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]

Survival sandbox Valheim expands its early access to Mac gamers next week

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Before you ask, no, Valheim has still not emerged from early access. But it did just roll out its massive Ashlands expansion back in...

Path of Exile projects a late July release for its next expansion on PC and console

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Sure, Path of Exile players are likely continuing to dig through the Necropolis league, but very soon they will have to look ahead to...

The Stream Team: Trying out the story missions of Destiny 2 The Final Shape

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It's time for MOP's Chris to once again strap on his Warlock boots and sail into Destiny 2, as this week has brought the...
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Temtem Swarm debuts a new gameplay trailer and previews one of its boss monsters

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Temtem: Swarm, the second spinoff game from the originally Kickstarted "MMO-lite" game Temtem, has come back as a major blip on our radar as...

Ubisoft’s The Crew Motorfest announces season 4, fanning the flames of East vs West Coast rivalries

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Ubisoft announced a new season for The Crew Motorfest aka The Crew 3 this week: Season 4 launches July 3rd, free for owners of...

Destiny 2’s Final Shape is hamstrung by cutscene-killing connection errors and a suspected spike in dungeon difficulty

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Yesterday saw the launch of Destiny 2: The Final Shape, which naturally means that we're circling back to see how its initial release went,...

Seekers of Skyveil moves towards adding new characters, announces Steam playtest June 6 and 7

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Seekers of Skyveil, the PvPvE extraction MOBA from Elodie Games, is once again on our radar, as the studio's latest development blog is talking...

Co-op RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 readies official modding support for this fall

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For a select slice of the Baldur's Gate 3 community, this fall's Patch 7 will be the update they've been waiting for since the...

Destiny 2’s long-delayed Final Shape expansion is officially live today

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The time has come at last for the Guardians of Destiny 2 to face off against the Witness, aka Ol' Smokey Jones. The looter...

Concord is a team vs team FPS that promises approachable but deep gameplay

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Evidently game studios smell Overwatch 2's blood in the water because we've got yet another addition to the team vs. team hero shooter sub-genre....

Tibia dev CipSoft just announced Persist Online, a post-apoc PvPvE MMORPG

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Tibia developer CipSoft has a big announcement lined up for this morning: It's working on a new MMO. In fact, it's calling it a...

Age of Water discusses planned adjustments to weapons, navigation, combat, and economy

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Age of Water (aka Moist Crossout) has quite a way to go before it manages to get into a more suitably playable state, even...

War Thunder preps new homing missiles and vehicles, previews new maps, and details air battle changes

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Seek & Destroy. It's more than just a classic Metallica song; it's the name for the next major update to War Thunder, which is...

Marvel Rivals confirms launch on Xbox and PS5, two new characters, and a multi-platform beta in July

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NetEase's team vs. team shooter Marvel Rivals is spreading its wings to new horizons, as the shooter has just announced that it will be...

Monster Hunter Wilds’ first gameplay trailer showcases new monsters and new mechanics

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It's been quite some time since Monster Hunter Wilds, the next entry in the venerable multiplayer RPG series, got any information since it was...

MMO Business Roundup: Activision owned cheatmaker EngineOwning

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news! Business business business and all that. EngineOwning got owned - File this one...

Destiny 2 provides one more Final Shape preview, collabs with Dungeons & Dragons for a cash shop bundle

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We are now mere days away from Destiny 2: The Final Shape going live (unless you were among those PS5 players who got that...
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SMITE 2 enters into a second alpha weekend with two more gods and gameplay updates

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Did you miss the last time SMITE 2 held a weekend alpha test? Fret not because there's a second alpha test happening right now,...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO enters its Shared Skies season without sharing much info

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We're entering the summer season in Pokemon Go, and this one is called Shared Skies. If you ignore the repeat info from the upcoming...

Path of Exile 2 announces couch co-op plus simultaneous PC/console launches and updates

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At last night's PlayStation reveal hoopla, Grinding Gear Games had two announcements for Path of Exile 2 ready and waiting. First, yes, the game...