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]

There’s lots to love in Pokemon Go’s February update and new events

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Ah, February. A time for love. For nostalgia. For fighting back criminals who steal items and monsters. Well, at least in Pokemon Go. Niantic...

Nine Chronicles is a ‘decentralized’ peer-to-peer blockchain MMO with open source modification features

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Admittedly, that headline has a lot of techbro buzzword nonsense in it, so let's try to break down what Nine Chronicles is. At the...

Path of Exile promises more texture-streaming and frame-rate adjustments

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If you've ever been annoyed by dropped frames and stutter in Path of Exile, take heart: Grinding Gear Games is still working on the...

The Day Before is an open-world survival MMO set in a post-zombie pandemic apocalypse

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Zombies? Check. Surviving in a post-apoc world? Check. Guns to shoot? Yup. Plenty of familiar tropes are present and accounted for in the upcoming...

Fallout 76’s next update will finally allow players to build and store multiple C.A.M.P.s

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Fallout 76 just pumped out an update - and Bethesda is already looking ahead to the next one. Most notably, the studio is working...
Roguish.

Atlas Rogues readies the release of two new characters in an update next week

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Last week, the multiplayer tactical rogue-lite Atlas Rogues unveiled plans for a new content drop in their January patch notes. A press release from...
Woke up, got out of bed

Habbo Hotel developer Sulake is fully bought out by gaming and adtech firm Azerion

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It's time for some games business news that may or may not be good for Habbo Hotel! The multiplayer social game's developer Sulake has...

World of Tanks rolls out Italian heavy tanks as Wargaming’s infringement lawsuit is dismissed in California

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We've got three World of Tanks and Wargaming stories to truck through this afternoon. The Blitz lawsuit: First, Wargaming had apparently filed a California lawsuit...

SMITE releases new Conquest map, new battle pass, and new tutorials with the launch of Season 8

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Goodbye creepy Sleeper purple, hello resplendent Tiamat marble. It's the start of Season 8 in SMITE, which has brought along with it a fresh...

NCsoft Korea’s office literally turns away employees who have worked too many hours

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It's not too terribly often we get the opportunity to report on gaming companies doing the right thing by its employees (even if it...

Animal Crossing New Horizons returns with series staple Mardi ‘Festivale’

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A festivale's coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but please, keep your shirts and pants on. ACNH's version of Mardi Gras involves a peacock, feathers,...
This waste was made by you and me.

Fallout 76’s new patch gives you more room for your junk

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The life of a wasteland scavenger is a hard one, with killer mutants, radioactive pools, and cannibals ready to ruin your day. But the...
I'm on a boat.

Atlas developers state that the game is not yet where they want it to be in a new Q&A

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It's kind of nice to have a developer outright tell you that a game still deep in development is not yet into a finished...

Century: Age of Ashes is a team-based aerial combat game with dragons entering closed beta this weekend

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I'm legitimately surprised this sort of game isn't more of a thing, but here we are taking a look at a multiplayer dogfighting game...

The Division 2 lets players dress up like Resident Evil characters in limited-time collab event

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It's the 25th anniversary of the iconic Resident Evil series, which seems like the perfect occasion to... collab with The Division 2? Sure, why...

Magic Legends sets open beta for March 23, drops new trailer and dev vlog

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The question of how a CCG like Magic: The Gathering will translate into an online ARPG like Magic Legends has been a question that...

Sea of Thieves elaborates on upcoming seasons content in new video and update posts

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Back in December, the devs of Sea of Thieves released a news bulletin video that, among other things, talked about seasons, which add content,...

Diablo II’s remaster is officially in the works

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It's no longer just a rumor; now we know for a fact that Activision Blizzard is working on a remastered version of the classic...

The Stream Team: Listening for echoes in Path of Exile’s Atlas

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Path of Exile's new Ritual league is fine and she was having fun in it, but Massively OP's MJ really wants to try to...

Fight or Kite: Sea of Thieves made me feel like a pirate

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In the long running debate between who would win in a fight between pirates and ninjas, I’ve always fallen on the side of the...