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]

The Stream Team: Taking a look inside the demo version of Frozen Flame

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Demos are great. We love demos. MOP's Chris loves demos. And since Frozen Flame put out a big update at the beginning of the...

Genshin Impact’s big 3.0 update arrives August 24 – here’s a new trailer

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Genshin Impact has been full of sneak peeks and previews of its large-scale 3.0 update, but now the biggest preview yet has just recently...

The Game Archaeologist: MegaWars, the Star Trek online sim from the ’70s

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When we look at the early days of online computer gaming, it shouldn't be a surprise that the geeky crowd that was working on...

Atlas’ upcoming Summer Tune Up patch primarily focuses on fixing a wide variety of bugs

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It's time once more for Atlas to hop on its steamroller and run over some bugs hiding in its pirating sandbox. The self-described Summer...
I blew things up!

Population counts for Apex Legends rise to a new high in spite of an attempted player-run protest

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Coordinating a game's community to protest issues with a title has got to be challenging, but the story of one such effort by players...

Altair Breaker is a multiplayer co-op VR swordfighting title arriving to Quest headsets and PC VR August 18

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Speaking from personal experience, I think swordfighting games in VR are as natural a combination as peanut butter and jelly. If you feel the...

MultiVersus confirms its first full season will begin August 15, but all of its features will be staggered

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Fans of MultiVersus probably felt a bit dour at the news that the game's first full season had to be delayed, but as it...

Why I Play: Returning to Diablo III in 2022

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I don't know if there's a marketing term for this phenomenon, but Diablo Immortal did an excellent job selling Diablo III. Popular streamers all caught...

Star Citizen’s latest video shows progress on ships, salvage, and new UI elements

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The newest weekly video out of Star Citizen is once again an all sprint report episode, which runs through several smaller progress reports and...

Warcraft Arclight Rumble focuses on building a ‘stable foundation,’ will have a soft launch

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While World of Warcraft's mobile edition is officially dead in the water, Warcraft Arclight Rumble continues to carry the franchise flag into the mobile...

The third part of Overwatch’s anniversary goes live, and its departure will mark the end of lockbox sales

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The original Overwatch has been celebrating its anniversary for a while in a three part remix that started in April, bringing back brawls from...

Valheim offers another Mistlands update preview, promises a fix for game crashes soon

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The developers of Valheim are back once more with another couple of screenshot previews of the Mistlands update, which Iron Gate says will be...

Wandering Wraeclast: Path of Exile’s Lake of Kalandra expansion launches August 19

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Mirror of Kalandra. Path of Exile players know this is a super rare currency item that has been in the game since the beginning....

Path of Exile 2’s beta will debut at ExileCon 2023 next July

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Two things that Path of Exile fans have been waiting for with bated breath are Path of Exile 2 and the next ExileCon. And...

MultiVersus players are facing DMCA strikes for uploading footage with modded character skins

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The multiplayer character brawler MultiVersus has seen itself gain plenty of fans and made some strong impressions on two of our own writers. However,...

Nightingale announces a delay of its early access launch to the first half of 2023

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We've all been left wondering about the possibilities of Nightingale, the realm-traveling Victorian-themed survival sandbox from developer Inflexion that first debuted at last year's...
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Tower of Fantasy hands out free currencies after its launch hits some server snags

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The multiplayer "shared world RPG" Tower of Fantasy made its global debut to players yesterday, and unsurprisingly, it didn't exactly go off without some...

Chimeraland will add dinosaurs August 18, opens recruitment for unpaid player moderators

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Chimeraland already has a lot going on as our current Choose My Adventure series shows, but what it doesn't have right now is dinosaurs....

Dauntless’ next patch will reduce trials randomness, add a new quest, and streamline rumor objectives

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Tomorrow, August 11th, is bringing another patch to Dauntless that's primarily all about refinement - specifically for the way trials content works and how...

Splatoon 3 outlines its multiplayer game modes, announces a playable demo’s release on August 25

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Today saw the multiplayer team shooter Splatoon 3 unleash a giant info dump in its own Nintendo Direct video showcase, which offered up 30...

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