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]

Path of Exile studio says it has no plans to make other games right now

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Path of Exile's Grinding Gear Games has been tearing up the forums and Reddit addressing its playerbase's big questions lately - it even prompted...

Fallout 76’s Pioneer Scouts and vendors roll out as players debate taxes and the game’s MMO feel

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Fallout 76's latest Wild Appalachia update rolled out this week, implementing the Pioneer Scouts faction and quests, new backpacks that boost carry weight, legendary...

Monster Hunter: World’s Witcher crossover comes to PC as devs plan spring update announcement

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'Sup dawgs, we heard you like monster hunters, so we put some monster hunter in your Monster Hunter so you can monster hunt while...
How are you... you're still... what

Defiance unveils the Event Horizon event (on the horizon) along with the Engineer

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The upcoming Event Horizon incident in Defiance 2050 is going to require some adjustments to standard player operating procedure. It's pitting players against enemies using...
Such a compelling narrative of 'gun'

Tencent gives up on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds being approved in China

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Tencent has been waiting a long time to release PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in China. For more than a year, the game has been in "testing" whilst waiting...

Destiny’s latest update nerfs the Hunter Spectral Blades attack and adds a hidden Exotic quest

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Update 2.2.2 of Destiny 2 -- which appropriately sounds a bit like you're saying "pew-pew-pew" when you read the version number aloud -- went...

MMO Business Roundup: Bonfire Studios’ new multiplayer game, EA Access on PS4, and Pokebrains

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Welcome back to another quick roundup from the land of games industry business... Remember in 2016 when former World of Warcraft lead designer Rob Pardo...

Overwatch brings its new Havana escort map online

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If you didn't get enough of the location during the Storm Rising event in Overwatch, then you're in luck. The new Havana escort map...
Now my stats are good!

US Senator takes aim at lockboxes and pay-to-win with ‘Protecting Children From Abusive Games Act’

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The gamblebox issue isn't dying down any time soon, it appears. As Kotaku first reported, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley has announced he plans to...

Anthem intentionally removes special loot chests and accidentally removes boss loot drops

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At this point, the clownshoes are designer label; the most recent update to Anthem removed a special loot chest with unique cosmetics as was...
hnn... colonel

EA sees quarterly and yearly revenue dropoffs, plans to port Apex Legends to mobile

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Activision-Blizzard wasn't the only company to see a weak start to 2019: EA also saw a drop off in revenue for Q1 2019, with...

Last Oasis explains the importance and the danger of the game’s sun

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Most of the time we consider the sun to be a beneficial thing, and by and large that is the case. The upcoming post-apoc...
say word

KurtzPel addresses issues with the game’s free-to-play balance with a new development letter

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It turns out that converting a game from a buy-to-play model to a free-to-play one is somewhat harder than it looks. That's one of...

Riot Games developers did indeed walk out in protest last night over the ongoing labor and lawsuit fiasco

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On Friday, we reported that Riot Games' latest efforts to stave off a walkout at the popular League of Legends company were likely to...

The Stream Team: Hoping for a Path of Exile hideout

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In all her Path of Exile, playing Massively OP's MJ has yet to actually get a hideout. MJ, without housing?! Yes, we know it's...
This is what you asked for with another Fallout title, guys. This is what your hands have wrought.

The Internet Historian video lays out the sad saga of Fallout 76

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As we well know by now, one of the more exciting and promising developments in the MMO space last year ended up being an...

World of Warcraft’s Anduin Wrynn brings his pretty face to Heroes of the Storm

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Of all the fictional authority figures in the World of Warcraft universe, King Anduin Wrynn is easily one of the prettiest. At least in...

MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Mordhau, Dransik Rebirth, Aberoth, Star Sonata, and Kicks Online

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent online multiplayer games you've probably never heard of - or have totally forgotten about. Up first:...

Japanese naval vessels are coming to War Thunder

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As part War Thunder's effort to include every single combat vehicle ever designed by every major nation in the entire world, another research tree...
I blew things up!

Over 777,000 Apex Legends cheaters have been banned as Respawn cracks down

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In last week's Apex Legends developer blog, Project Lead Drew McCoy said that the Respawn Entertainment team has been hard at work trying to...

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