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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Gigantic has a number of Infernal options for its big November update

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How's everyone feeling about Gigantic right about now? Probably just a little conflicted, given the shuttering of its development team and its rather ambiguous...

StarCraft 2 unlocks free-to-play options, but it’s not completely free

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First announced at BlizzCon earlier this month, StarCraft 2 is now free-to-play for anyone who would like to engage in Blizzard's hit real-time strategy...
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Citadel: Forged with Fire shows off its upcoming boss dungeons

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The next big expansion for Citadel: Forged with Fire is adding... dungeons. With bosses in them. Boss dungeons, if you will. Perhaps it's not...
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Fortnite’s latest patch adds launch pads and shotguns

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The newest patch for Fortnite is adding a new type of trap that doesn't really feel like much of a trap. The launch pad...
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EA drops the costs of heroes – and reward payouts – in Star Wars: Battlefront II by 75%

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Don't be too proud of the barrier to entry you've constructed; the ability to make in-game unlocks incredibly expensive is insignificant next to the...

The Stream Team: Making it to Muspelheim in SMITE’s newest adventure

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Muspelheim or bust! Massively OP’s MJ didn't make it past the first boss during the first stream SMITE’s new Shadows Over Hercopolis adventure to...
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Monster Hunter World’s community will be bolstered with multiguilding

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It's interesting how Monster Hunter World, a game that is supposedly being made to specifically target western players, is adopting functionality that I'd imagine all...

Divining the details of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite from a Pokemon Go player’s perspective

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When we first heard rumors about a Harry Potter version of Pokemon Go, I said I could barely imagine what the game might be like before...

EA claims Star Wars Battlefront II’s business model aims to ‘provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment’

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Some awards, you do not want to win. The Darwin award, for example. Or "worst business model of the year." Or "most downvoted comment...

Heroes and Generals quilts together a patch out of player suggestions

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Ever wonder if your game's developers are listening? Heroes and Generals' players don't have to; they know the team is hanging on their every...

The Stream Team: Going on a griffon hunt in ARK

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From the first moment Massively OP's MJ saw the majestic griffon flying around ARK's Ragnarok server, she wanted one. Needed one! Today, she's going...

Blizzard considers an Overwatch movie

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One of the persistent complaints about Overwatch is that for all of the animated shorts, comics, and CGI trailers that Blizzard has released, the...

The Stream Team: Back to building in Conan Exiles

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Conan Exiles is expecting some new building pieces, so of course Massively OP's MJ is eager to test them out! But since she hasn't...
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LawBreakers is hosting a free weekend as its population remains low

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So, how's life on the good ship LawBreakers? About the same as it was before, although we do now have an eagle-eyed shot of...

Adding multiplayer didn’t save TellTale from having to cut a quarter of its staff

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Earlier this week, TellTale games, the company behind famous graphical choose-your-own-adventure games using famous IPs like The Walking Dead and Guardians of the Galaxy, laid off 25%...

Dauntless wraps up Halloween, gives testers a reset button

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Continuing its mission to teach people across the world that if an animal is big enough it should be killed, Dauntless has pushed out...

Warspear Online, Broke Protocol, and Valnir Rok all set up camp on Steam

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Remember Warspear Online? It's a 2-D fantasy MMO out of Russia from 2008, when it debuted on mobile devices. (This should make you feel super...

Stardew Valley says multiplayer is ‘coming along great’

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Charming indie farm simulator Stardew Valley continues to inch closer to the anticipated multiplayer version that the team has teased for some time now....

Grim Dawn’s next big patch paves the way for Xbox compatibility

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What's doing on in OARPG Grim Dawn since the release of its apparently well-received Ashes of Malmouth expansion last month? Quite a lot, actually....
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Diablo III gets updated visuals for the Xbox One X

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Good news for you, Diablo III fans! You're now able to - wait, what? No, the good news is not a major patch. Or...