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]

UK regulatory body puts out a call for public evidence and opinions on the Microsoft Activision-Blizzard buyout

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The ongoing scrutiny of Microsoft's enormous purchase of Activision-Blizzard by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority has entered its next phase. The CMA has...

Overwatch 2 brews up a fresh batch of Halloween terror

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With 25 million players flooding in to see Overwatch 2's revamped gameplay, it's left some wondering what Blizzard might do for an encore this...

Electronic Arts will sunset multiplayer servers for a wide assortment of classic games this year

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As Tim Curry's character can tell you, escaping capitalism requires some pretty severe steps, but unfortunately the online multiplayer servers for a number of...

Tower of Fantasy arrives to Steam with its newly released Vera content update in tow

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Starting today, players of Tower of Fantasy get to play in the sand and invite some new friends along. The Vera content update has...

Sea of Thieves readies a Halloween community event for October 28 and its next adventure on November 3

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The immediate future of Sea of Thieves is looking quite spooky indeed as the game has outlined a new Halloween event as well as...

AdventureQuest 3D, Paladins, and MechWarrior Online welcome Halloween events

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The season of Halloween continues to creep across the entirety of our corner of gaming, and we're here to once again keep up with...

Destiny 2 celebrates the Halloween season with mecha suits, masks, and a new haunted sector

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The spooky season has come to the Guardians of Destiny 2 once again with the return of the Festival of the Lost, the FPS's...
Every other screenshot looks bad, that's the thing.

Marvel Snap launches with a new trailer featuring Sam Jackson as Nick Fury once again

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It's been 14 years since we first got to see Samuel L. Jackson as S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury, and pop culture has not gotten...

The Division 2 applies a long list of fixes for gear, weapons, and gameplay

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The word of the day for the new patch applied to The Division 2 is "fixed." You'll be seeing that word a lot in...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Elite Raids entry event was yet another disappointment

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Once again, Pokemon GO developer Niantic has proven it's more than capable of delivering disappointment with the game's events. The company's infamously poor communication...

Diablo IV begins sending invites to its endgame-focused closed beta test

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Is it a breach of NDA if Diablo IV fans scramble around excitedly online over being invited to the APRG's next test? Regardless of...

Magic Online has made its formal move to Daybreak Game Company

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One of the longest-running Magic the Gathering video games jumped ship this week to come under the command of Daybreak. Magic Online officially made...

Blizzard Albany’s Diablo QA wins right to unionize as NLRB rejects Activision-Blizzard challenge

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It's a good day for games industry workers as Activision-Blizzard has once again failed to suppress the burgeoning worker unions forming within the company:...

Riot Games buys up Wargaming support studio to help with Valorant and League of Legends

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Riot Games has bought itself a shiny new studio. Or more specifically, a well-established one: Wargaming Sydney, which has been helping Wargaming out with...

The next Sims game aka ‘Project Rene’ will apparently offer some sort of multiplayer

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Longtime MMORPG vets have... let's call it history with The Sims franchise thanks to The Sims Online, which wasn't so much an MMO as...

Fight or Kite: Hands-on with Nexon’s Warhaven – medieval arena mayhem with a touch of magic

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Fast-paced action? Check. Melee focused combat? Excellent. Third-person perspective with a solid amount of room for skillful play? Sign me right up 'cause this...

The Stream Team: Veilbreaker with Excalibur during Warframe’s crossplay testing

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So, Massively OP's MJ did try the Veilbreaker quest in Warframe... and let's just say she and the sentients really didn't get along. Those...
Sounds like trouble.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite improves its matchmaking system, shores up Pathogen release

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Fun fact: Even alien cultures have to deal with bugs and software glitches. We're not saying that there's proof of xenomorphs out there with...

League of Legends introduces its newest character K’sante and details this year’s ranked season rewards

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We're still a few weeks away from League of Legends' big esports hullabaloo, but that's not stopping the MOBA from offering up video previews...
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UK government argues that Microsoft has incentives to block Sony’s access to Call of Duty

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The big money acquisition of Activision-Blizzard by Microsoft has been running afoul of the UK government for the better part of a month now,...

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