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]

Pearl Abyss devs talk up the visuals, story, and gameplay features of Crimson Desert’s solo adventure

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If the preview video of the upcoming Crimson Desert whet your appetite for more detailed video footage, then you're going to absolutely gobble up...

Here’s how to get ridiculously festive ship skins in Elite Dangerous tomorrow

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Have you ever wanted your Elite: Dangerous spaceship to look like a literal flying present? Then you’ll get your extremely specific wish granted by...

Drakensang Online adds new quests, item variations, and system revamps in the Dark Legacy update

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In what's being touted as Drakensang Online's "biggest content expansion to date," the Dark Legacy update has brought some pretty hefty numbers of things...

Overwatch’s Winter Wonderland and Hearthstone’s Winter Veil events go live

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For those who like to celebrate the season by blowing away enemy teams or playing card games, it is now the most wonderful time...

CCP Games partners with Sperasoft for the latest in a long line of EVE franchise shooters

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It's no secret at all that CCP Games has been working on a new multiplayer online game, or at least it shouldn't be if...

Funcom’s Conan Chop Chop isn’t dead, and it’s really launching next year

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Funcom's Conan Chop Chop, originally introduced as a rogue-like ARPG back in 2019, wrecked our predictions for 2020 by not launching, and I'm holding...

Torchlight III’s Snow & Steam update is live with updates for Forged and Forts

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Torchlight III is emulating the blizzard smacking the Northeast US right now by dumping winter all over the gameworld too. Today's Snow & Steam...

Diablo IV works to ‘get itemization right,’ promises something ‘chunky’ for BlizzConline

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When you come to a Diablo game, your brain is often just craving one thing: those loot explosions. Gear is a major source of...

Spellbreak’s Spellstorm update goes live as its executive producer talks matchmaking changes

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Today is the day where the battle royale shooter Spellbreak expands its horizons. The Spellstorm update is officially live, introducing several touted features including...

Pokemon Go adds even more winter events, hints that Kanto is just the start of the tour

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Gather around, trainers: Have you heard of Mr. Rime? The new version Pokemon's Mr. Mime got a Galar regional variant that also evolves, and...

Grand Theft Auto Online releases the island-sized Cayo Perico Heist

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Today is the day where players of Grand Theft Auto Online can enter an island paradise and rob it blind. The Cayo Perico Heist...

Book of Travels takes a detailed look at the character creation process

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Tiny multiplayer online title Book of Travels has very much been all about the idea of players taking on their roles in a deeper...

Vin Diesel is officially part of the development team for ARK 2 as President of Creative Convergence

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Just in case you happened to miss it during our coverage of the Game Awards, a sequel to survival sandbox ARK: Survival Evolved as...

Choose My Adventure: Simply skipping through quests small and large in Fallout 76

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I'm not sure that this week has fully inured me to Fallout 76, but I will say that things were starting to come together...

Star Citizen adjusts insurance wait times and costs in 3.12 test build, sending the community into a froth

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Alpha 3.12 of Star Citizen is still running through its private test server paces, which is probably a good thing because the latest build...
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Fall Guys Season 3 adds new wintry costumes, new obstacle courses, and Crown Ranks on December 15

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There's a snow storm coming, with slippery ice, lots of snow, and a number of plush hazards meant to bat you aside. It's winter...

Sci-fi horror title The Callisto Protocol is confirmed as a ‘narrative experience’ tied to PUBG

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We've covered a few occasions where the decidedly plotless battle royale shooter PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was trying to build up some lore and backstory for...

The Stream Team: Down into an Endless Delve in Path of Exile

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Do you miss Path of Exile's Delve league? Massively OP's MJ never felt like she got to descend far enough. Luckily, for the holidays...
Oh, good, you're finally awake.

Microsoft outlines shared goals with Sony and Nintendo to make gaming ‘safer’

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There are a lot of things that Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo all disagree about. Which company gets your money, for example. But a new...

Conan Exiles confirms that ongoing Xbox One issues won’t be fixed until sometime next year

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Who knew that the greatest threat Hyboria would ever know was some gnarly bugs in a console version of Conan Exiles? Certainly not Funcom,...

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