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]

Papaya Play’s Tree of Savior announces a new Brazilian server opening August 12

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Before we begin, we're going to point out that this Tree of Savior story is specific to the standalone version operated by Papaya Play...

Warframe of Mind: Partying like it’s 1999 at TennoCon 2024

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TennoCon is always a hotbed of Warframe (and now Soulframe) reveals, from new frames and primes to skins to the next content drops. But...

Sea of Thieves wipes out the progression of 20K players who used a Season 13 rewards exploit

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There was a pretty big exploit that ran rampant in Sea of Thieves when Season 13 went live. How big? Well, it introduced 300B...

Nexon Q2 2024: Dungeon & Fighter Mobile drives a record financial quarter

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The parade of financial reports continues this afternoon with Nexon's Q2 2024, which saw record revenues for the gaming company thanks to Chinese mobile...

Nightingale’s massive Realms Rebuilt update offers a crafting progression and structure revamp

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Nightingale has drifted a bit out of the gaming consciousness since its early access launch earlier this year, but Tencent's Inflexion apparently means to...

MMO Business Roundup: Bandai Namco’s Q1 2025, My Games’ publishing arm, Tencent at Gamescom

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! And much like yesterday's digest, we begin with some quarterly financials! Woo! Bandai Namco:...

Fortnite unveils plans to add previous battle pass items to its shop, but not every item

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The battle pass monetization model is something of a double-edged sword: On the one hand, it can motivate people to spend money in order...

Warframe’s August 21 Lotus Eaters update sets the narrative table for Warframe 1999’s winter arrival

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Are you excited to go back in time to Warframe 1999? Then you're going to want to fire up the game on Wednesday, August...

Diablo IV’s recipe bug benefits seasonal players – and Blizzard isn’t stopping it

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Blizzard's long been the studio that's earned the moniker "Fun Police" as it quite routinely stamped out any enjoyable quirks or non-harmful exploits that...

The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming enters the RTS arena of Immortal Gates of Pyre

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Tonight's episode of Backseat Streaming is once again host to another game that will be entirely new to MOP's MJ and Chris: Immortal: Gates...

SMITE 2 introduces a new character as part of its upcoming 24/7 closed alpha beginning August 27

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SMITE 2 has been running closed alpha tests a few times already, but those were happening only during weekends. That's about to change in...

Genshin Impact collabs with European drinkable food company to release two new flavors

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Look, I'm not going to try to convince anyone reading this that I'm some guru of healthy food or healthy eating habits, but when...

Finnish game studio Social First secures $4.2M in funding for a ‘cross-platform social MMO’

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At first blush, the announcement that's the source for this story looks like a corporate word salad bar, but once you cut through all...

The Stream Team: Back in the spaceship saddle with Elite Dangerous’ new update

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Today is the day when MOP's Chris and his best friend see for themselves whether the latest update for Elite: Dangerous fixes one of...
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Baldur’s Gate 3 looks back at petting critters, kissing companions, and avoiding murder on its one-year anniversary

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One year on from its full release, it's safe to say that Baldur's Gate 3 has absolutely no need to flex any longer. It...

PvPvE extraction RPG Seekers of Skyveil hits closed beta in September following NA closed alpha this week

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We've been keeping a couple of eyeballs on PvPvE extraction RPG Seekers of Skyveil as it's moved through alpha playtesting over the last year...

Elite Dangerous deploys its new ship and engineering revamps in the Type-8 Update

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Today is a pretty exciting day for a lot of Elite: Dangerous players (this writer included) as Frontier Developments is deploying the Type-8 Update...

World of Tanks invites you to its 14th birthday party with presents and events

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Earlier this week, we noted that Wargaming had dropped a new trailer for World of Tanks, but the timing was far from random. In...

Diablo Immortal’s August update arrives tomorrow with a huge batch of events

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Diablo Immortal is two years old and diving into its third year with another modest content update: The release rolls out to American players at...

Roblox’s Beetlejuice transmedia synergy merges a minigame with a movie ticket vendor

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So I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is I'm not going to be able to resist saying Beetlejuice...