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]

First Impressions: Monster Hunter Rise on PC enhances an already excellent stew

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I’m not here to tell you that Monster Hunter Rise on PC is somehow a different game. It’s a port; you already can guess...
YAAAAAAGH

Acti-Blizz buyout, day two: Labor, stock, Kotick, and the reasons behind the sale

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The news has been flying fast and furious over the last 24 hours since Microsoft announced it was buying Activision-Blizzard for just under $70B....

Dual Universe outlines the Panacea update’s planned Lua API changes

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Players of Dual Universe who like to get fiddly with the Lua API code of the spaceship sandbox likely perked their ears when the...

Survival MMO Fractured Veil shows off new building pieces, outlines 2022 dev plans

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Moving into the new year means that players of the survival MMO Fractured Veil will get to put together new houses, or at least...

Atlas introduces a new ship and the Great Temple monument in its latest patch

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Nothing says "flex" quite like being part of a guild that has managed to build and own the only wonder that can be created...

Fortnite opens a digital art exhibit collab with artist KAWS and London’s Serpentine art institution

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If there's one thing that players of Fortnite can totally appreciate, it's an art exhibit, which is why there's one now available in-game in...

Myth of Empires skirts the Steam DMCA takedown by selling the game directly

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Apparently, Myth of Empires developer Angela Game is not going to let a little thing like being taken off of Steam and sued for...

Not So Massively: Making the case for Dungeon Siege IV

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Dungeon Siege is not the biggest name in ARPG field, but the franchise has always been dear to my heart. It's now been more...

Book of Travels shares some thoughts on in-development permadeath mechanics

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We've seen the matter of permadeath in Book of Travels raised a few times in our very own comments section, and even though permadeath...
oh no skellingtons

Microsoft is acquiring Activision-Blizzard, Bobby Kotick is still CEO

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Welp, apparently the Activision-Blizzard hot potato is hopping to a new owner: Microsoft just announced that it's acquiring the beleaguered gaming corporation. "With three billion...

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...

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