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]

Whatever happened to sci-fi MMO ECO?

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It has been the hottest of minutes since we cast eyes on ECO, the multiplayer planetary simulator that entered early access in February 2018;...

Netease’s SpatialOS-built multiplayer VR RPG Nostos is being shuttered after less than two years

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Back in August 2018, we cast our eyes in the direction of Nostos, an "open-world VR RPG with online elements" that let four players...

World of Warships revamps and reintroduces its Key Battle mode and rolls out more Italian battleships

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Do you recall the World of Warships sci-fi themed Key Battle LTM, where players had to fight it out against each other and space...

Kickstarted Civil War game War of Rights adds big guns, infantry flags, and anti-trolling measures

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It's been a good while since we last checked in on the controversial War of Rights, the Civil War battlefield simulator developed by Denmark-based...
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Last Oasis plans for a server wipe on Friday as Season 3 arrives

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The next major update for Last Oasis is on its way soon, as it has been confirmed by the developers that a server wipe is...

Book of Travels introduces fans to four of the game’s NPCs

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Ideally, walking around in tiny multiplayer online title Book of Travels will see players running into one another and perhaps linking up for some...

Fight or Kite: Project Winter plays like Among Us mixed with survival mechanics for a unique experience

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What do you get if you take the Among Us crew and traitor system, MMO staples like gathering and crafting, survival games' hunger and...
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Fallout 76 posts its roadmap for the rest of 2021 with the Brotherhood of Steel, daily ops, and four-star legendaries

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The next patch for Fallout 76 is currently on the game's test server, so anyone who would like to check out C.A.M.P. slots, S.P.E.C.I.A.L. loadouts,...

Development of a Warframe-inspired tabletop RPG is halted thanks to toxic fans

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A particularly toxic sect of the Warframe community has ensured that a tabletop RPG intended as a love letter to the game will never...

Warframe’s new and improved Railjack blasts out of spacedock

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Grab a friend or three and board the completely revamped Railjack spacecraft in Warframe for some galactic fun. Digital Extremes' March patch for the...

Daybreak’s Z1 Battle Royale is enjoying another renaissance

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Remember last year when Z1 Battle Royale -- the retitled version of H1Z1 that Daybreak still appears to operate -- saw an astonishing increase...
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Magic Legends starts open beta pre-loading for next Tuesday’s test

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Are you ready for the beta? Magic Legends is cracking open its boosters and shuffling its decks in anticipation for this coming Tuesday's open...

The Stream Team: Finding piece(s of yourself) in the mountains of Valheim

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Ahh, the serenity of the mountains. Massively OP's MJ goes there to find peace. But in Valheim, she's likely to find pieces of herself!...

Chronicles of Elyria outlines the basic gameplay beats of the colony sim Kingdoms of Elyria

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Soulbound Studios CEO Jeromy Walsh would like you to ignore the elephant in the room and instead take a look at the overall gameplay...

The Stream Team: Checking out Warframe’s big Corpus Proxima Railjack update

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Warframe's big Corpus Railjack update is live, and Massively OP's MJ can't wait to check it out! She can finally get her own railjack,...

Frozen Flame introduces a prologue, a new starter location, and an updated combat system

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While the axiom says you never get a second chance to make a first impression, the opening hours of multiplayer survival RPG Frozen Flame...

Dauntless outlines plans to make Trials ‘more accessible, more fair, more fun’ in the next two patches

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For a while now, the developers of Dauntless have been promising that Trials mode would be getting some attention, and it looks like the...

Among Us will launch The Airship patch at the end of March

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Don't tell my kids, but Among Us is getting a juicy free update this month. It's called The Airship, and studio Innersloth says it...
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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Online takes the single-player sandbox and turns it into an MMO

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If you enjoy the sandbox nonsense you can get up to in Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord but wish that you had other people to...

PlanetSide 2 announces delays for PTS testing and release for Chapter 3

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For those players of PlanetSide 2 who are eager for Chapter 3's release, there's some bad news. The game's lead designer has reported that...

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