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]

MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Tidal Nexus Online, Kaetram, and Shin Megami Tensei Imagine

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer games that you've (probably) never heard of! Tidal Nexus Online: This underwater MMO-lite came to...

ARPG Last Epoch shifts development priorities, delays its next content update to Q1 2025

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Take whatever expectations you may have harbored for Last Epoch's next update and toss them out the window because this online ARPG is completely...

Temtem Swarm begins its latest closed beta test – here are the patch notes

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This week has brought a new chapter to Crema's wider Temtem IP as Temtem Swarm, the studio's multiplayer bullet hell survivor title, has officially...

The Stream Team: Diving into Nightingale’s Realms Rebuilt update

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It's time for MOP's Chris to make his first foray into Nightingale all over again! With the Realms Rebuilt update now live, the slate...

Soulframe discusses combat tweaks, dungeon updates, and a first pass at cosmetics for its next pre-alpha

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The fantastical multiplayer RPG Soulframe is headed towards Prelude 6 - aka its next test build - which is cause for Digital Extremes to...

Cozy co-op van life game Outbound just funded on Kickstarter for almost $300K

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Now this is the kind of "living in a van down by the river" that I can get behind: Outbound has officially funded on...

MultiVersus confirms Powerpuff Girls and Nubia as playable characters for Season 3 starting September 17

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Sugar. Spice. All things nice. And a trio of superpowered kids ready to absolutely wallop opponents in MultiVersus. They're the Powerpuff Girls, and they...

War Thunder brings new and updated vehicles, map updates, and a 2024 roadmap in Dance of Dragons patch

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Last week War Thunder took the wraps off of its next major update, stating that it was headed for release this month. That release...

Early access survival sandbox Nightingale just released its huge Realms Rebuilt update

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September 12th just keeps cooking, and now it's serving up the long-promised overhaul update for early access survival sandbox Nightingale. Realms Rebuilt officially goes live...

Crimson Desert shares about an hour of new gameplay footage as it makes its way to TwitchCon

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Sure, there were plenty of gameplay reveals as part of its Gamescom presence, but that doesn't mean the sneak peeks are over for Crimson...

The Stream Team: Diving into the Wells of Enshrouded

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Well... today, your hosts and people-still-trying-to-figure-out-Enshrouded Larry and MJ will literally dive into an Elixir Well for the first time. Apparently, they were supposed...

Last Oasis heralds Season 6’s full-throated return to FFA PvP as it puts out a call for testers

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Last Oasis, the woodpunk survival sandbox that has been in early access for over four years now and appeared to be dismissed by developer...

The Stream Team: Progressing the plot in Cat Quest III

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MOP's Chris and his best friend are back once more in Cat Quest III as they're ready to perhaps continue the primary quest of...

Ubisoft confirms offline mode for The Crew 2, The Crew Motorfest during Motorfest’s year 2 reveal

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Ubisoft is celebrating the first anniversary of The Crew Motorfest (aka The Crew 3) by essentially promising not to do it dirty the way...

Sony’s dead team shooter Concord lives on in Amazon’s Secret Level anthology

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It's been an exceptionally strange past month for fans of Sony's team-based FPS Concord. The title launched late August as a possible rival to...
What if screws, but wet?

Satisfactory launches into 1.0 with console versions promised for the future

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It might be hard to believe over the past several years of the game feeling remarkably comprehensive, but Satisfactory has been in early access...

Survival MMO Myth of Empires teases its upcoming Persia DLC, due out this year

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We haven't gotten a whole lot of information about Myth of Empires' next DLC, the Persia-themed expansion for the popular survival MMO, but Angela...

ARK Survival Ascended launches the Aberration map and a new Bob’s Tall Tales adventure

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Regular fans of the survival sandbox ARK: Survival Evolved are likely extremely familiar with the Aberration map, or perhaps hold a deep affection of...

Vampire survivalbox V Rising is hosting a free-play event starting September 12

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If you've ever wanted to join 4.7 million people who already gave in to their vampire survival sandbox desires to play V Rising but...

Genshin Impact joins forces with McDonald’s in a new cross-promotion

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You know you've made some sort of, er, impact as a video game if McDonald's is teaming up with you for a cross-promotion, so...