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]

Warframe launches Warframe 1999 demo and new Halloween content for Nights of Naberus

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Digital Extremes has been buzzing about Warframe 1999 all year - and now you can finally check it out yourself thanks to the free...

Wayfinder previews The Crucible zone and teases its eighth hero ahead of October 21 launch

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When Wayfinder officially launches out of the last remnants of early access on October 21st, it's getting a huge run of new content, with...

MultiVersus’ ongoing third season releases its latest playable character: Nubia Queen of the Amazons

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While the current season of content for MultiVersus highlighted the Powerpuff Girls at launch last month, this month it's time to hail to the...
Seriously, whatever

Overwatch 2 explains the balance tweaks for tanks and DPS alike coming for Season 13

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Whether or not you care about the themes of Overwatch 2's upcoming Season 13, game director Aaron Keller hopes you care about balance changes...

Valheim brings the Bog Witch update to its public test server

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"Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble, this test build is not indicative of a final product." We're admittedly taking some artistic liberties with the classic...

Here are some of the MMORPG, MMO, and multiplayer demos waiting in this week’s Steam Next Fest

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It's one of the biggest weeks in PC gaming, when disk drives shudder in fear and digital vendors offer up their wares, previews, and...

Blizzard’s maintenance mode MOBA Heroes of the Storm just saw its third patch of the year

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Don't look now but Blizzard's long-abandoned MOBA Heroes of the Storm is getting its third patch of 2024. Keep this up and we won't...

The Stream Team: Catching up on Warframe’s Koumei and the Five Fates

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Massively OP's MJ has been looking forward to all the new content leading up to Warframe's 1999 release later this year. And the most...

Pokemon Go heralds 40-player Gigantimax battles, but Niantic is mum on global/local requirements

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Pokemon Go fans better be bracing for a big announcement and a world of confusion, as Niantic and The Pokemon Company officially announced that...

Everbloom is a cozy co-op farming sim where players grow popcorn and raise chocolate milk cows

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Where does chocolate milk come from? Well if you're living in the world of whimsy that is the upcoming co-op farming sim Everbloom, it...

NetEase officially announces mobile FPS Destiny Rising, with closed alpha starting November 1

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Last month insider reports from Bungie confirmed the existence of Destiny: Rising, a NetEase-developed mobile prequel of the multiplayer looter shooter where players control...

Not So Massively: Songs of Silence is a stylish blend of multiplayer 4X and auto-battler

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Considering I don't even do that it often, you'd be surprised how often I find interesting games just by scrolling through Steam's home page....

Viking colony survivalbox ASKA adds town militias and seasonal crops with the Farmers and Fighters update

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Are you a farmer or a fighter? Well luckily in the Viking-themed multiplayer colony management survivalbox ASKA you can be both, especially considering the...

Splatoon 3’s Splatoween for Halloween is a blast from Splatoon’s past

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Despite already being in maintenance mode, Splatoon 3's making good on its promise to still hold certain seasonal events starting with Splatoween. This one's...

Dieselpunk PvPvE vehicular battler Sand offers up a PvP demo and seven minutes of raw gameplay footage

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Back in May we shared our first look at Sand, an in-development PvPvE sandbox primarily centered around Tramplers - massive robotic structures that act...

Stream Team: Returning to ICARUS for Sandbox Saturday

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Although Massively OP's MJ has been lured away to other survival venues, she hasn't forgotten about ICARUS. She was just waiting until the timing...

The Stream Team: A rousing round of the Rodent Rumble playtest

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There are certain games that just call out to Massively OP's MJ and Chris on a deep, fundamental level. And one of those games...
This is what I always wanted.

Betawatch: Brighter Shores is really launching in November after one last beta

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You should get your whites whiter and your shores brighter when Brighter Shores goes into testing in late October ahead of a full release...

Microsoft is sunsetting multiplayer functionality for Age of Empires 3’s classic version

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So we have some good news and some bad news about multiplayer RTS Age of Empires 3. Let's do the bad news first: It's...

Overwatch 2 launches Halloween events October 15, Hearthstone opens The Great Dark Beyond November 5

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It's about to get spooky, ookie, and kooky in both Overwatch 2 and Hearthstone over the next few weeks, with the superheroic PvP FPS...