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]

Diablo III turns out to have lore, summarizable in a minute

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Confession time: I have spent an absurd amount of time in the Diablo universe over the years (ask me about that time a Best...

Overwatch launches several pricey art books this October

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It's apparently not official yet as Blizzard hasn't sent out a press blurby, but Overwatch is getting a pair of massive art books this...
Someone must have had fun with this at some point, right?

Leaderboard: Almost half of e-sports viewers don’t even play the games they’re spectating

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It may sound crazy, but a huge number of people who pour eyeball time and money into e-sports don't even play the games they're...

Grab an Awesomenauts early access key from Ronimo and MOP!

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MOBA fans, listen up: Just a few weeks after launching its massive 4.0 update, quirky 3v3 MOBA Awesomenauts is going free-to-play on May 24th....

Skara stages a fight on a mountaintop

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When you think of locales for epic showdowns, what do you picture? The Tonys? The prairie grasslands of Nebraska? Tenth street in the Bronx?...

Conan Exiles tempers player expectations while vowing to fix combat

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Funcom is working its tush off on Conan Exiles' combat, a new Q&A with Joel Bylos suggests, but make sure you understand the end...

Paragon enters a new ‘Phase’ with its latest update

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If it's a fictional girl with purple hair, you just know you're in for some carefully supervised rebelliousness and attitude! Last week, Paragon introduced...

Survival sandbox Steam Hammer has already seen a major world balancing pass

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We'd never heard of Big Way Games' Steam Hammer before last week's debut on Steam's early access platform: It's a multiplayer sandbox survival game (64...
Get new things.

Astroneer isn’t an MMO, but it might scratch your co-op PvE sandbox itch

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If you've had a hankering for a multiplayer survival sandbox but want something more elegant than the typical gritty murderfests on offer, take a...

The Stream Team: A first look at Steam Hammer

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If you've been dying for a survival steampunk game (or hopefully living for one!), Steam Hammer is here for you. Early Access just started...

The Stream Team: ARK’s bees, glorious bees

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OK, so maybe ARK's bees aren't exactly glorious. In fact, they are downright pesky and dangerous -- especially as a swarm. But they do...

The Stream Team: Carving out a life in Conan Exiles

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Massively OP's MJ is still carving out a life for herself in the harsh exiled lands, but the native inhabitants of Conan Exiles seem...
Gosh, it's almost like the problems are real.

Overwatch League allegedly has a $20 million price tag to enter

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Remember how Blizzard started to focus MLG in on Overwatch as an e-sports venue at the same time well-known teams started fleeing the scene?...
Nope!

Runescape Idle Adventures is shutting down on May 15

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Remember Runescape: Idle Adventures? Probably not, which is probably a good part of the reason why the game is rather quietly shuttering its doors...

2006 MMOTBS Pox Nora lands on PlayStation 4 this month with solid cross-platform support

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Long before Hearthstone, HEX, and the avalanche of other games trying to cash in on the legitimized online lottery that is TCGs, there was...

Conan Exiles goes nuts with home decoration and defense

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If interior decoration gets your motor running, then Conan Exiles is about to become your favorite haunt. The survival sandbox just unloaded a slew...
Alive again!

Diablo III’s Necromancer beta is back from the dead

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The Necromancer beta for Diablo III was around for a short time, then swiftly died off and went quiet as Blizzard tinkered with various...
It's barbaric, but hey, it's home.

Dauntless introduces players to the cramped, cold, unhospitable home base of Ramsgate

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Ramsgate is not the sort of city you would choose as a vacation destination. It's cramped. It's built in a terrible spot. It's right...

Absolver demonstrates its flexible combat system, plans August 29 debut

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"Combat is your art. And mastering the medium is essential to becoming an Absolver." Multiplayer action RPG Absolver is putting great stock in its flexbile...
A guardian angel with a rifle.

Overwatch players rack up 145.5M Uprising matches

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Now that Overwatch has wrapped up its two-month Uprising campaign, how did it fare? Quite well, as probably anyone could have told you. The...