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]

2016 lawsuit over CS:GO skin gambling gets thrown out on a technicality

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The slow, grinding gears of the legal system has finally yielded a verdict in the last of a series of CS:GO lawsuits from 2016....
WE'RE SO BLEEPING DAAAAAAAAARK

Multiplayer ARPG Mad World’s alpha 5.0 is set to begin on February 23

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Are you ready for yet another alpha test of the grimdark browser-based multiplayer ARPG Mad World? Another test is on the horizon as alpha...
oh nooooooo

Activision-Blizzard addresses Call of Duty mess, striking devs report ‘radio silence’

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Raven Software, developer of several Call of Duty titles including COD: Warzone, is still on strike due to a sudden bout of firing of...

Freeland VR is a Kickstarted VR MMO offering multiple planets with various activities

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Looking through the website and watching the video for Freeland VR, it would appear that this new VR MMO is looking to be a...

Martial arts survivalbox The Swordsmen X Survival details planned features as it eyes a 2022 launch

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Last July, we wondered what happened to the Age of Wushu franchise, and in our digging around we came across The Swordsmen X: Survival,...

Lawful Neutral: Recapping the MMO industry’s legal dramas, 2021 edition

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With meatspace commitments causing no-end of stress and herculean amounts of work for me, Lawful Neutral had a bit of a slow year that...

The Stream Team: Astroneer adds wildlife for Snail Floof Saturday

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Can Astroneer get any more adorable? YES IT CAN!!! The space survival has just launched its very first wildlife into game. OK, they may...
Ponder the acquisition

Destiny 2 outlines artifact mod changes, confirms Bungie anniversary content will continue ‘through 2022’

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The next expansion and subsequent next season of Destiny 2 is going to make artifact mod hunters particularly happy if Bungie's newest weekly newsletter...
Subtle.

Fallout 76 tests new alien event, offers progression in Fallout Worlds

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Despite being about a post-apocalyptic world, the Fallout series has had a long-running relationship with aliens. In each of the games, there are events...

Overprime is Netmarble’s third-person shooter MOBA that uses assets from the sunsetted Paragon

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Before we dig into the meat of that headline, allow us to provide a little bit of history: Paragon, Epic Games' attempt at creating...
Prepare to complete the preparation for completion!

Path of Exile announces a stream to announce the release date for Siege of the Atlas

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So if you've been following Path of Exile closely, you know that the game's next expansion is coming out in February at some point....
Scourged.

Path of Exile says Scourge won’t become an evergreen mechanic following the end of the league

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With the next major update for Path of Exile slated for early February and the end of the Scourge league in sight, a simple question...

Valve abruptly cancels Dota 2 esports tourney over COVID, ticking off teams

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There's some bad news coming out of the Dota 2 esports scene, as Valve has made the snap decision to cancel its February Pro...

PlanetSide 2 offers a new video preview of Oshur, outlines public testing and release plans

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Players of PlanetSide 2 are finally going to get their first taste of an island paradise and summarily blow one another to smithereens on...

Astroneer launches on Switch today, delivering space snail pets in xenobiology update

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Happy Switch day to Astroneer: The cutesy multiplayer sci-fi survival sandbox officially lands on Nintendo's portable platform as of today, with a digital box...
Same old story, same old song and dance.

Datamining reveals a potential Blood Knight class for Diablo Immortal

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It almost feels kind of odd that there aren't Blood Knights running around from the word "go" in every Diablo game, given the way that...

The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming premiere introduces A Hat in Time zombie tag

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In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! That's right, today MOP is introducing a brand-new stream style for you to...
Hmm. Appears I'm still alive.

PUBG is now a free-to-play title on PC and console with today’s update

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Today marks an auspicious date in the lifespan of battle royale shooter PUBG. After its early access release in 2017 and a variety of...
Void where prohibited.

Diablo II Resurrected sets up a public test realm, promises Patch 2.4 testing ‘soon’

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It's a strong sign of studio investment whenever Blizzard sets up a test realm for a game, as is happening in the case of...

The Stream Team: Starting off the hunt in Monster Hunter Rise on PC

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MOP's resident critter hunter Chris is on the hunt in Monster Hunter Rise on PC once again, only this time it's the full game...

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