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]

PSA: Grab sci-fi squad game Red Solstice for free

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How about a completely free multiplayer game to brighten up your Tuesday? Humble Bundle has you covered. The games deal site is running a free...

Sea of Thieves talks about closed beta preparations and future plans

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With the pre-orders going on, closed beta coming next week, and launch arriving in March, Sea of Thieves and its team has a lot...

The Stream Team: Must play Paladins’ Moji!

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From the first moment that two-headed dragon was revealed, Massively OP's MJ knew she had to play Moji, Paladins' newest champion. Today she finally...

The Survivalist: Another year, another Survival Game guide

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A new year, a new batch of survival games! Yes, the genre has become so popular that one guide, no not even two guides...
This one's for you, guy.

Fortnite racks up 40 million downloads, boasts about its success

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Forty million downloads. That's the staggering number that Epic Games is tossing around concerning its incredibly successful Fortnite after a busy holiday season. That's...

Tencent helps Chinese law enforcement arrest 120 people linked to PUBG cheats

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If you thought Epic Games was being too rough on cheaters in Fortnite by smacking kids with personal lawsuits, wait until you hear what...

Monster Hunter World demos Rotten Vale, Coral Highlands gameplay

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Capcom is keeping the Monster Hunter World hype up this week with a series of videos on the title's gameplay. Spoilers: It's mostly about...

Warframe discusses hijacking, damage 2.5, and drop changes

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What's going on in Warframe, the game both you and we named the best not-so-massively game we covered in 2017? Quite a bit, it...
Bears &c

ARK: Survival Evolved shows off the visuals and abilities of its dinosaur TLC pass

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The animal denizens of ARK: Survival Evolved could use some improvements of all sorts, and that's why dinosaurs and mammals alike are being considered...

Aeria’s online shooter Ironsight aims for open beta

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It's 2025. A megatsunami has caused massive damage all over the world, and resources have become limited. Instead of sharing and caring for each...
Big empty.

A player modder is building the No Man’s Sky you always wanted

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Way back in 2016, No Man's Sky was all anyone talked about thanks to misleading hype positioning the game in the stratosphere. In fact, the...

Outpost Zero lets you build a bot army to conquer a planet

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Don't do survival the hard way, with only your fleshy meatbag shell as your primary resource. Use your brains and futuristic technology to summon...

Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Erez Goren, 10 more games, 400 employees, and Global Agenda’s City of Heroes roots

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It is true that the Hi-Rez Expo has wrapped up for 2018, and we'll need to wait another 12 months to attend the next...

The Stream Team: ARK Aberration’s glow pugs are the best

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Now that Massively OP's MJ is safely back home, she can continue her quest to make a home on ARK's Aberration server. And she...

Accused Call of Duty swatter charged with involuntary manslaughter

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Just before the new year, the gaming community was mortified to learn that an innocent Kansas man had been shot by police following a...

Multiplayer game show SOS heads to Steam early access this month

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Ready to scheme, sabotage, and survive? Then you might just have what it takes to play SOS. A virtual game show set on a tropical...

Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Diving deeper into SMITE’s new map, new pantheons, fog, and more

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Although the studio makes other games and each has a presence at Hi-Rez Expo 2018, there's no denying that SMITE was the star of the...

Gamers argue Overwatch League has a representation problem

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No matter what you're seeing up on the screen in this inaugural season of the Overwatch League, chances are really good that the people...
Farmville!

Grand Theft Auto Online just hit peak monthly concurrency – and it’s five years old

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There aren't many online games that can honestly say they're still growing and setting records years and years after their launch, but that's exactly...

Sea of Thieves breaks down its skelly AI

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How do you make a skeleton move, think, and attack? Maybe you don't spend a lot of time thinking about such things, but rest assured,...

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