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]

Diablo IV devs talk up the ARPG’s ‘return to darkness’ in the tonal and literal sense

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Dark. Darkity dark dark. Darkness. It's what the devs of Diablo IV have crowed about before, and it's the subject of discussion once again...

Path of Exile elaborates on the punishing handicaps that December’s Ruthless mode applies

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Last week Grinding Gear Games had expounded on, among other things, a new name and initial details for Path of Exile's new hard mode...

Kakao Q3 2022: Revenue down, pipeline packed with ArcheAge War, Ares, Odin Valhalla Rising, Dysterra

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Kakao Games released Q3 financials this morning, and it's packed with good and bad news. Let's do the bad first: Revenue is down by...

Fortnite celebrates the original Star Wars trilogy with skins and weapons during its Skywalker Week event

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The battle royale-cum-pop culture blender pitcher that is Fortnite is at it again. Starting today, the shooter is kicking off a Skywalker Week celebration...
We won this one.

Almost 2M PlayStation Plus subbers quit this summer following pricing revamp

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This past March, Sony thought it would be a keen and swell idea to mess with its PlayStation Plus subscription plan, announcing plans to...
Hunder those warts. With helicopters.

War Thunder celebrates a decade of operation with special vehicles, events, and sales

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Can you believe it's been an entire decade since players were allowed to start hundering warts? Wait, sorry, that's wrong; the game isn't Wart...
WHOOSH

MultiVersus adds Black Adam and a new arcade mode to its feature set

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Expect to see a whole lot of bandwagon hopping with MultiVersus, as this multiplayer battler is well-positioned to absorb any trending pop culture character...

Hearthstone announces March of the Lich King expansion for December 6

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Hearthstone is basically built on top of Warcraft universe lore, so Blizzard's announcement today - that the game's net expansion is called March of...

Massively on the Go: The Pokemon Go outlook for November 2022

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After several several, constant event failures, Niantic still hasn't offered up a November blog for Pokemon GO. But it did release another homemade infographic...

Netflix acquires cozy game dev studio Spry Fox, which promises work on non-violent MMO will continue

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Last January we had gotten word that developer Spry Fox, the studio behind cozy games like Road Not Taken and Cozy Grove, was working...

Fight or Kite: Galahad 3093 turns the knights of the round into mech fighters in a cyberpunk future

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What’s that sound I hear? Or is it just a feeling? It might not be a super power, but something in the back of...
And chill.

Overwatch 2 dev hints at more support heroes as Blizzard sends out a monetization survey to players

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Overwatch 2 is continuing its tuning and adjustment efforts, or at least is planning to by all accounts. After the shooter put out an...

Wolcen Lords of Mayhem guarantees players will fail if they rush the final boss of the Storm’s Fall update

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What happens when the storm falls in ARPG Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem? Quite a bit if a preview post from the devs is anything...

Two men who brawled over a Pokemon Go gym are found guilty of third-degree assault

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Players of Pokemon Go already know that controlling the gyms found around their local area is serious business, but a father and his adult...

The Stream Team: Vampires and V Rising for Halloween

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Vampires and Halloween go together so perfectly, it's almost like they were made for one another! And with V rising wrapping up its free...

War Thunder’s Fire and Ice update goes live with Finnish armor, flamethrowing vehicles, and new maps

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Seeing a tank rumbling toward you is probably terrifying enough, but seeing one that's also spewing giant gouts of flame can only make things...

Video montage reminds fans that Star Citizen has been promising ship subsystem features for eight years

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The Power Play presentation from Star Citizen's CitizenCon 2022 offered a demonstration of capital ship subsystems like power, gravity, and life support being futzed...

Warframe launches Echoes of Veilbreaker November 2, delays Duviri Paradox to 2023

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Warframe fans have gotten a clearer idea of what awaits for their favorite game in the immediate and semi-distant future. The game's recent dev...

Osiris New Dawn adds three new modes and critters that can be run over by vehicles

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At long last, players of the early access sci-fi survivalbox Osiris: New Dawn can make themselves some roadkill. The latest patch to the title...
Freedom.

Epic Games MOBA Paragon is resurrected as Paragon The Overprime under Netmarble’s oversight

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It's been a long, strange, and twisty-turny journey for Epic Games' Paragon. The third-person MOBA came out in 2016 but quickly found itself floundering...

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