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]

PvPvE FPS The Cycle’s March 10 closed beta brings new campaigns, activities, monsters, and map

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Do you remember The Cycle? It's a multiplayer PvPvE FPS that first made it to our corner of gaming in July 2018, promising "a...

Rockstar confirms separate Short Trip missions in GTA Online, work on GTA 6, boost events for Red Dead Online

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Rockstar Games is just full of announcements for its flagship series Grand Theft Auto. An announcement post outlines the future of the series, with...

Star Citizen grants a peek at ship-to-ship refueling and new hover quad vehicle

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The show must go on for Star Citizen in spite of its adjustment to its roadmap and ill-advised explanation why. Specifically, the Inside Star...

The Daily Grind: Do you even want a survival game from Blizzard?

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Last week, amid the Microsoft buyout and unionization/unionbusting within Activision, Blizzard boldly, absurdly stepped forward and announced that it was hiring for a survival...

Dauntless patches in more island event tweaks and prepares to celebrate Valentine’s Day

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It's Love, Slayer Style (cue the theme) as the latest patch for Dauntless is readying itself to celebrate Valentine's Day with the return of...

Activision-Blizzard Q4 2021: Blizzard lost another 2M monthly actives as ABK revenue holds steady

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Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As readers are aware, the company, its leadership, and its games have been the...

PlanetSide 2 makes adjustments to Oshur as it draws a ‘heartening and much appreciated’ positive reception

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Are you among those players of PlanetSide 2 enjoying the recently released continent of Oshur? You are apparently not alone, as an update post...

EA’s Q3 earnings call notes Battlefield 2042 sales ‘did not meet expectations,’ walks back crypto aspirations

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Electronic Arts has had its Q3 2022 earnings call with investors this week, and it features some points of interest for our pocket of...

Not So Massively: Shadow of War plays fast and loose but hits the mark

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Like many of you, I suspect, I have myriad games in my backlog. These neglected titles were typically obtained on sale at a point...

Funcom enlists the help of another co-developer to bring the DUNE multiplayer survival title to life

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Back in December of last year, a press release from Funcom announced that the developing multiplayer survival sandbox based on the DUNE IP was...

CIG reels back Star Citizen’s roadmap because players ‘interpret anything on the release view as a promise’

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Yes, that headline is indeed a quote pull from CIG's February 2022 roadmap roundup post for Star Citizen. The post announces that the game's...

New studio Gardens is working on an untitled ‘shared fantasy adventure’

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There's a new studio on the scene called Gardens, and it's creating a game we may want to keep tabs on in the coming...

Not So Massively: Hearthstone’s Lunar New Year, Apex Legend’s Defiance, LoL’s Renata

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Welcome back to a quick roundup of news and events in the Not-So-Massively multiplayer realm! Hearthstone - Lunar New Year begins in Blizzard's OTCG as...

Dual Universe invites players into a deeply technical look at the Panacea update’s custom voxel tool

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The Panacea update of Dual Universe is adding the ability to customize voxels. Normally this would be explanation enough for most, but Novaquark has...

The Stream Team: Depending on the kindness of multiplayer strangers in Monster Hunter Rise

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MOP's Chris has pushed on as far as he cares to in the single-player portion of Monster Hunter Rise, so that ultimately means there's...

Valheim teases Mountain update, Mistlands area, and Steam Deck launch

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It's hard to believe it, but exactly one year ago today, Valheim rolled into early access and captured the attention spans of pretty much...

Solid Clouds’ upcoming Starborne Frontiers downgrades from MMORPG to ‘squad RPG’

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Last summer, Starborne: Sovereign Space developer Solid Clouds announced plans for a new MMORPG in the Starborne universe called Starborne: Frontiers, promising in its...
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Elite Dangerous Odyssey hotfixes SRV and stability problems

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Update 10 of Elite Dangerous: Odyssey has continued the expansion's grand tradition of arriving with a few fresh bugs to squash, but Frontier Developments...

The Stream Team: Getting back into Global Agenda on its 12th anniversary

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Way, way back when, Massiverly OP's MJ played Global Agenda. Now that it has resurfaced, she's got to get back in! In honor of...

Star Citizen celebrates Lunar New Year with hidden red envelopes and ship paints for sale

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It's the Year of the Monkey! In Star Citizen's universe, anyway. To celebrate the in-game 2952 and real-world 2022 Lunar New Year, CIG has...

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