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]

War Thunder kicks off Operation S.U.M.M.E.R. 2020, World of Tanks Console had a collab event with WWE

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What goes best with driving heavily armed and armored military vehicles around? Summertime! Also, apparently, professional wrestling! The summer season arrived to both War...

Seed’s Klang Games answers player questions about gameplay mechanics

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A broad variety of player questions regarding gameplay and mechanics were picked up and answered in what can be best described as a sort...
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Crucible’s designers explain how the game’s balance is achieved

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So, how does balance work in Crucible? As in any competitive game, balance is important, but it's kind of a vague and nebulous concept...

Cyberpunk 2077 details character life paths and a variety of weapons in new trailers

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Cyberpunk 2077, the upcoming RPG from CD Projekt Red, had another Night City Wire video digest full of additional gameplay details. In this episode,...

Legends of Runeterra prepares the Call of the Mountain card set

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Riot Games' Runeterra is steaming ahead with an ambitious roadmap and a sizable content release later this month. On August 26th, the digital card...

Fallout 76 dials back the amount of concrete needed in the ATLAS fortification community goal

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Could the Fallout 76 community have gotten 150 million units of in-game concrete to ATLAS? Probably not, so it's a good job that Bethesda...

Social scientists study Minecraft and One Hour One Life communities

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You might think scientists would balk at the idea of using online gaming communities as a test bed for study, given those communities'... strong...

Electronic Arts’ EA Access plan is heading to Steam in late summer

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Electronic Arts is continuing its gradual return to Steam with a newly opened page talking up the arrival of the EA Access plan, as...

Amazon just rebranded Twitch Prime as Amazon Gaming, not much else is changing though

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Amazon is apparently retooling Twitch a bit today as it's just announced Prime Gaming, which is basically the same as the Twitch Prime, with...

Star Citizen shows off the creation of FPS weapons in a developer livestream

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Whether in a ship or on foot in FPS combat, players and NPCs in Star Citizen will get shot at with a variety of...

Hood: Outlaws & Legends is a team-based PvPvE game of medieval-styled thievery

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Developer Sumo Newcastle and publisher Focus Home Interactive offered up what it hopes is a unique spin on the team-based PvPvE game during the...
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GDC Summer 2020: How Astroneer’s crafting balances cognitive load for the player

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Long time followers of Astroneer may recall that the game's early development crafting felt cute but incomplete. Despite the game already being in the wild,...

Shadow Arena introduces a limited-time battle pass full of in-game rewards and contest entries

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Ah, the battle pass. It sure does seem to be the new microtransaction hotness, doesn't it? And now this latest trend in multiplayer gaming...

Co-op RPG Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff arrives to Steam Early Access on September 8

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Are you prepared for low-poly adorable adventure? You should be when Swords 'n Magic and Stuff makes its way to Steam Early Access about...

Grand Theft Auto Online gets new missions, new vehicles, new racing events, and a racing event editor on August 11

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Well, it looks like Rockstar Games has stopped being vague about what's next for Grand Theft Auto Online. Tuesday, August 11th, will see the...

GDC Summer 2020: Gachapon reward models in (mostly) free-to-play games

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Let's be real: Some of the panel titles at GDC Summer 2020 are unintentionally misleading. For example, the "Evolution of Gacha Systems in Mobile...
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Star Citizen espouses the virtues of PTU testing, takes a look at cargo deck progress, new weapons, and fires

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The weekly video from Star Citizen is online with another bundle of new details for fans to digest. At least, the second half of...
This is what we were really missing.

New executive order could ban US transactions with Tencent – potentially bad news for gaming [Updated]

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File this one under "I was about to go to sleep when the internet erupted in an absolute panic over Tencent": Late this evening,...

Hearthstone draws on WoW nostalgia for today’s Scholomance Academy launch

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Just the word "Scholomance" makes me cringe remembering the hundreds of times I trawled the iconic World of Warcraft dungeon, but for Hearthstone players...
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Fallout 76 addresses the CAMP system uproar, says it’s working on a solution

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Yesterday, we covered the "colossal problem" patch in Fallout 76 that caused the entire subreddit to melt down in fury over changes and bugs...

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