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]

Sea of Thieves offers up its full NYCC panel on multiplayer, holds players to ‘Pirate’s Code’

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This month, Sea of Thieves has been beating pretty hard on the drum of "our multiplayer is going to be better than most other...

Secret World spin-off Hide and Shriek is free this Halloween season

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Did you miss out on the unusual scare-or-be-scared premise of Hide and Shriek last year? Funcom's two-player Secret World spin-off stirred up some interest...

Dauntless lowers the hammer — in a good way

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Multiplayer monster hunter Dauntless is taking its first steps to a new and improved combat system -- and hammer-using warriors are going to be...

The Stream Team: Win a key to play The Black Death’s new Pestilence update

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Pus and pestilence -- the perfect combination for a gory Halloween! And The Black Death has it. The Pestilence update that launched today not...

Pokemon Go’s Halloween event update is more than just candy

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Recent Pokemon Go updates had been hinting at something big, and now finally we've got an official announcement from the team, and it's big....

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds passes up League of Legends in Korean PC bangs

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If you are not at least keeping an eye on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and how it's currently disrupting the entire online gaming market, you probably...
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Funcom has delayed Conan Exiles’ launch to Q2 2018

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Funcom announced this morning that it's delaying Conan Exiles' formal launch, this time to Q2 2018. "We've been looking at our development roadmap for Conan...

Destiny 2 PC preloading has begun, while console daily logins decline

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PC fans, your time is almost here: You're finally getting a Destiny game on your platform. In fact, if you've already purchased Destiny 2, then...

Conan Exiles makes thralls awesome, considers ‘free-flow movement and combat system’

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Thralls are finally becoming a lot more interesting in Conan Exiles. Currently in testing for PC is a new patch that makes those NPCs...

Gigantic launches necro hero and new map in today’s Season of Souls Halloween update

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PWE's MOBA Gigantic is going all out for Halloween with a full-scale update, Season of Souls, launching today for PC and Xbox One. You're...

The Daily Grind: Do you think EA is pivoting into a Star Wars pseudo-MMO?

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Yesterday's surprise revelation that EA was canning Visceral Games and "pivoting" the design of its in-progress Star Wars linear adventure RPG clearly struck a...

MMO Halloween: Dark Age of Camelot, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm

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Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to... play? Halloween 2017 continues unabated in online games, so let's see what goodies and...

Grab a RoboManiac currency key from YEPS and Massively OP to get your ‘bot on

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So here's a new game that's just rumbled onto our radar: It's called RoboManiac, and it's a self-described free-to-play browser MMO that combines "an...

Take home a Hand of the Gods Medusa key in honor of the console closed beta launch

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Hi-Rez's turn-based strategy card game Hand of the Gods -- you might recall it better as SMITE Tactics or even its internal name, Hotgods...
Who Mourns For Self-Declared Adonis?

LawBreakers drops a big update with competitive league, new maps, and customization

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The latest update to LawBreakers is coming out on October 19th, and it uses the phrase "All-Star" a bit too often for anyone who...

The Daily Grind: Is PUBG finally the ‘WoW killer killer’ we’ve been waiting for?

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Say the words "WoW killer" to a bunch of MMORPG players in 2017 and you're bound to get eyerolls, for good reason: Even though...

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds tops 2.3M concurrency, bans a fraction of that

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Here's a fun game that we play around the Massively OP office: A troublemaker will come in and loudly proclaim, "You know what's a...
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Overwatch dings up to 35M players ahead of quarterly financial report

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Blizzard just announced that it's just counted 35 million Overwatch players - not too shabby for a buy-to-play team shooter that started out by...

The Daily Grind: How should studios solve the gaming-while-rural problem?

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If you've ever read any of MOP's Andrew's coverage of Pokemon Go, you've probably noticed a recurring theme: One of his biggest pet peeves...

Fortnite teases Halloween event, lists development projects in the works

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The development train for Fortnite isn't slowing down, with the studio posting a long list of projects that its teams are currently tackling. For...