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]

Absolver struggles with server stability in the wake of its successful launch

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Success can be a double-edged sword, especially if one isn't prepared for it. Developer Sloclap is discovering this over the past week, as its...

MMORTS War of Conquest is live on Kickstarter now

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Are you eager to form a nation, fight your friends, and wage a war of conquest across the land? Then perhaps you'd like to...

Citadel: Forged With Fire is hit with marble madness

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It might be tempting to become so wrapped up in the endless possibilities and power of Citadel: Forged With Fire's magic that you might...
are you candy

PAX West 2017: Hands-on with Dauntless’ new behemoth

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Although I'd recently played a bit of Dauntless, I was looking forward to my hands-on at PAX West. That's because I was primed to...

Facebook doubles down on e-sports with Hi-Rez’s Paladins Premier League contract

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From FarmVille to VR to e-sports: Facebook is gunning for whatever the kids are into these days. At least that's the takeaway from Hi-Rez's announcement...
SREAM?

Master x Master is devaluing one currency to improve another

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Have you found yourself playing Master x Master and thinking that the game was just too darn generous with currency? Probably not, but then,...
The issues for the game have to do with depth, viability, and being locked in place, not with the business model.

Overwatch: Behind the scenes of the Mei short, 14th comic ‘Wasted Land’

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Everyone loves Mei; she's funny, cute, smart, soft, and just all-around cool. But she's different from the focus of previous Overwatch animated shorts because...

PAX West 2017: Total War Arena’s hounds of war and World of Tanks’ war stories

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When you think about Wargaming, you don't really think about characters or troops -- you think about war machines. But Total War: Arena's inclusion...

Paragon players rage over ‘pay-to-win’ monetization changes and loot crates

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No exaggeration: The Paragon subreddit is in absolute uproar over the MOBA's newest monetization tactic. The board is currently covered with dozens of threads angry...
Close enough.

Hearthstone nerfs staple cards to save them

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Sometimes you have to hurt the cards you love in order to save them from a premature death. This is the logic behind the nerf...
I'm so disappointed in what we've done with robots.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds passes 10M sold

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This year's online juggernaut is not, surprisingly enough, anything made by Valve, Blizzard, or Riot, but instead one stemmed from the mind of a...
Gothier than thou.

Underage Overwatch player lands six-figure e-sports contract

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He may not be old enough to vote, but 17-year-old Jay Won is already making more money than you. Probably. Won, an Overwatch player who...
well BYE

Destiny 2’s console edition has officially launched around the globe

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Did you stay up last night until midnight, waiting for your turn at Destiny 2? Were you watching the Bungie feed as it posted...

PAX West 2017: Hands-on with Amazon’s Breakaway

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When I first went for my hands-on appointment to try out Amazon Game Studios' upcoming mythological sports brawler Breakaway at PAX West, I didn't...
What's two times zero?

EVE Valkyrie will be getting loot boxes

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There's really no two ways about this particular tidbit of news. CCP is adding loot boxes to EVE Valkyrie, according to a recent interview....

Funcom will still love Conan Exiles when the new baby is here

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Longtime Funcom watchers and MMORPG veterans already knew that Funcom was working on multiple games as part of its Conan franchise push, but some...

Daybreak wants H1Z1’s focus on fast-paced action to set it apart from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

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Matches in H1Z1: King of the Kill are about to get faster, according to Daybreak's latest roadmap for the game. "Our vision is for...

The Black Death looks back at history while Osiris: New Dawn releases the Architect update

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At this point, we are really starting to wonder if The Black Death is a history thesis that ran away from the student and...
glowsticks

Dark and Light teases its ‘mysterious’ autumn update

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Giant cyclopes, mounted combat, and foreboding mountain climbs: What might Dark and Light have in mind for its first major content update? The details...

PAX West 2017: Rend expands world size, adds more MMO elements

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Wondering what happened to Rend since its big debut at PAX East? Frostkeep Studios went decidedly quiet over the summer after the three-faction sandbox's first alpha....