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]

Choose My Adventure: Pushing boundaries and building a better house in Citadel Forged with Fire

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As we come to the close of our Citadel: Forged with Fire adventure, we decided to push the absolute limits of how far we...

Not So Massively: A Year of Rain is a promising RTS with a co-op focus

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A Year of Rain sounds like the title of an introspective indie movie about overcoming depression. It also sounds like an accurate description of...

A teenage CS:GO player has developed an AI that has successfully found 14,000 cheaters

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While cheaters may never prosper, they also have a tendency to proliferate if not kept in check (and even sometimes when companies do try...

Fallout 76 players have found a way to kill pacifists via radiation poisoning

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Who would have ever thought that granting players in a sandbox game access to nuclear weaponry would be used irresponsibly? Certainly not Bethesda, which...
Bye.

Battleborn is shutting down for good in January 2021

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It's been about two years since Battleborn stopped receiving any updates, but at least it's still operational and playable. But not for all that...

Survival shooter DEATHGARDEN announces its shutdown and goes free-to-play in the meantime

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All things must die. It is the way of nature and underperforming multiplayer shooters. So it is with DEATHGARDEN, the multiplayer survival shooter/battle royale...

ExileCon 2019: Summing up Path of Exile’s epic inaugural con (plus all our photos!)

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Other than the pre-con jitters of devs unsure what to expect or how things would ultimately go, you wouldn't know that ExileCon 2019 was...

The Stream Team: Living out the Pumpkin Days (and nights, too)

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It took some time and a winding road for it to happen, but Pumpkin Online has released in early access as a not-so-massively farming/dating...
ships asplode

Dual Universe shows off a community race from the Earth to the moon and back

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The thing that keeps me intrigued about sandboxes is the fact that the community can come together to create its own events, and one...

Diablo III goes on a killstreak with Season 19, now live

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With quite a ways to go until Diablo IV hits the scene, Diablo III will need to feed the insatiable hunger for loot piñatas...

The Stream Team: Survival Saturday in Citadel Forged with Fire

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The quest to explore Ignis continues as MassivelyOP's Chris delves through his continuing adventure in Citadel: Forged with Fire. Will he run afoul of...
It's kinda hot.

The Black Desert Online battle royale spinoff Shadow Arena places a premium on leveling your skills

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If there was any MMO on the market that could break into the battle royale genre in a big way, it would seem to...

EVE’s Aether Wars tech demo readies for its third phase and another world record attempt on Saturday

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Want to be part of history? Then you're being called to participate in the third phase of the EVE Online Aether Wars tech demo....

MMO Business Roundup: Amazon, gaming toxicity research, Blizzard’s court victory, and why people love Mike Morhaime

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Business business business! We're back for another speedy Friday afternoon roundup of some MMO and games industry business news. Amazon's next big thing We're not sure...

Lawful Neutral: When Marvel sued NCsoft over City of Heroes

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One of the biggest MMORPG genre stories over the last year has been the ongoing saga/drama around the bizarre but very much welcomed rebirth...

Warframe prepares PC players for the Rising Tide and releases The Old Blood on console

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The update hits are coming one after the other for Warframe fans. On the PC side, a new trailer is online that teases the...
Sniper, no sniping!

Path of Exile shows off the bow changes coming for Conquerors of the Atlas

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Throughout human history the bow has been used to take advantage of the time-honored combat principle that it's better to fight something that wants...

Improbable casts a spotlight on FPS/RTS hybrid MMO Wizard’s Wrath

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Improbable, the company behind SpatialOS, has offered another look at a developing MMO. This time we're getting a peek at Wizard's Wrath, a fantasy...

The Stream Team: A return to the anime brawler Kritika:REBOOT

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Kritika Online recently got a self-published new lease on life, but how different is it really? Is it still a stylish and hyperactive beat-em-up...
This is better?

ExileCon 2019: MassivelyOP’s hands-on with Path of Exile 2

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Ever since Path of Exile 2 was revealed at ExileCon 2019, the hype has been real. Seven brand-new story Acts? Improved skill gem system?...