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]

Gigantic readies another attempt at a server fix and plans a compensation package for players

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Gigantic continues to unfortunately be caught in the throes of server-related launch problems, but Arc Games and Abstraction believe that they may have a...

Stormgate studio Frost Giant opens equity crowdfunding campaign to make players into investors

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Back in February, we covered the eyebrow-raising story that Frost Giant, the studio behind multiplayer RTS Stormgate, was planning to make a push for...

The Stream Team: Searching spooky subterranea in Content Warning

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MOP's Chris and his best friend are coming together for a spooky and silly good time, as today they're going to be playing Content...

Cozy MMO Sky Children of the Light launches F2P early access on Steam today

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Thatgamecompany's five-year-old Sky: Children of the Light officially debuts on PC today, one of the rare few multiplayer titles these days that seems to...

Gigantic’s buy-to-play relaunch is being tripped up by ongoing server connection issues

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Gigantic's return as the buy-to-play Rampage Edition has gone the way of nearly every MMO and multiplayer game's launch, which is to say poorly,...

Rumor: Bungie is (or at least was?) supposedly working on Destiny 3

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According to reporting on multiple websites this morning, Bungie wasn't just blowing hot air during yesterday's The Final Shape stream when the studio's Luke...

Battlefield 2042 confirms Season 7 is the shooter’s last as development focus shifts to the next title

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We certainly hope that players of Battlefield 2042 are enjoying last month's Season 7 launch because it's going to be the last: Dice has...

Elite Dangerous patches in a supercruise overcharge feature for its internet spaceships

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If you assume that the word "supercruise" in Elite: Dangerous means "something that makes your ship go fast," you'd be correct. But what if...

Overwatch 2 outlines S10 changes for Wrecking Ball, Venture, Tracer, and more

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Overwatch 2's latest dev blog is unsurprisingly all about Venture, the new geotech hero who happens to be nonbinary. Players got to run with...
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World of Tanks launches crew changes and postmortem camera with update 1.24.1

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With a competitive shooting game like World of Tanks, sometimes what you really need is some idea of what exactly just blew you up....

League of Legends discusses arena mode, gameplay changes, and a PvE ‘bullet heaven’ mode

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Change is a-comin' for several portions of League of Legends, as several devs from Riot Games have come together across multiple blogs and one...

Mythic vets at Loric Games unveil Echoes of Elysium, a new co-op skyship survival sandbox

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Way back in 2022, we first caught wind of Loric Games, a new studio founded by Mythic vets Rob Denton, Brian Johnson, and Ray...

Destiny 2 releases Into the Light and teases The Final Shape with two new trailers

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During its preview stream this afternoon, the Destiny 2 team had two tasks: peel back more layers of The Final Shape and launch Into...

The last remains of Perfect World Entertainment rebrand as Arc Games following Gearbox sale to Take-Two

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Don't look now, but the chunk of Gearbox that MMORPG players cared about is changing its name. Readers will recall that back in 2021, Embracer...

NetEase and Blizzard ink deal to revive World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, and Diablo IV in China

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(As of late tonight, Blizzard has officially confirmed the rumors. Our original post follows, and we've updated with the official news at the end.) It's...

Starship Simulator’s Kickstarter unlocks VR, planetary landing, and alien structure stretch goals

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The Kickstarter campaign for multiplayer internet spaceship sim Starship Simulator doesn't appear to be slowing down. As of the time of this writing, crowdfunding...

Not So Massively: Final Stand Ragnarok might be the seed of a fun game, but it was set up for failure

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Not being a PvP fan, I haven't had much investment in the long and tortured saga of Camelot Unchained, but I am a fan...

Last week’s massive Palia layoffs included waaaay too many senior Singularity 6 staff

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As Palia players continue to reel from last week's news that Singularity 6 had laid off 35% of its team, the staff are continuing...
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MOBA shooter Gigantic officially resurrects as the Rampage Edition – here are the patch notes

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If you were among the many fans who were holding a candle for the third-person MOBA shooter Gigantic, then your faith has been rewarded...

The Fallout TV show is premiering a day earlier than expected – and a second season is already likely

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The Fallout TV show is apparently already angling for a second season, even before its first officially premieres. The news comes via a Variety report...

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