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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Conan Exiles offers its first weekly progress report to fans

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Last week, Conan Exiles players got an apology and a promise that Funcom would do a better job of communicating what was going on...
Daunted?

Monster Hunter: World will release worldwide on January 26, 2018

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Good news for fans of hunting monsters today, as Monster Hunter: World has announced its release date as January 26th, 2018! The slightly less-good...
Yeah, it doesn't say anything good.

Hearthstone classic card nerf patch arrives

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Get ready to adjust the meta once more, as today's Hearthstone patch pronounces several basic and classic cards guilty of being too useful and...

Fortnite accidentally adds then removes crossplatform Xbox One/PS4 play

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Update: Aww, nuts. Epic has already disabled it, calling it a "configuration issue" and bug. Bet you've never actually ridden a physical lockbox from an...

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds breaks Steam’s concurrent user record

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If you've spent the past few years playing games based on the title with the highest concurrent user count on Steam... well, you have...
Oh my gosh, did they try.

Cliff Bleszinski asserts that Lawbreakers is ‘fine’ on PS4 while planning to be ‘less of a dick’

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So what's the key element in revitalizing the flagging player numbers for Lawbreakers? Cliff Bleszinski puts forth that part of the onus is on...

PAX West 2017: ARK Survival Evolved on optimization, the Aberration expansion, and future development

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This past summer, ARK: Survival Evolved finally officially launched, ending its stint as an early access game just three days before PAX West, then promptly announced...
Battleunborn.

Battleborn’s updates come to an end after its next patch

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The only really good news for Battleborn fans is that the end of updates does not mean the end of everything for the game....
Pictured: hurty bit.

Eternal Crusade patches in melee balance and matchmaking improvements

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Considering that Eternal Crusade takes place in a very far-flung future, you could be forgiven for thinking that the game was set long after...

Dauntless delays open beta to early 2018, shares development roadmap

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Let's cut to the chase: There's a new roadmap out for Dauntless' future development, and that roadmap includes an announcement concerning the transition from...
Good work, great idea.

Overwatch is running a free weekend starting September 22

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Are you mollified by the latest statements that Blizzard is going to fix toxicity in Overwatch for real, we mean it this time, seriously?...

Destiny 2 shatters PlayStation records and tops a million concurrent players for over a week

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It sounds like the suits are pretty pleased with sales performance so far. In a press release, Bungie announced that the multiplayer shooter has...

Diablo III seeks smoothness and balance with Patch 2.6.1

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It may not be as sexy as a new expansion or class, but sometimes it's a worthwhile thing for developers to sit down with...
Smart-ish.

Heroes of the Storm wants to keep its AI smart and adaptive

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It's quite possible you don't think that AI is a big part of gameplay in Heroes of the Storm, but a lot of the...

Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan on how needing to babysit toxic turds slows down game dev for everyone

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"I'm Jeff from the Overwatch team," the outrageously famous Blizzard game director Jeff Kaplan says in this week's Overwatch developer video. I get a kick...

The Stream Team: Watch SMITE arena fun and win an Ultimate God Pack

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Wednesday the 13th could be your lucky day. Do you want a SMITE Ultimate God Pack? We bet you do! And we bet you'd...
Well, this blows.

World of Warships is offering charity bundles for donating to hurricane relief

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If you've somehow missed the news, Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma have pretty well pounded the daylights out of the Caribbean, Florida, and eastern...

Citadel Forged With Fire’s mini-patch today adds crafted swords and a new big bad

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Citadel Forged With Fire has a new patch live today, if you can manage to tear yourself away from building marble palaces for fortune...

WoW sells charity pet for hurricane relief, plus more on Overwatch’s Junkertown & Hearthstone’s Oktoberbrawl

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We've got a fun roundup of Blizzard's doings, so let's get started! The studio is selling a new "Shadow" fox pet with adorably huge...

Funcom promises better communication for Conan Exiles

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Get ready for a flood of information from Conan Exiles. Funcom admitted that it had been dropping the ball on talking with fans about...