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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Elite Dangerous confirms Update 13’s release, fixes crashes, and elaborates on combat bond bug reports

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The newest Discovery Scanner newsletter from Elite: Dangerous is out, featuring the usual hodgepodge of informational bits for players of the spaceship sandbox. The...

Last Oasis previews this week’s Season 5 ‘LOverhaul’ launch

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Last Oasis is on the cusp of its Season 5 "LOverhaul," which is set to arrive at some point this week, bringing with it...

Former CD Projekt Red devs announce a multiplayer co-op and PvP title full of ninja parkour in feudal Japan

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Would you like to play a PvP and PvE co-op multiplayer title created by former CD Projekt Red devs that lets you be a...
All right, I'll give it to you. In many places.

Would you buy a mythic skin in Overwatch 2 for $45? Asking for a Blizzard

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Players of Overwatch 2 are reportedly being asked some very worrying questions by Blizzard: Fans of the shooter have shared images from a survey...

Bungie reduced direct communication with players over ‘real threats’ to devs

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It's becoming clear that Destiny 2 developer Bungie is experiencing a problem with playerbase toxicity - readers will recall that the studio is taking...

Arcane Waters kicks off a new playtest with tweaks to questing, UI, combat, and loot

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Back in June, the 16-bit pirate-themed co-op MMO Arcane Waters offered up a demo, and we were almost immediately charmed by it, so consider...

Star Citizen claws back in-game currency stipend in 3.17.2 thanks to ‘overcounting’ error

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This story requires a little bit of background: Regular players of Star Citizen's last alpha build were going to receive a stipend of credits...

The Stream Team: Enjoying the Astroneer EXO event

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Last week, Massively OP's MJ was so distracted by snails on rails and roller coasters in Astroneer that she completely missed that there was...
Oh no still Blizzard.

Overwatch esports teams protest a mid-match rules change by not playing each other on-air

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Recent action in the Overwatch European Contenders Summer Series was spicy, but not for the reasons one might expect out of an esports competition,...

Axie Infinity CEO caught shuffling $3M in the game’s crypto tokens before announcing its $620M hack

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No matter how decentralized cryptocurrencies claim to be, there's always going to be a paper trail to follow, and one such trail was left...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s August is an ode to Hisui and full of mysteries

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There's a lot going on in Pokemon GO, and it's not waiting for August to start. As we noted for July, Niantic is holding a Hisui...
Super.

Diablo Immortal made $100 million in revenue in two months

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When Diablo Immortal launched, pretty much everyone was united in calling the game out for its absolutely atrocious and exploitative monetization model, which led...

Hands-on with Multiversus: How WB’s new brawler stacks up against Super Smash Bros.

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Like most of the readers of this site, I spend the majority of my gaming time in MMORPGs, or I wouldn't be here. But...

Star Citizen 3.17.2 brings a new event, updated missions, new locations, and a 100-player server cap

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The alpha of Star Citizen continues its seemingly endless march forward with a new build now available for backers, bringing with it several new...

Dauntless releases its final legendary lantern amp, applies some smaller fixes to monsters and quests

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The Radiant Escalation mode in Dauntless has steadily seen the addition of legendary lantern amps - unique powers that can be selected while moving...

Catch Me is a 3v1 game of single player and online multiplayer tag now available in early access

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If you've ever wanted to play tag with a bunch of people but aren't too keen on that whole running around thing (or the...
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V Rising’s first series of regular official server wipes begins this week

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Earlier this month, players of V Rising were informed that the game would begin running regular server wipes in the interest of keeping gameplay...

Sea of Thieves previews Season Seven quality-of-life features and its upcoming limited-time adventure

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While Season Seven of Sea of Thieves isn't releasing until next week, that's not stopping the devs at Rare Ltd. from continuing to talk...

MultiVersus crests at over 150K players on Steam during open beta, reveals LeBron James as a playable character

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It looks like a homerun for developer Player First Games' newly released character brawler MultiVersus. Shortly after the title made its open beta debut...
Huh.

Mech shooter Galahad 3093 launches final beta today, plans early access launch on September 1

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Simutronics, a company previously known for a couple of MUDs, decided to take a completely surprising tangent into the team-based hero shooter sub-genre with...

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