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]

Battlefield 2042’s Season One finally launches as EA denies claims of a ‘skeleton crew’ working on the game

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To call Battlefield 2042 "beleaguered" would be something of an understatement: Readers will recall that the game released to some pretty low player counts...

Star Citizen brings back in-person Bar Citizen community events and previews trading UI updates

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Fans of Star Citizen are likely very familiar with the Bar Citizen community events, where players can share drinks and mingle with the devs...

The Daily Grind: Should MMOs make more effort to corral likeminded gamers?

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I've mentioned before that my husband has been playing a lot of Destiny 2 lately (fillin' the ol' Overwatch void), and it's led to...

The Division 2 hands out compensation for last week’s character progress rollback

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At the very end of May we reported on character progression rollback measures taken by The Division 2 as a result of an XP...

Hi-Rez unveils physics brawler Divine Knockout and SMITE-RuneScape collab

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Hi-Rez Studios was a part of the OTK Games Expo, a digital gaming celebration organized by streamers under the OTK Network banner, and it...

Nightingale previews its realm card system and more at Summer Game Fest

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At this afternoon's Summer Game Fest, Inflexion Games dropped a fresh trailer and mechanics preview for Nightingale, the steampunkish survival not-quite-an-MMO. It's accompanied by...

Summer Game Fest 2022: Warframe’s Duviri Paradox, Nightingale teaser, and more

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Geoff Keighley's not-E3 aka Summer Game Fest kicks off today with the live showcase stream, so I hope you've set aside a couple of...

Riot says Legends of Runeterra’s pivot from PvE to PvP is about scope and studio balance, not underperformance

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Last week, Riot Games sent eyebrows flying skyward as it essentially announced a pivot from Legends of Runeterra's Path of Champions PvE mode toward...
Mortal.

Diablo Immortal is no longer whaling as hard as we thought, but it’s still pretty bad

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Earlier this week, the internet was abuzz over a Reddit thread and subsequent viral videos that pointed out it could cost players over $100,000...

Fallout 76 exposé reveals a culture of crunch and chaos from devs who snubbed MMOs

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Kotaku dropped a scathing exposé of the Bethsoft studio behind Fallout 76 last night, and however bad you thought it was, it was probably...
We're like a team.

Halo Infinite is finally starting beta tests for its co-op mode

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Despite the name, Halo Infinite decidedly felt like Halo Finite at launch if you were expecting to go into it with a co-op partner....

Co-op horror shooter Ripout preps a demo for later this month

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Looking for a fun place to vacation this summer? Why not take a trip to Ripout's 2084, where all of humanity's been overcome by...
lol, no

E3 plans to return next year as Gamescom 2022 tickets go on sale

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The ESA is apparently not willing to let its E3 trade show-cum-games hype dispensary go into that good night. While this year's event has...

The Stream Team: A first-time peek into the vampiric survivalbox world of V Rising

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A lot of hay has has been made about V Rising, the survival sandbox dressed in a vampire costume, and that's gotten MOP's Chris...
Stringing things together.

‘Power demands sacrifice’: Conan Exiles is teasing a big reveal

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If you've been keeping an eye on the Conan Exiles Twitter account lately, you know that Funcom, which barely even acknowledged Age of Conan's...

The Cycle Frontier kicks off its free-to-play ‘pre-season’ launch as players decry a pay-to-win DLC pack

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Near the end of May, developer Yager noted that its PvPvE survival shooter The Cycle: Frontier was "very close" to release. Apparently that means...

Elite Dangerous Odyssey gets more bug fixes, shipyards in prisons, and a new criminal mission in Update 12

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Players of Elite Dangerous: Odyssey who live on the wrong side of the law in-game now have a few more options open to their...
Good, well-thought-out plans.

Last Oasis will completely revamp character progression in Season Five via a schematics system

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Last Oasis has been making a whole lot of noise about its upcoming Season Five through a series of dev blogs, and the team...

Not So Massively: First impressions of Diablo Immortal on PC

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There was a time when the release of a new Diablo game might have been a big deal for me. But I've never been...

Fallout 76 goes to ‘Dread Island’ for Season 9’s thematic gameboard

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Even if you have less-than-kind thoughts about battle passes and the like in online game, you have to admit that Fallout 76 puts a...

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