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]

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ROKH updates fans on the process of examining and improving the game

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Another four-week silence from the ROKH development team has been broken by the latest update on the state of the game. The last lengthy...

Demon’s Souls ends online services after nine years of operation

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Has it already been nine years since Demon's Souls first appeared on the scene, bringing its now-famous brand of ultra-hardcore action combat and progression?...

The Daily Grind: Did EA do gamers a big favor with its monetization overreach?

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Over the last couple of weeks as players fought EA and Disney turned on its own in the Star Wars Battlefront II mess, I've...

The Stream Team: Total War Arena opens doors for a free week

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If you have wanted to get in and take a look at Total War: Arena, now is your chance. The 10v10 war game is...

Destiny 2 doubles level XP following last week’s botched event

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Remember how Bungie bungled Destiny 2's XP scaling event and had to disable the whole thing after players found that the game was throttling...
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Mother of Fortnite cheater claims that her 14-year-old son is being used as a scapegoat

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Last month, Fortnite developer Epic sued two alleged associates of a cheating software site as part of the studio's hard-line approach to cheaters. Makes...
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ECO’s player housing is more beneficial than you think

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In some online games, player housing is mostly a way to show off personal creativity and set up a space of your own. In...

Sea of Thieves devs razz each other during giant pirate battle

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"The only thing that's sinking here is your dignity!" It is that time once again for the Sea of Thieves development team to record themselves...

Hearthstone’s Kobolds and Catacombs dungeon run treasures are ‘blatantly overpowered’

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Just because Hearthstone is a multiplayer card game doesn't mean that Blizzard is ignoring its solo player community. In fact, the upcoming Kobolds and...
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Path of Exile digs to the bottom of the upcoming Abyss League

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There's something nasty under the ground in Path of Exile. No, worse than those gross pillbugs you would find under big rocks when you...

Conan Exiles continues work on combat overhaul and Xbox One parity with PC

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On Black Friday, Funcom was working - well, it was streaming Conan Exiles, at least, which is sort of like working. The devs sit...

The Black Death adds co-op housing, teases female model

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When there's a virulent plague on the loose, the best course of action is to find some of your best friends and ask if...

Warface jumps on the battle royale bandwagon

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With the insane popularity of Fortnite and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds this year, it was inevitable that other titles would rush to copy the battle royale...

ARK: Aberration targets a December 12 release

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Following at least two delays, ARK's next expansion finally has a release date of December 12th. Aberration will take players spelunking in the most terrifying...

Sea of Thieves expands technical alpha pool, talks Xbox One X optimizations

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Sea of Thieves is planning to go out with a bang in 2017 as it expands its technical alpha pool for one final, massive...

All the best MMO sales of Black Friday 2017

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Step aside, turkey and fambly rage: It's time to buy stuff. Because we don't already unload our wallets the rest of the year on...
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Perfect World Entertainment gives Blacklight: Retribution back to its developer

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Usually, when we talk about a company giving up a game that it is publishing, it includes phrases like "shutdown." But that's not what's...

Dauntless tosses in a war pike and improves combat

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If you are going to make a living out of taking down oversized beasties, you are going to need some serious tools to do...
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is coming to China with Tencent adjustments

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Chinese players will soon also be allowed to play a video game about locking yourself in a box where you can scavenge for weapons...

Belgium seeks to ban lockboxes as gambling, plus Hawaii and France weigh in

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Capping off the Great Star Wars Battlefront II Fiasco of November, Belgium's Gambling Commission and the Dutch Gaming Authority both began investigating lootboxes/lockboxes to determine whether...

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