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: Shooting through Path of Exile’s Synthesis super league

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Last week, Massively OP's MJ finally took a look at the Synthesis Super League in Path of Exile, and she was sorry she waited...
I am COMPELLED to SHOOT!

Red Dead Online introduces a new challenge to hunt animals and nothing else

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The Wild Animal Kills Challenge in Red Dead Online is interesting in part because it already knows what happens when you get a whole lot...
That is it, chief.

Path of Exile answers some of the frequently-asked questions about the Legion league

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The bell tolls for Path of Exile's melee in its upcoming league, but it's the celebratory sort of bell. According to the latest set of...

Analyze your Overwatch games with the new replay feature

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Overwatch players looking to step up their games now have another tool in their repertoires thanks to the addition of the new replay feature,...

Warframe of Mind: Should Digital Extremes ditch RNG in endgame loot drops?

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Here's a question for you: Should a game that eschewed random loot boxes at the request of players use RNG loot drops for rare...

Wild West Online rebrands as New Frontier, now with steampunk and alien monsters

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You know what they say: When a horse is beaten to death, that's just a good opportunity to reanimate it as a steampunk monstrosity. The...
YOU KNEW IT WOULD COME BACK

The Daily Grind: Is the esports bubble about to burst?

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Last week, Kotaku put up a compelling piece about the online gaming industry's obsession with esports - specifically, how the esports bubble is about...

The Stream Team: Diving into Dead by Daylight

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One of the games listed in the unique section of our survival sandbox guides is Dead by Daylight. However, this horror game isn't quite...

Not So Massively: StarCraft II co-op is one of online gaming’s greatest hidden gems

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Between the disappointment of the current World of Warcraft expansion, the abandonment of Diablo III, and other... unpleasantness, I find my lifelong fandom of...
Guns and funs.

Fortnite details recent changes to its matchmaking systems

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Shortly following Fortnite's v9.10 update, the folks at Epic Games made some major changes to the game's Arena matchmaking logic, which they've been continuing...

The Stream Team: What’s Conan (Exiles) without Schwarzenegger?

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You have to admit, you can't think of Conan the Barbarian without thinking of Arnold Schwarzenegger. And now Conan Exiles pays homage to the...

Warframe previews the agile Runner and gluttonous Oni

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With TennoCon 2019 on the way this July, Digital Extremes soon has to shift its attention to this massive event. But before that shift...

Red Dead Online adds some new free roam missions, new clothing, and content for PS4 players

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The world of Red Dead Online has expanded once again, at least as it relates to content. An update to the multiplayer title earlier...

Sea of Thieves’ latest quality-of-life update tweaks arena waiting time, cooking, and rowboats

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Yesterday's Sea of Thieves update marks the second release in year two of the game's rollout, and it's a bit of a mixed bag....

Conan Unconquered slides its release date ahead a day to May 29

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Well, this is a pretty different sort of release date adjustment. Conan Unconquered has decided that Thursday, May 30th, is just too round a...

The Survivalist: What ever happened to the smaller survival sandbox MMOs? Part two

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Last week we learned what was up with a number of the smaller survival sandbox MMOs. Sadly, some have faded away, but others are...
Daunting!

Dauntless roars to a 4 million player opening – with queues to match

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Who would have thought this of Dauntless? After a fairly standard beta testing period, this monster hunter RPG has launched to staggering success. Over...
Hit things.

Path of Exile demonstrates its new Blood and Sand melee skills

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You know now that with the Legin update, Path of Exile wants you to hit things. It wants you to hit things a lot, and one...

Fallout 76 teases content coming in the wake of Wild Appalachia

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Say what you will about Fallout 76's rocky launch and repeated early bungles, but Bethsoft pumped out so many patches under the Wild Appalachia...

Funcom is now working on seven new games with 15 total projects, according to Q1 2019 financials

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In our Overthinking roundtable last week, MOP's Andy McAdams posted as one of his "unpopular MMORPG opinions" the assertion that "Funcom is one of...

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