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 Survivalist: Seven survival games I want to love, but can’t… yet

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Well that didn't take long! There are a plethora of survival sandboxes out there for fans to play (as you can see from our...

S.O.S. ditches survival mechanics to become a full-on battle royale game

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What's that sound? It's the sound of a genre becoming even more saturated, that's what, as SOS is converting into a battle royale game...

Destiny 2 aims to impress with Warmind

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Next week on May 8th, Destiny 2 is making a strong bid for players' attention with its Warmind DLC. It feels as though there...
hooray sorta

Diablo III patches its console versions up to speed with the PC

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Oh, it's Diablo III! Remember that game? Probably you do if you want to play a roguelike hack-and-slash on console. The good news for...
Such a compelling narrative of 'gun'

PlayerUnknown’s Battleground radically rebalances weaponry with its latest patch

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There's going to be a big downtime for a patch for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds tonight; don't count on playing in tonight after 10 p.m. EDT....
Smiting!

Hi-Rez President Stewart Chisam vows to improve SMITE’s patch quality

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Every year brings a lot of patches for SMITE. A new official post on the game's subreddit penned by Hi-Rez President Stewart Chisam puts...
I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road until I get a poncho.

Red Dead Redemption 2 posts third trailer, sticks to October launch date

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Red Dead Redemption 2's new trailer is finally here (after an absurd amount of teasing and handwringing over what could be in it). Spoiler...

Hi-Rez MOBA shooter Paladins heralds a May 8 launch date – check out the brand-new trailer

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The time has come. After beta testing across multiple platforms in front of 20 million players and establishing itself as the most-played new game...

Conan Exiles teases next week’s launch with three amusing live-action Conan trailers

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Conan Exiles is officially launching next week on May 8th, but in the meantime, it's putting out all the videos. All of them. "Thought experiment:...

Grim Dawn begins formal testing of major engame revamp and new kraken boss

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Grim Dawn players and tentacle fans should point their eyeballs at Crate's official forums today, as the studio says update 1.0.6.0 is now officially...

Sea of Thieves splits dev team into three live teams, each working on loads of future content

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With Sea of Thieves' latest patch in and out of the way this morning, what's next for the game? Executive Producer Joe Neate is...

State of Decay 2 rejects the battle royale genre for being already mined out

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Sick of battle royale? Yeah, it hit saturation levels in a hurry. Undead Labs is over the craze too, which might sound funny given...

Comet crashes into Fortnite and launches season four

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Hope you didn't have any plans for the next week, because depending on where you were standing in Fortnite, you either have been pulverized...
Weren't we in this game at one point?

Season four – and that pesky meteor overhead – are finally approaching Fortnite

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Players have been speculating a lot about what will happen when the meteor hanging in the sky over Fortnite's world finally hits, but we'll...

Chinese authorities arrest 15 more accused PUBG hackers, fining them over $5M

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Bluehole and PUBG Corp are apparently continuing their government-backed crackdown on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds cheaters. Last week, PUBG Corp told Steam players that it takes cheating...
Obscure

Stardew Valley’s multiplayer edition is finally in beta testing

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With word that Stardew Valley's multiplayer update is almost upon us, we only have one question: Which of you peasants will toil the rich...

Daybreak: Here’s where the EverQuest franchise, DCUO, PlanetSide 2, H1Z1, and Just Survive stand

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Not counting Standing Stone's titles, Daybreak currently develops and publishes six of its once massive stable of MMOs: Both EverQuests, DC Universe Online, PlanetSide...

Time travel-themed ARPG Last Epoch launches Kickstarter and puts out demo

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How is it even possible to make a Diablo-style game more awesome than the original? Easy -- you toss in time travel. Now things...

The Stream Team: Mounting an ARK crab rescue

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As has been known to happen in ARK, there's a creature in need of rescue! One of the gang lost his crab at the...
STAFF HEADS

Dark and Light makes staff heads far more durable in its latest patch

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Staff heads! They head your staff in Dark and Light! And the newest patch has lots of changes directly dealing with staff heads. Do...

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