thieves is continuing to bring back stealth features – incrementally – in Season 14

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We've reported previously how Sea of Thieves' Season 14 shipped with enough bugs that most of its stealthy gameplay features had to be temporarily...

MMO Business Roundup: NetEase stocks dip over internal fraud and corruption investigation

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news. This edition is all about money, baby. Well, quarterly financials, anyhow. And also...

Riot Games’ Arcane S2 launches this week as new details about an abandoned League of Legends movie surface

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Remember a few years back during the big gaming boom when Riot Games was talking about trying to become a media empire that transcended...

Wuthering Waves adds two new characters and brings back a roguelike mode November 14

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Without any sort of context, we have to presume that the next content update for Wuthering Waves involves a location with a huge kitty...

V Rising teases a new region, multiple PvP modes, and the Fusion Forge gear feature

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Vampire survivalbox V Rising has been fairly quiet since its official launch last spring (which we loved); Stunlock Studios even told players in June...

No Man’s Sky is adding full multi-platform cross-saves, a PS5 Pro edition, and an old Mass Effect ship

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Whenever Hello Games' Sean Murray starts dropping teasers on social media, you know something good is coming to No Man's Sky: Today, the studio...

Age of Water’s ‘launch’ today was a technical glitch – the seafaring survival MMO is still in early access

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We were mighty shocked this morning when Steam issued a news blast announcing that Age of Water was moving from early access to launch,...

The Stream Team: Setting sail for more treasure and adventure in Cat Quest III

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It's time once again for MOP's Chris and his best friend to set sail in Cat Quest III! Will they find another surprising location?...

More leaks confirm that Blizzard is working on a Warcraft II: Remastered edition

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While Blizzard fans spend the next week wondering what the studio will say or reveal of its plans for the Warcraft franchise, one leak...

The Crew Motorfest launches season 5 with the Made in Japan Volume 2 and Chase Squad playlists

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The Crew franchise has been through a bizarre year, from provoking a whole game preservation movement after the callous sunsetting of a beloved MMO...

Towers of Aghasba is a co-op survival RPG about restoring a tribe’s homeland from ruin

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There are a few general reasons for a survival title forcing players to survive. Sometimes its just raw instinct, sometimes it's to withstand the...

Hybrid hero shooter Supervive moves up its open beta to November 20

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When last we checked in with hybrid hero shooter Supervive at last month's Steam Next Fest, we noted that Theorycraft Games was hoping to...