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]

Dauntless squashes Trials-related bugs and offers a sneak peek at prestige rewards

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It would seem that the Fortune and Glory update for Dauntless also came with Bugs and SNAFUs. Ever since the new Trials Island content...

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite holds an in-app drawing to buy tickets to the game’s fan festival

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Evidently, the popularity of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is large enough to hold a fan festival in Indianapolis. Not only that, but Niantic is...
Glitzy.

Grand Theft Auto Online opens up the Diamond Casino & Resort to all

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Sure, you spend a lot of your time in Grand Theft Auto Online doing entertaining and exciting crimes, but isn't it high time you...

Overwatch’s next hero is an astrophysicist gone rogue

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We have all known for years that the greatest threat to life as we know it are mild-mannered and well-intentioned scientists who trample in...

NetEase is launching an R&D-focused studio in Montreal

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The city of Montreal is clearly an intriguing location for Chinese online games company NetEase. The company has announced the launch of a new...
Apolitical.

The Division 2 opens up early access to its first episode

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Ready to explore more story in The Division 2? You can do so starting today with the early access launch of Episode 1, including...

Anthem’s finally pushed out pre-Cataclysm challenges – hope ya like smashing crystals

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Remember last week, when everyone in the Anthem community got excited about a Cataclysm precursor event whose timeline leak appeared to be a bug?...

Fortnite launches second-birthday goodies as season 9 ends with bizarre in-game duel

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Just about two years ago, Epic Games finally launched Fortnite, a cartoony co-op shooter/sandbox hybrid it'd been working on since 2011 that we called...
Stack attack.

Path of Exile plans to let Fossils stack while offering a boss-themed hideout for sale

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To all those sitting around with too many fossils in Path of Exile wishing that the items could be stacked, good news! The items...
And the population is...

PSA: Outpost Zero is available for free until July 25

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Have you been sorely tempted by Outpost Zero but want to take it for a test drive before buying it? Well, you're in particular...

The Stream Team: Hunting for Astroneer’s moon landing memorial

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In honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing last Saturday, Astroneer has an event going where you can search the moon for...

Wandering Wraeclast: A gear guide to getting started in Path of Exile

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So, you've picked your class in Path of Exile. And now you've started to play. Huzzah! Now you get to begin your story as...

Mordhau says it’s now ‘taking toxicity and racism seriously’ plus adding more maps and modes

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"Multiplayer medieval slasher" Mordhau worked its way through the news cycle this spring and summer, first for its dazzling Steam launch and then for...

For Science: Exploitative monetization, pathological gaming, and the Proteus effect

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Our newsroom is overflowing with interesting academic papers relevant to gaming - let's round a few up, shall we? First, we've got Unfair play? Video...

Not So Massively: Jumping into Grim Dawn in 2019

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Now that I'm helming Not So Massively, I feel a stronger compulsion to delve into games like ARPGs and shooters so that I can...

The Daily Grind: Has a free trial ever convinced you to buy an MMO?

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Many years ago when my guild was between home games, we decided to conduct a little experiment to entertain ourselves while we waited for...

Path of Titans is a new survival sandbox on Indiegogo, slated for early access this year

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At this point, when a new online game crops up with no PR outreach asking for money, I think a lot of us hesitate,...

The Stream Team: Earn a Conan Exiles DLC by entering a tiny house building contest

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A building competition, you say? With a Conan Exiles DLC as a participation prize? Oh yeah, sign Massively OP's MJ up! It doesn't take...
MOOOOOOOOOOON

Astroneer honors the Apollo landing with the new Lunar update

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It was a giant leap for mankind when Neil Armstrong took his first steps onto the surface of the moon in 1969. It seems...

GTAO takes pretend gambling to the next level with its Diamond casino launch next week

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Accidents. Incontinence. Turbulence. Maintenance. Irrelevance. Flatulence. Tumescence. Interpretive dance. GTA Online's latest update is out next week, and it promises all this and more,...

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