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]

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V Rising delays its first major content patch into 2023

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Vampire survival MMO V Rising dominated the gaming landscape back in early summer, with 2.5M copies sold and 150,000 peak players. So you might...

Conan Exiles enters the Age of Sorcery and launches battlepass seasons with today’s release

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"The Age of Sorcery update is now available for download on PC." So sayeth Funcom, which has launched the 3.0 update for Conan Exiles...
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Rumor: Lady Gaga will be Fortnite’s next in-game concert performer

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Live music and Fortnite are now two things that go together like peanut butter and jelly whether anyone agrees with it or not. Readers...

Path of Exile outlines changes coming to Archnemesis foes, minions, and Kalandra league

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Path of Exile is once again laying out another series of adjustment plans as Grinding Gear Games continues to turn the dials on several...
Mature, intelligent decisions.

Hearthstone launches the new battlegrounds season and its wildly unpopular new monetization model

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If you thought the gnashing of teeth and brandishing of pitchforks was going to be enough to dissuade Hearthstone away from its new monetization...
WE'RE SO BLEEPING DAAAAAAAAARK

Mad World releases a closed beta trailer ahead of its test on September 15

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If you're still interested in Mad World, we're willing to bet you've already registered for the game's upcoming closed beta on September 15th. But...

Massively on the Go: September brings Pokemon Go’s Season of Light and winds of change

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Hoo boy, trainers, we have a lot to unpack after that Pokemon GO Go Fest Finale. September to November will be The Season of Light,...

The Daily Grind: Are ‘survival MMOs’ just MMOs with busywork attached?

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I as much as any other fan of this industry was pleased to hear that Funcom seemingly promoted Dune Awakening to full MMO status....

Atomic Heart teases a Bioshock-like journey through an alternate USSR

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In Atomic Heart, a new first-person shooter from Mundfish, the clock is rewound back to the 1950s and players are shuttled into an alternate...

Hell is Others is a top-down online multiplayer survival horror shooter launching October 20

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What if you lived in a city that was full of shadowy monsters and you had to roam into its streets every night to...

DECEIVE INC is a new ’70s-spy-themed multiplayer shooter from Tripwire

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Our use of the term "deceive-em-ups" to characterize stealthy multiplayer mystery titles just got a little more confusing with the reveal of a new...

Sci-fi FPS survival title Dysterra begins an open beta testing round on Steam

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We've been following the development track of Kakao Games' Dysterra for some time now, from its alpha beginnings in March 2021 to its closed...

Valheim’s latest patch squashes the world-resetting bug that’s been plaguing the game

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There are few things more frustrating to experience in a survivalbox than seeing your progress get wiped out, especially if it's not your fault....

Choose My Adventure: Chimeraland lets its freak flag fly one last time

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You remember how I wrote last week that Chimeraland was becoming comfortable and routine? That its weirdness had sort of become kind of expected...
THIS IS YOUR NEW GOD, CHILDREN

Fortnite sees another dance lawsuit dismissed by the court

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Fortnite and lawsuits over appropriated dance steps go together like, well, Fortnite and fourth-graders stealing their parents' credit cards. Unfortunately for people suing Epic...

Rift Sweepers is a co-op third-person shooter headed to early access September 8

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It's time once again for the multiplayer shooter sub-genre to get a fresh early access addition. This time we're taking a look at Rift...
C'mon, do something.

Red Dead Online has an in-game equestrian group that’s over 1,600 players strong

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Most of the time riding a horse in Red Dead Online will result in getting where you need to go at best and finding...

Marauders is a first-person looter shooter that lets players be scavenging space pirates

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If you're looking for tactical first-person shooting and looting set in an alternate 1990's future when Earth has almost no resources left and space-based...

Mad World opens up applications for its upcoming September 15 closed beta test

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While grimdark horror multiplayer ARPG Mad World will apparently launch as a permanent open beta, there's going to be at least one closed beta...

Dual Universe discusses launch, server reset, and what to expect for both

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As the launch of sci-fi building sandbox Dual Universe nears its September 27th date, the devs at Novaquark are helping players get ready for...

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