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]

ARK: Survival Evolved has now delayed the Genesis DLC to February 25

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When I went back digging through our ARK: Survival Evolved content, I was absolutely shocked that the last big announcement was for the Genesis...
Ridin spinnas, ridin spinnas

Rumor has it that Electronic Arts is doing something with Knights of the Old Republic

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Attention all hands; this is not a drill. Or maybe it is because, well... rumors are what they are. But the current rumor is...

The Survivalist: So Funcom’s DUNE will be a survival game, not an MMO

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Remember back in February of last year when we learned that Funcom inked an exclusive deal for at least three games based on Frank...

Torchlight Frontiers launches this summer as Torchlight III – and it’s not an MMO now

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So here's one nobody quite got right in the 2020 predictions: Torchlight Frontiers is changing its name to Torchlight III, with a summer launch...
It lurks.

League of Legends Chinese pro esports league suspends events over spreading coronavirus

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If you've somehow missed all the news about the growing coronavirus epidemic, we'll forgive you - it's been a wild news week in the...
Feelin' fine!

Victims of Fallout 76 inventory hacks are getting free Atoms and subscription time

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All right, we freely admit that given the title's history up to this point, you might be legitimately skeptical of a problem in Fallout 76...

MMO Business Roundup: Guild Wars’ art book, Day of Dragons drama, Red Dead hackers, FogBank layoffs, and more

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news! Guild Wars' art book: If you happened to read our swag guide ahead of...

The Stream Team: Construction and kitty collection in Conan Exiles

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Massively OP's MJ is eager to make some headway on her 20 for 2020 goals, and today's target is Conan Exiles! She is excited...

The Stream Team: Completing Chains of Harrow in Warframe

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The atmosphere of Warframe's Chains of Harrow definitely makes it a perfect Halloween mission, but Massively OP's MJ is glad she didn't wait until...

Stardew Valley announces worldwide sales of over 10 million copies

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Even if it feels like an edge case, sometimes dreams do come true, though perhaps lone developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone never expected this: Stardew...
This is what you are.

Fortnite delays next chapter to February 20 to upgrade physics engine

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You know what's not cute? Developers announcing delays while visually redacting information. This is how Epic Games has chosen to announce the delay and...

MMO Business Roundup: Tencent, Ubisoft, Rockstar, energy, Creativerse, and Cold Iron Studios

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news! Tencent: Just before Funcom and Tencent announced the Chinese gaming giant was angling to...

Inside Star Citizen discusses miroTech’s moons and shows off the Cutlass Red space ambulance

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The first Inside Star Citizen of 2020 is here, and it's a compact little bundle of new information for players of the developing sandbox....
Turns out esports are terrible.

Jeff Kaplan explains why Overwatch matches are not getting a ban phase

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Some competitive-minded PvP games have a phase where each team decides which characters are banned from joining in, and there appears to be a...
So... yeah.

Fallout 76 previews Wastelanders’ NPC factions and towns

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Delayed to 2020 as part of the disastrous Fallout First announcement, Fallout 76's Wastelanders expansion is digging into details of what players can expect...
You know who is what here.

Blitzchung: No regrets for speaking up for Hong Kong despite Hearthstone suspension

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Chung Ng Wai, better known as Blitzchung, took a big risk when he spoke out in support of Hong Kong on an official Hearthstone stream....

Path of Exile’s update 3.9.2C makes additional improvements to Metamorphosis and Conquerors

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Grinding Gear Games continues to tweak the Conquerors of the Atlas and Metamorphosis League of Path of Exile. The next series of adjustments are...

Riot Games’ Legends of Runeterra writes a thank-you note to its community

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Awwww, Riot Games loves its Legends of Runeterra players. In a moment of warm fuzzies, the devs of the League of Legends CCG have...

Magnificent 5, the battle royale Wild West Online spinoff, is now out on Steam, kinda

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Way back in the long long ago, Wild West Online joined the MMO scene, kinda flopped, relaunched, all but sank its studio, was rescued...

Anthem extends the Icetide Season and fixes bugs in its latest update

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Why bother making new content when you can just extend what's running now? That looks to be the case for the latest update to...

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