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]

Lady guns are so complicated

Escape from Tarkov confirms no playable female characters because of ‘game lore’ and workload

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Sorry, ladies, but it's just too ding-dong-dang difficult to put y'all in Escape from Tarkov. That's the cited reason why the game's developer, Battlestate Games,...

Monster Hunter World releases the patch notes for the Iceborne expansion on PC

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On Thursday, January 9th, players of the PC version of Monster Hunter World will finally get to enjoy the frozen wilds of the Iceborne...

Grab an Ironsight Zigzag Booster Pack from Gamigo and MOP

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Gamigo's open beta multiplayer shooter Ironsight has followed up its Steam launch ahead of the holidays with a new community event called Bounty Hunt: Apex...

Fallout 76 previews Wastelanders’ City of the Future, preps weekend double XP

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OK, Fallout 76, it's a new year, a new decade, and hopefully a new you, with your many 2019 trainwrecks behind us, Fallout First...

Not So Massively: Lessons Torchlight Frontiers can take from its predecessors

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Torchlight Frontiers is a game I've gradually been developing some genuine hype for - as has our team here at MOP, in light of...

CNBC runs down the debate of violent video games and their effect on gamers

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Yes, we're back on this again. The subject of video games, violent content, and their affect on players is arriving once more, this time...

Destiny 2’s Eververse cash shop begins to invade the game once again

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There's just something about Destiny 2 repeating its own history. Think back to 2017, when the game's Dawning holiday event caused a furor over...

Star Citizen SOCS socks promise to revolutionize foot warming in the first quarter of 2020

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You can wear your heart on your sleeve regarding Star Citizen, but everyone kind of expects that. What you really want to do is...
Maybe, maybe not.

Diablo III celebrates its anniversary with the return of the Darkening of Tristram event

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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that those who are still happily playing Diablo III on the regular experienced the...

The Stream Team: Just some friendly Conan Exiles jousting

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What's a little jousting among friends? Massively OP's MJ already took a look at Conan Exiles' new horses, but now she's going to put...

The Stream Team: Holiday train-saving in Apex Legends

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It's been quite a long time since Massively OP's MJ has jumped into Apex Legends. Nearly a year, in fact. But what better time...

Occupy White Walls releases an art-searching website and adds new features in the State of Mind update

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The curious art curation MMO Occupy White Walls has released another update over the holiday season full of new features, a new website to...
Hashtag maybe some changes.

SpatialOS boss Herman Narula believes multiplayer gaming could overtake social media

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The methods we interact with one another digitally have grown by leaps and bounds, to be sure. We've moved from AOL IMs to social...

SuperData says the premium games market took a ‘gap year’ in 2019

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If you tire of all the end-of-the-year content and roundups on our site and many others, then you're not going to like SuperData's either,...

Elite Dangerous clarifies a misunderstanding regarding its Arx cash shop currency

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Cash shop currency purchases are always a pretty sensitive thing, understandably, so when an Elite Dangerous player reported that deleting a character wiped out...

Leaderboard: What was the best new MMO or online game of 2019?

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Let's be honest: The last time a brand-new MMORPG really deserved a GOTY was when Black Desert ran away with it. This is why...

Hellion dev rejects YouTuber’s ‘dirty dev’ characterization despite selling abandoned game

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Nobody wants to have their creative endeavors trashed and game developers certainly shouldn't be outright abused in a physical or mental sense. That said,...

Nexon merges two studios, dumps another as part of ongoing restructure

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It would appear that Nexon is keen on smooshing together some of its studios in the interests of "organically integrating the know-how and resources...
Hold your breath and count to ten, fall apart, start again.

Leaderboard: Are you onboard with the online gaming industry’s new take on sequels?

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Overwatch 2 and Path of Exile 2 being announced in such close proximity, plus rumors of an Anthem reboot in the weeks and the...

Lawful Neutral: A look back at the MMO industry’s law dramas of 2019

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It's hard to believe that 2019 is almost over. Not necessarily unwelcome, but hard to believe. 2019 has been a year in more ways...

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