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]

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...

The Stream Team: Diving back into Dauntless

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It's been quite some time since Massively OP's MJ went monster hunting in Dauntless,  and with the recent console launch and cross-play functionality, now...

Warframe’s big Jupiter revamp arrives on PC

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This is so big and so full of gas it cannot be ignored. And no, we're not just talking about Jupiter itself, which is...

Fortnite and Nike’s Jumpman brand team up for a new LTM

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I never would have thought to stir Fortnite and a brand of footwear together, but then again I also never would have thought to...

Hearthstone’s Rise of the Mech introduces big nerfs and buffs for the season

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The Dalaran Heist has been out only a week and Rise of Shadows just over a month, but Blizzard is focusing hard on Hearthstone...

Not So Massively: Eden Rising provides a low-stress riff on survival games

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Somehow I hadn't heard of Eden Rising until it launched out of early access as a free-to-play title, so to me at least it...
Dragon Age.

League of Legends is destined for mobile, Reuters reports

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Remember all the thinkpieces years back about the rise of the MOBA? The industry's been through several bubbles since then, between survival sandboxes and...

The Stream Team: Let’s talk Path of Exile Legion

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The word is out: Path of Exile is going back in time to a simpler league style. Surely a more customizable version of the...

Conan Unconquered delves into co-op mechanics, announces challenge mode feature in new video

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Funcom's upcoming barbarian-based RTS Conan Unconquered is just over a week from release, when it will give players the opportunity to enter the world...

Rockstar restricts Red Dead Online’s poker minigame due to regional gambling laws

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Last week, Rockstar gave Red Dead Online players the opportunity to settle down with some friendly games of poker, but it would appear that...

Fallout 76 releases another Wild Appalachia patch and clues for what’s in Vault 51

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Some players hoped that Fallout 76 would give some Easter eggs or backstory to some of the people, places, and things from the other...

SuperData April 2019: WoW and Apex Legends depart the revenue rankings, Hearthstone re-enters

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Oh hey there Superdata, is it time for another run-down of who's screwing up in the games industry this month and who's making money...

Dota 2 paywalls its Avoid Player feature by including it with its Battle Pass

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The nature of the beast in team-based competitive games is this awful notion that frustration with how a match plays out gives one carte...
I do crimes.

Overwatch kicks off its third anniversary celebration on May 21

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It's almost time for another Overwatch anniversary celebration after a year of new heroes, new maps, and about five minutes of forward motion in the...

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