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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Grand Theft Auto patent hints at a future multiplayer game

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While it remains to be seen what Rockstar will do with its next iteration of Grand Theft Auto -- and whether or not it'll...
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Path of Exile discusses server issues, releases a new patch, and shares Echoes of the Atlas launch moments

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Just in case you have been actively avoiding the Path of Exile tag, first of all thanks for checking in, and second of all...
Keanu, why.

CD Projekt Red faces a second class-action lawsuit from investors over Cyberpunk 2077

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It feels like there's not much bottom for things going wrong over at CD Projekt Red in the wake of Cyberpunk 2077. Sure, it was...
Why do you have the Dreamworks Faces.

Hi-Rez’s Paladins ends its esports program: ‘It’s time to close this chapter’

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This can't be a good sign for competitive shooter Paladins: Hi-Rez announced this week that it has decided not to go forward with a...
Murder legos.

Astracraft is a game of building your own vehicles and then blowing other people’s creations up

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Do you like building elaborate vehicles with creative tools complete with little guns and missile launches and the like? Do you further like imagining...

Not So Massively: Haven is a noble but failed experiment in couples’ gaming

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This is purely anecdotal, but it has been my experience that most people who play games with other people tend to spend most of...

Iron Harvest 1920 brings new heroic abilities in latest patch, talks up new 2v2 map and future update plans

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The multiplayer mech-filled RTS Iron Harvest 1920 is back from its holiday break and eager to get back to making new stuff. This seems...

Bonkies introduces cooperative monkeys to the field of structural engineering

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I won't tell you exactly how much time the Massively OP staff talked about Bonkies this morning, but it was a lot. Part of...

Multiplayer extreme sports racer Riders Republic sees its release delayed to later this year

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Back in September, we cast our eyes on Riders Republic, a multiplayer open world racing title that offered up a variety of extreme sports...

Torchlight III promises arrival to Game Pass on PC soon, teases an upcoming ‘classy’ update

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Torchlight III has a few things to crow about in its latest developer update. For one thing, the game is talking up its recent...

The Stream Team: Starting a Conan Exiles Siptah dream home

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What do you mean there is a survival game out there Massively OP's hasn't built an elaborate home in? Is the end of the...

Epic Games brings Fortnite complaint against Apple and Google to the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal

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While understandably most of the attention in the Epic vs. Google and Apple legal scuffle has been focused on the suit being heard in...

Destiny 2 offers a look at changes to various reward sources and Stasis skills in PvP

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The weekly newsletter from Bungie is back after the holiday break, and in this first digest of 2021, players of Destiny 2 are getting...
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Torchlight III is now available as part of the Xbox Game Pass library

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One of the benefits of the Xbox Game Pass for me is that I get to dip my toes in the waters of games...

Dauntless announces an upcoming new Escalation, new Hunt Pass, and the return of Saint’s Bond

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Now that the dust has settled on the Reforged update for Dauntless, it's time for Slayers to look ahead, and we're getting that look...

Animal Crossing New Horizons teams up with Colourpop for makeup collab

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File this one under first bizarre crossover of the year so far: Nintendo is releasing Animal Crossing: New Horizons branded makeup through Colourpop. For my...

A3: Still Alive crosses 5M global downloads, adds battle royale game mode

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Netmarble's A3: Still Alive continues to rip up the charts two months after its launch, and the company is matching the community enthusiasm with...
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Path of Exile’s Echoes of the Atlas expansion launches this afternoon

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It's been a bit of a whirlwind of a patch for Path of Exile, or at least it feels that way for players, as...
Red dead desert.

Crimson Desert interview clarifies the game’s multiplayer vs. single-player aspects

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So where exactly does Crimson Desert sit on the spectrum of single-player vs. MMORPG? The answer, according to a new interview from MMO Culture,...

EverQuest II applies fixes and adjustments, PlanetSide 2 improves PC performance via multi-threading

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What are EverQuest II and PlanetSide 2 doing together on one news post? Besides both being Daybreak Games titles, they both kicked out some...