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]

Star Citizen releases roadmaps and financials, Squadron 42 withholds release date and gameplay

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It's been rather active over in the world of Star Citizen recently. The past few days have seen a number of unveilings, announcements, and...

Star Conflict introduces stage one of its Faction Wars content in latest update

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The game is called Star Conflict, so the fact that there's some conflict brewing in the stars of this space-based MMO shouldn't probably be...
Popcorn appropriately.

ToxMod is a new moderation tool that recognizes and reports voice chat hate speech in real-time

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Moderating a game's text chat isn't easy by any means, but at least there are a variety of tools and algorithms that try to...

Warframe studio Digital Extremes promises independent operation and no changes to game direction after Leyou buyout

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2020 was the year in which MMO studios were Pac-Man'd by bigger companies because massive corporations with deep purses do that to break their...

Age of Water is an online post-apoc flooded world of custom ships, pirates, and exploration

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Gaijin Entertainment, the publisher and developer of games like War Thunder and Crossout, has announced its first published title under the Gaijin inCubator label...

Star Citizen reschedules its Assault on Stanton server event to next year

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Earlier in the week there was word from CIG that Star Citizen was ready to give its new alpha 3.12 dynamic event system a...
Have some stuff.

Blizzard offers a plethora of game discounts with its holiday sale this year

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We don't really like advertising sales consistently here on Massively Overpowered because we already have actual advertising on the site and that costs money....

Torchlight III takes a moment to share some data-related bug stories from development

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"This blog is for those who enjoy a good technical read and want a closer look at some of our internal development ‘war stories’,"...

Spellbreak breaks its matchmaking patch with a rollback

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Apparently, that big matchmaking update that rolled into Spellbreak last week turned out to be kind of a disappointment all around. It was so...

Stardew Valley update 1.5 is live on PC with new farm type and advanced options

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Solo developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has once more blessed the timeline with another peek at features of today's Stardew Valley update 1.5 - specifically,...

Not So Massively: Looking back at 2020 and ahead to 2021 in the realm of not-so-massively games

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So another year comes, and the last one's gone, and we dig deep just to carry on. Musical allusions notwithstanding, I thought it might...

Star Citizen is set to begin its first server-wide dynamic event this week

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Star Citizen's recently released alpha 3.12 is subtitled Assault on Stanton, but most of the immediately playable features involved things like refinery decks and...

SuperData November 2020: WoW is back on top as PC and digital games sales hit new revenue heights

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It's been a boom month this past November for digital games sales. The latest SuperData report finds that digital games have earned $11.5 billion...
Deception!

The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMO industry trend of 2020?

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As is tradition around MOP, we always follow up our award for best gaming trend with a discussion of the worst trend too because...

The Stream Team: Joining in on Frostfall snowball fights in Dauntless

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A lot of the time, Dauntless is about hunting beasties and taking their parts to make shiny weapons and armor. However, during the Frostfall...

The Stream Team: A first ride in Raft

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Massively OP's MJ is a fan of survival game, so when Raft was recommended to her, she jumped at the chance to climb aboard....

City State Entertainment’s Final Stand: Ragnarok heralds the arrival of ‘first access’

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It's been some time since we had heard much about Final Stand: Ragnarok, the second game coming from Camelot Unchained developer City State Entertainment;...

Last Oasis applies balance changes, answers player questions about bug fix priority and map releases

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While the latest update to Last Oasis isn't trying to do anything new or novel, it is trying to improve what's already there. Players...

Conan Exiles covers NPC camps, expanded lands, and gameplay adjustments coming to Isle of Siptah

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If you're among those Conan Exiles players living in the Isle of Siptah, you're going to want to brace yourself for a number of...

Fallout 76 looks back at 2020 with recaps and stats, shares a calendar of events for the first quarter of 2021

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As December continues to draw to a close, the developers of Fallout 76 are looking back at the past year's efforts in the most...

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