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]

Ain't no one sailing now.

Atlas appears to be listing dead in the water

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Off the port bow, there's something drifting in the water. Is it a shipwreck? Yes, in the sense that the ship is Atlas, the pirate...
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Sea of Thieves is now live on Steam

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Yarr, yo ho, walk the plank, feed Johnny Depp his lines through an earpiece, and other faintly nautical words are all appropriate today, as Sea...
Must we?

Lego Ventures marketing guy calls Fortnite the ‘first credible metaverse’

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Are you intrigued by the idea of a metaverse? A digital space where social activity, multiplayer online gaming, and shared creativity merge into one...

Sea of Thieves improves accessibility options and hit registration for ranged weapons in latest patch

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Now that Sea of Thieves has set players out on the hunt for Lost Treasures, the devs at Rare Ltd. can improve on things....

Path of Exile’s Harvest introduces growth of passive skill tree, brands, and two-handed weapon skills

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In an update themed around gardening, it seems only natural that there would be plenty of growth in Path of Exile beyond just the...

Path of Exile’s take on Farmville blooms on June 19 with the Harvest League

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After seemingly countless quarterly updates and leagues, you might think Grinding Gear Games would eventually run out of ideas for Path of Exile. Not...

Dual Universe outlines alpha 3.1’s updates to visuals, warp drives, resurrection nodes, and tutorials

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What's in the works for the next Dual Universe alpha build? A fair number of things according to the latest Inside Novaquark podcast. The...

Valorant officially launches with new map, new agent, and a beta of the new Spike Rush mode

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Today is the day for another team-based multiplayer FPS to arrive on the scene. This time it's Riot Games' turn on the sub-genre with...

Australian retailer admits to misleading customers about refunds for Fallout 76

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Remember when Fallout 76 first hit the scene with all of the grace of a hippo being air dropped without a parachute? At that...

Star Citizen fans debate monetization, journalism, and the state of the game

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This past Sunday, I was invited to join the Sol Citizens community podcast to talk about what it's like to cover Star Citizen. As...

The Daily Grind: Are gaming subs due for a comeback?

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When I first started at Massively-that-was, over 10 years ago now, I remember it being a crash-course not in MMOs, which I knew backward...

Frozen Flame is a multiplayer survival RPG in a world constantly teetering towards a cataclysm

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Surviving in a magical world with spells against monsters? No, it's not Citadel: Forged with Fire, it's Frozen Flame, an in-development multiplayer survival RPG...

Population Zero adds the option to play with friends as the survival sandbox’s player count dwindles

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Do you have friends that you want to play Population Zero with? Then you're probably in rare company, but more on that later. With...

Life Beyond talks about changes to its tutorial area and brings back its compass in the latest update

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Starting out a new life in the survival sandbox Life Beyond is hoping to get a little easier if a preview of the game's...

Star Citizen discusses the steps needed to add salvage gameplay

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Miner. Delivery driver. Bounty hunter. Criminal. There are several sorts of loose professions in Star Citizen's alpha right now, but one sort of profession...

Valorant unveils a new character ahead of its launch on June 2

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While Riot Games' online team shooter Valorant still isn't quite out the door just yet, it apparently still has a few new things to...

Darklands creator Arnold Hendrick passes away at age 69 due to cancer

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Game dev lost another of its luminaries recently with the news that Arnold Hendrick has passed away at age 69, succumbing to terminal cancer...

The Stream Team: Pouncing on PixARK’s free anniversary weekend

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If you have wanted to give PixARK a try, now is your chance! There's a free weekend going on until Monday, June 1st, in...

The Stream Team: An adventure on Astroneer’s new dedicated servers

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The most adorable survival game has pulled the trigger on dedicated servers, and you just knew that Massively OP's MJ would leap on one!...

The Survivalist: Astroneer launches persistent multiplayer servers

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Sometimes the gaming gods do listen! Sometimes you do get your wish. Sometimes your heart's desires are granted. And that sometime is now! From day...

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