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]

PAX West 2017: Total War Arena’s hounds of war and World of Tanks’ war stories

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When you think about Wargaming, you don't really think about characters or troops -- you think about war machines. But Total War: Arena's inclusion...

Paragon players rage over ‘pay-to-win’ monetization changes and loot crates

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No exaggeration: The Paragon subreddit is in absolute uproar over the MOBA's newest monetization tactic. The board is currently covered with dozens of threads angry...
Close enough.

Hearthstone nerfs staple cards to save them

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Sometimes you have to hurt the cards you love in order to save them from a premature death. This is the logic behind the nerf...
I'm so disappointed in what we've done with robots.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds passes 10M sold

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This year's online juggernaut is not, surprisingly enough, anything made by Valve, Blizzard, or Riot, but instead one stemmed from the mind of a...
Gothier than thou.

Underage Overwatch player lands six-figure e-sports contract

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He may not be old enough to vote, but 17-year-old Jay Won is already making more money than you. Probably. Won, an Overwatch player who...
well BYE

Destiny 2’s console edition has officially launched around the globe

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Did you stay up last night until midnight, waiting for your turn at Destiny 2? Were you watching the Bungie feed as it posted...

PAX West 2017: Hands-on with Amazon’s Breakaway

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When I first went for my hands-on appointment to try out Amazon Game Studios' upcoming mythological sports brawler Breakaway at PAX West, I didn't...
What's two times zero?

EVE Valkyrie will be getting loot boxes

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There's really no two ways about this particular tidbit of news. CCP is adding loot boxes to EVE Valkyrie, according to a recent interview....

Funcom will still love Conan Exiles when the new baby is here

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Longtime Funcom watchers and MMORPG veterans already knew that Funcom was working on multiple games as part of its Conan franchise push, but some...

Daybreak wants H1Z1’s focus on fast-paced action to set it apart from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

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Matches in H1Z1: King of the Kill are about to get faster, according to Daybreak's latest roadmap for the game. "Our vision is for...

The Black Death looks back at history while Osiris: New Dawn releases the Architect update

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At this point, we are really starting to wonder if The Black Death is a history thesis that ran away from the student and...
glowsticks

Dark and Light teases its ‘mysterious’ autumn update

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Giant cyclopes, mounted combat, and foreboding mountain climbs: What might Dark and Light have in mind for its first major content update? The details...

PAX West 2017: Rend expands world size, adds more MMO elements

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Wondering what happened to Rend since its big debut at PAX East? Frostkeep Studios went decidedly quiet over the summer after the three-faction sandbox's first alpha....
Just in case you were unclear.

Game of Thrones: Conquest is what Turbine does now

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So... Turbine. You remember Turbine, right? Used to run some games before the company spun off the MMOs to Standing Stone Games and shuttered...
Who lives, who

Niantic is releasing new Pokemon Go raids despite major bugs

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Hot on the heels of its legendary bird raids, Pokemon Go will have Generation 2's legendary dogs as the game's newest raids starting August 31st. As the...
Faces are boring.

Absolver is kind of crushing it following its release

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It may not be in the top 10 of the most-populated games on Steam right now, but Absolver is doing extremely well for itself...

MMOARPG Wild Buster is selling founder packs on Indiegogo

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Massively OP's Justin Olivetti joked that it sounded like a game by Mad Libs, but Wild Buster is in fact a sci-fi hack-and-slash MMOARPG being ported westward...

PAX West 2017: ARK announces underground Aberration expansion with ziplines and spelunking

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With an expansion and official launch released in that order, ARK: Survival Evolved is busy at work on its next expansion. Announced at PAX...
The first dozen of cuts are all equally deep, really.

Master x Master teases a new master arriving… probably

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"Hey, what do you mean by 'probably' in the title there, buddy?" you ask, squinting at the computer and staring at the headline above....
Another thing to blame on Cliffy!

Snag an Amazing Eternals closed beta key from Digital Extremes and Massively OP [All gone!]

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Digital Extremes' new shooter/TCG hybrid The Amazing Eternals (fka Keystone) launched its founders program this week, rolling into closed beta with a new trailer...

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