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]

Grab a Total War: ARENA closed beta key from Wargaming and MOP

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At the tail end of last year, Wargaming's then-new publishing label, Wargaming Alliance, announced it was picking up SEGA's Total War: ARENA, a "free-to-play,...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community rocked by death threat controversy

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Here is a lesson that we should all take to heart: Smack talk is one thing, actual death threats are entirely another. The Counter-Strike: Global...
No, be a dude.

League of Legends dev who insulted streamer is no longer with Riot Games

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Two days ago, we reported that a League of Legends developer had landed himself in hot water after he went grossly overboard in insulting...

The Stream Team: Deck building in The Amazing Eternals

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Although she doesn't have a plethora of cards yet, Massively OP's MJ has reached the point where she can build her own decks in...
Doggo?

Square-Enix launches its new mobile MOBA Flame vs. Blaze

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Some game titles don't make a whole lot of sense to us. The new MOBA from Square-Enix, Flame vs. Blaze, is one such title....

Conan Exiles updates community on farming, PS4 development, and console/PC parity

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Conan Exiles' latest community update is a great example of why excessive community updates might not really be necessary. The team spends a ton...

Multiplayer backstab simulator Throne of Lies launches

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Don't have enough paranoia and doubt in your life? Here comes along Throne of Lies to help you with that. Somewhat based on the popular...
SHOOOT

H1Z1: King of the Kill tunes weapons and loot while introducing a new skirmish

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Weapons in H1Z1: King of the Kill are pretty important. Without weapons, how will you ventilate other players (and enemies on the off chance...

Armored Warfare reorients its business model to ‘improve overall ecosystem health’

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If you were one of the folks who suspected the Cloud Pirates sunset was intended to divert resources to My.com's other games, well, today's...

Rumor: Blizzard is buffing Battlenet with chat channels, offline mode

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The dataminers at MMO-Champion may have just figured out one of the big reveals Blizzard has cooking for BlizzCon next month. It revolves around...

Fortnite buffs its PvE mode in this week’s Horde Bash update

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PvE players, this Fortnite update's for you: Epic's plotting what it's calling "Horde Bash" for the game's PvE side, due out on Thursday of...
MAKE ME

Blizzard is hiring for a production director for the Diablo franchise

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Remember last week's announcement that there would be no news for Diablo III or any other part of the Diablo franchise at this year's...
ROBOT!

The Daily Grind: Is there a ‘youth’ stigma in online gaming?

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A couple of nights ago, my husband was playing Overwatch when I heard a pair of high-pitched voices coming across his headset. "Oh cool,...

The Stream Team: Exploring ARK’s Ragnarok map

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One of the neat things about ARK is that there is more than one map to explore. Massively OP's MJ has poked into the...

Farewell to My.com MOBA Cloud Pirates, which sunsetted over the weekend

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If you blinked, you missed it: Cloud Pirates shut down over the weekend. My.com announced that it was giving up on its Allods-themed Cloud Pirates...
COMO ESTAS?!

Path of Exile patches in new language support with 3.0.2

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It is entirely possible that you speak English but don't really have that as your primary language. Yes, you can read English texts, but...

Chinese players review bomb PUBG on Steam over in-game VPN ads

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Remember a couple of weeks ago when Valve said it was continuing to seek ways to crack down on review bombing, the practice of...

Hawken will sunset its PC Steam servers in January 2018, but not console servers

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Free-to-play online shooter Hawken is sunsetting its Steam servers for PC users, Reloaded Games announced today, causing reviews of the game to tank. "After 3...

Grim Dawn’s ‘massive’ Ashes of Malmouth expansion arrives October 11th

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If you've been watching Crate Entertainment trickle out teases for its big Grim Dawn expansion for months and months, wondering when it's coming, wonder...

Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan on how toxic gamers try to intimidate Blizzard devs

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As the discussion and response to Overwatch's legendary toxicity problem continues, even the development team isn't spared from the impact of this, ahem, "passionate"...