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]

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Project Boston was Activision-Blizzard’s attempt to create a ‘Steam of mobile’ games store

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The point of the Epic v. Google antitrust lawsuit is ostensibly about whether Google is holding a monopoly that prevents competitors like Epic from...

Survival shooter The Day Before shows off Times Square ad space ahead of December 7 early access

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Having personally been in Times Square for a couple of days, I can say that the giant video billboards that highlight the streets there...

The Stream Team: Exploring ICARUS for its free Steam weekend

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When Steam offers a free weekend for a survival sandbox that Massively OP's MJ hasn't been able to play yet, how could she possible...

Path of Exile’s Affliction adds new Ascendancies and brings back Ultimatum

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Forget about setting clocks back: I set my clock to Path of Exile updates! And it is time for the final quarterly update of...
And again.

Overwatch 2 previews Season 8 balance adjustments and discusses quick play leave penalties

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Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller is once again talking about balance in his address to players, as the team vs. team shooter inches ever...

Elite Dangerous’ Frontier declares it’s ‘getting back on track’ by re-focusing on new and existing simulation titles

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Elite Dangerous developer Frontier Developments is using its 2023 annual investor report to proclaim that it's "getting back on track," as it decides that...
Doomsday Survivors

Grab a new-player survivor pack key for IGG’s zombie survival MMO Doomsday: Last Survivors

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If zombie survival games are still tugging at your nostalgia heartstrings, you might point your brainssss at IGG's Android-and-iPhone Doomsday Last Survivors. The company...

The Stream Team: A Friday afternoon frolic in the arcade gaming world of Tower Unite

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Every once in a while, you need to take a break from your usual MMORPG and MMO routine. Dip into something wholly unique and...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go goes to Hisui with poor timing

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Pokemon Go has a lot to make up for after last month... nay, last season. The bonuses were terrible, the Research Breakthrough 'mon were dull,...

‘Shared-world puzzle adventure game’ Islands of Insight gets February launch window and releases a free demo

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Back in June, one of the Not So Massively games we highlighted was Islands of Insight, a self-described "epic shared-world puzzle adventure game" where...

It’s raining blood in Diablo IV — and pay-to-win rebuttals

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When the weather forecast in Diablo IV calls for a torrential downpour of blood, it's time to grab that Umbrella of Demon-Slaying Might and...

Hearthstone is happy with reception to Showdown in the Badlands but touches up some cards in latest patch

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Getting the balance of a digital TCG is going to be an endless effort, especially when a new card set is added, but by...

Wandering Wraeclast: Introducing Path of Exile 2’s Mercenary crossbow class and WASD

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Looking forward to new Path of Exile updates has been a quarterly spectacle for many years. It's only recently, however, that fans also can...

Palia teases its winter festival rollout and puzzle-oriented Temple of the Gales

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You had to know a cozy co-op game like Palia would be decking the halls with some winter festivities, and that's exactly what this...

Destiny 2 swiftly stops sales of a baffling Starter Pack after players drag Bungie for the bundle

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What do you think would be included in a Starter Pack for Destiny 2? Do you envision some currency? Perhaps access to an expansion...

Baldur’s Gate 3 will add a new epilogue and two new game modes in today’s Patch 5 update

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Larian Studios' single-player/multiplayer mega-RPG Baldur's Gate 3 continues to heap on the goodies for players with its Patch 5 release, expected later today; it...

Diablo IV surveys suggest Vessel of Hatred bundles will sell early access to ‘functional items’ and stash tabs

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While Diablo IV's Vessel of Hatred expansion isn't expected until sometime later next year, Blizzard has decided to apparently burn some goodwill early. According...

Hi-Rez’s Tribes 3 Rivals aims to resurrect the classic capture-the-flag franchise next year

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Cast your mind all the way back to 1998, unless you weren't born yet, in which case you may play with your fidget spinner...

MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: IdleRune, Don’t Die in the West, Ikariam

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you’ve (probably) never heard of! This time I'm the one steering this...

Pokemon Go’s Sinnoh Tour is headed to the Rose Bowl Stadium in California

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The rumors have now been confirmed: Pokemon Go's next Go Tour - a theme-based event about a different Pokemon region held each year -...

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