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]

PWE confirms Motiga layoffs and Runic Games closure, but MOBA Gigantic will stay up

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Last night, we reported on multiple employees and former employees' allusions to the closure of Motiga Games, the studio behind MOBA Gigantic. "Today marks the...

Grab a key for SOS’s weekend alpha test from Outpost and MOP!

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Here's a newish game to our pages: SOS, a multiplayer survival PC game "where 16 contestants face off in a 30-minute challenge to escape."...

Monster Hunter World isn’t doing lockboxes or lootboxes either

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Add Monster Hunter World to the pile of games that are standing against the exploitation of lockboxes and lootboxes. Multiple Monster Hunter devs told...

Rumor: Motiga, the studio behind Gigantic, is closing down

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Multiple employees and former employees are tweeting tonight alluding to the closure of Motiga Games, the studio behind MOBA Gigantic. "Today marks the end of...

Roblox adds Xbox One cross-play, is now a ‘complete cross-platform ecosystem’

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The bizarre behemoth that is Roblox is growing to even more gargantuan proportions as the team continues to connect its community. The social gaming...

The Stream Team: A final foray into Fortnite’s Fortnitemares

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Last time, Massively OP's MJ was only able to check out a couple of the Halloween quests in Fortnite's Hexsylvania. Now, she's diving back...

Activision-Blizzard Q3 2017: Destiny 2 tops console charts, WoW monthly users are ‘stable’

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If you were expecting big news out of Activision-Blizzard's Q3 2017 financial report... sorry to disappoint you, but you've probably heard the big news...
Harby harby!

Path of Exile discusses what Harbinger league content should be added to the main game

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The release of patch 3.0 for Path of Exile brought along the Harbinger league, and it turns out a lot of people liked to...

Overwatch competitive season 7 begins, PTR sees more Mercy nerfs

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If you missed it in between all the releases about the many e-sports teams vying for the top of the heap in Overwatch's e-sports...

Fortnite’s patch today adds mute to voice chat and boosts quest item drop frequency

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Fortnite's smallish 1.8.1 update is live today, and probably the most important addition is actually something that helps you delete things from the game:...

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds: Patch delay, avoiding the Chinese ban, and PUBG as a ‘multiplayer thriller’

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Were you looking forward to the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds patch scheduled for today? Vaulting? Climbing? The new vertical maps? Sorry. It's not happening. Yet. "We had...

The Stream Team: Doing Dauntless’ Dark Harvest

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Just because it is All Saints' Day doesn't mean that that Halloween reveling is over! No, Massively OP's MJ will continue celebrating the season...

Elder Scrolls Legends joins ESO in the Clockwork City

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The Clockwork City looked so inviting and cool that Elder Scrolls Online's card battling little brother wanted to get in on the fun. Elder...
And again, like before.

Diablo III prepares for the launch of Season 12 on November 9

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Just as a reminder, Diablo III fans, you're not getting any announcements at BlizzCon this year. You are, however, getting the game's next season...

ECO drops a massive alpha build with world laws, player contracts, and fishing

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It is high time that we check back in with ECO, that multiplayer world ecosystem simulator, because there's some major happenings going on in...

EA’s Star Wars Battlefront II and Phoenix Labs’ Dauntless walk back lockbox plans

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Hey, you folks who say complaining about lockboxes never changes anything? You're demonstrably wrong. It turns out that EA, which increased its revenues last quarter...

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is heading to Xbox One in December

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For too long, the Xbox One has not had nearly enough games in which you wander aimlessly through a town looking for guns before...

The Scream Team: Challenge MOP to a Halloween Hide and Shriek duel

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It's All Hallows' Eve: A time to spook and scare folks (and probably gorge on candy!). And Massively OP's MJ challenges you to a...

Escape from Tarkov adds a small arsenal, eyes open beta, and celebrates Halloween

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What happens when you take a city full of trigger-happy mercs and toss in even more weapons and instruments of destruction? Escape from Tarkov...
Try it out.

Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris brings Mercury, a level cap increase, and another Firefly actor

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Ready for Destiny 2's next big thing? You have about a month to prepare. Curse of Osiris, the first major post-launch content update for the sci-fi...