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]

SGF 2024: Monster Hunter Wilds debuts a new large monster, confirms cross-platform play

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It looks as if Monster Hunter Wilds is going in on showing off as many new things as possible for the 2025 edition of...

Destiny 2 dates the start of several activities and crowns its world first raid winner

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Got a calendar handy? You might want to, especially if you're a Destiny 2 player because Bungie's weekly newsletter has got some dates for...

SGF 2024: The First Descendant confirms a July 2 launch date in new cinematic trailer

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There were no shortage of shooter titles showcased during this year's Summer Game Fest presentation, but there was one that we have been paying...

Fallout 76 is taking you to summer camp in Season 17

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Pack up your slightly musty sleeping bag, a tote of illicit candy, and your best anti-mutant spray because you're about to go to summer...

The Stream Team: Wild wolf extermination in ICARUS

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After gearing up with the armor and weapons created from the iron she mined in the caves last time, Massively OP's MJ is ready...

Summer Game Fest 2024: New World, Dune Awakening, Palworld, and more MMO reveals

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Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest - aka not-E3 - is set to begin this evening at 5 p.m. EDT, and if you've been following...

Monster Hunter Now adds the gunlance weapon, new large monsters, and a new season June 13

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While most fans are arguably casting their eyes in the direction of the next mainline RPG in the series, things in the mobile ARG...

The Stream Team: A quick run through the Wayfinder Echoes update

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Usually we're not in the business of highlighting single-player offline gaming here at OPTV, but for today's stream we're making an exception because Wayfinder...
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Grand Theft Auto Online is teeing up new bounty hunting missions and new rides for hunting

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Good news, players of Grand Theft Auto Online, this summer the online game that just keeps going forever will let you hunt down some...

For Science: Gamer Motivation Survey data suggest strategic gaming in is a nasty decline

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When I first got access to a PC as a kid, it was a couple of years before the first true MMORPG launched, and...

Diablo IV and Diablo Immortal mark their respective anniversaries with March of the Goblins events

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Blizzard is combining two anniversaries into one this week, as both Diablo IV and Diablo Immortal have been in operation for one and two...

NCsoft’s Battle Crush sets early access for June 27, opens crossplatform registration today

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NCsoft's next big thing is coming June 27th! No, not Throne and Liberty; we're talking about its new cross-platform brawler, Battle Crush. The company...

Multiplayer gacha RPG Wuthering Waves outlines plans to improve gameplay, reduce grind, and fix issues

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A couple of weeks ago we reported on the launch of Wuthering Waves, a gacha-filled co-op RPG from developer Kuro Games for PC and...

ARK Survival Ascended adds The Center map, paid critter DLC, and premium mods on console

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ARK Survival Evolved reboot/rebrand ARK Survival Ascended is doing something new this week: It's launching a new paid DLC series focused on new tamed...

War Thunder and World of Tanks mark D-Day’s 80th anniversary with special missions, vehicles, and rewards

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Today is officially the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the operation that saw Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy, and once again the multiplayer...

Bohemia’s adorable multiplayer pirate sandbox Ylands is headed to Switch as a B2P offline version

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We hadn't even heard of Ylands before today, but now we wish we had; it's apparently Bohemia's 2019 cozy - and very tiny -...
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Ikea wants to pay people to sell furniture and serve meatballs inside of its digital Roblox store

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It looks as if shopping in a boxy Walmart was just the tip of the retail hell iceberg in Roblox: The furniture store Ikea...

Palworld adds alpha pal breeding, teases new critters, and prepares a Summer Games Fest presentation

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It's been a bit of time since we granted a more focused peek in on Palworld, particularly since most of its social media posts...

Warcraft Rumble rolls into its first raid with Molten Core

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The iconic World of Warcraft vanilla raid now gets its own pint-sized version in Warcraft Rumble, as the mobile title introduced Molten Core this...
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Enshrouded adds musical instruments and a new sub-biome in today’s Melodies of the Mire patch

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The games industry is contractually obligated to provide us with at least one smash-hit survivalbox game every year - sorry, I don't make the...