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]

The Stream Team: Celebrating Warframe’s 7th birthday with more The Sacrifice

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What better way to celebrate Warframe's seventh birthday than doing one of its iconic story missions? Massively OP's MJ has started The Sacrifice, but...

Borderlands 3, now fully live on Steam, previews next content drop

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Hey, remember Borderlands 3? When the only way to play it on PC was to install the confusingly maligned Epic Games Store? Well that...
I am not Iron Man.

PlanetSide 2 deploys Desolation tweaks and upgrades its east coast servers

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Remember those previewed changes for PlanetSide 2 from its weekend test server? That was just a couple of days ago, but they were planned...
Pshoo.

Torchlight III shows off the Sharpshooter class in new alpha video

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Multiplayer not-an-MMO-anymore Torchlight III has a new dev blog and video out today on the Sharpshooter, its very last new class before launch. MMO...

Warframe has released Operation: Scarlet Spear on PC, plans Titania Prime for March 31

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After a bit of a delay, PC players of Warframe have a new war to fight. The four-week long Operation: Scarlet Spear has officially...
That'll cost you money.

Massively on the Go: Why MMO players will love Animal Crossing New Horizons

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Some of you may have noticed that several staffers and fellow MassivelyOP readers noted that they were playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons last weekend....

Legends of Runeterra removes limitations on Vault rewards, XP, and wildcard purchases

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You know that scene in certain action anime shows where a character takes off some weighted equipment in order to unleash their full speed?...
Thanks, I hate it.

SuperData February 2020: Fortnite returns to the top 10 as analysts predict COVID-19 impacts

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SuperData is back with another monthly report on the state of the games industry's revenue, unbowed and unbent from its tussle with Epic Games...

The Stream Team: Doing more Path of Exile Delirium

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While Massively OP's MJ is not very fast when it comes to starting over, she does enjoy working through Path of Exile's new leagues....
Shooty bang-bang.

PlanetSide 2 plans for Desolation changes hitting the live servers this week

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There was a playtest for PlanetSide 2 changes this past weekend, which ran a special Outfit Wars schedule on the test server to try...
Happiness is a warm car.

APB: Reloaded accidentally lets a player into its engine upgrade beta and talks more about the actual beta

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Players of APB: Reloaded have been patiently awaiting the game's long-awaited engine upgrade, but as with any sort of big update not everyone is...

COVID-19 roundup: GameStop, unions call foul, Square-Enix, race cars, Blizzard, Skyforge, and Ultima Online housing

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of news bits all about how COVID-19 has impacted even our MMO corner of the gaming world. Also...

Warframe delayed Operation: Scarlet Spear’s PC release to this week

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The best laid plans of mice, men, and Warframe developer Digital Extremes often go awry, and so it is with the latest update Operation:...

Open world MMO Life Beyond details its new AI behavior system

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If your ambition is to make a world feel alive, you've got to take some time to make the AI of the things populating...

Strategy MMO AD2460 comes back one last time for its fifteenth cycle

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AD2460, the browser-based strategy MMO from developer Fifth Season, was all set to close up shop last year, but readers will recall that the...

The Stream Team: Underwater adventures in ARK: Genesis

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If you want to tempt the survival part of Survival Saturday, where do you go? Massively OP's MJ is heading underwater in ARK: Genesis!...

Valve plans a wholesale reboot for its digital CCG Artifact

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Like the Black Knight of Monty Python and the Holy Grail fame, Valve's Artifact is not ready to give up the fight despite its...

The Stream Team: Warframe’s The Sacrifice

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Warframe's next big story quest is facing Massively OP's MJ, and she's ready to take on the challenge. What she learns in The Sacrifice...
So, are they fighting the future, or...

Marvel Future Fight adds in crossover content from House of X/Powers of X

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Let's be honest, if you are not already familiar with the House of X/Powers of X storyline in the various X-Men books, there is...

Starbase shows off assembly jobs and more animated signs in its latest progress note updates

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Every week, Starbase kicks out progress notes of practically every bit of advancement the devs make in the game, and these past two weeks...