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]

E3 2017: Hands-on with Star Wars Battlefront 2

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Electronic Arts' pre-E3 event, EA Play, this past weekend afforded us not only the chance to scope out the details of what's new with Star...

Scale walls and cliffs with Conan Exiles’ climbing system

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That tall wall or cliff face that in other video games would represent an impassable barrier is nothing more than an adult-sized playground in...

E3 2017: State of Decay 2 targets spring 2018 launch

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Call it State of Delay 2. Players are going to have to wait a little bit longer to get their next hit of Undead Labs'...

E3 2017: Sea of Thieves delays release to early 2018

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While it should come as no shock that Sea of Thieves was going to fail to make its projected spring 2017 release window, especially...

Siltbreaker, the first chunk of Dota 2’s co-op PvE campaign, is now live

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It seems co-op multiplayer campaigns are the thing for MOBAs to do lately, if SMITE and Master X Master and Dota 2 are any...
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CD Projekt Red claims Cyberpunk 2077 design docs are being held hostage by thieves

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CD Projekt Red, the maker of the acclaimed Witcher RPG series, claimed that cyber thieves have made off with "internal files" and "early designs"...

The Stream Team: The need for speed (boats) in ARK

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With the last big content update all patched into ARK, there are a few interesting goodies for Massively OP's MJ to check out. Besides...

The Stream Team: A peek at Path of Exile’s The Fall of Oriath beta

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Massively OP's MJ spent time in the alpha of Path of Exile's upcoming The Fall of Oriath expansion, and she's just been waiting for...

Blizzard has been ‘doing a lot of research’ to thwart Overwatch toxicity

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You can easily count me among those who've been historically unimpressed at the way toxicity is managed in Blizzard games; the studio has a...

The Stream Team: Living in a Pixel Worlds world

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What is a social sandbox, you ask? Well MassivelyOP's MJ is going to find out! So far she knows it involves pixels: Pixel Worlds launches...

Hands-on with Path of Exile’s upcoming The Fall of Oriath expansion

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If you were given the opportunity to jump in and experience Path of Exile upcoming The Fall of Oriath expansion early, you would, wouldn't...

MMO Burnout: Approaching DC Universe’s Injustice 2 as an MMORPG fan

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NetherRealms' Injustice 2 is not an MMORPG. It doesn't have a persistent world or a massive number of players actively engaging with each other graphically...

Good Old Games’ summer sale includes a few multiplayer gems

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Good Old Games may not get the attention of Steam's big sales, but then Steam's sales aren't what they used to be either, which...

Multiplayer sandbox Astroneer publishes development roadmap, teases themed spacesuits

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If No Man's Sky didn't exactly scratch your itch for multiplayer interplanetary exploration, mining, and crafting, then Astroneer is suiting up right now to...

Epic’s shooter/sandbox hybrid Fortnite hits early access July 25

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Way back in 2011, Epic Games announced Fortnite, an "action building game" that functions as a bit of a co-op-shooter-slash-survival-sandbox. You'd be forgiven for...

Grab Fafnir’s Dread Lord skin for SMITE from Hi-Rez and Massively OP

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Have you given SMITE a go since it added a dungeon-crawling PvE mode earlier this week? If not, this giveaway might give you motivation....

Grand Theft Auto Online’s Gunrunning DLC trailer looks like irresponsible fun

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You might have used plenty of guns in Grand Theft Auto Online, but that's only scratching the surface of your virtual second amendment rights....

The Stream Team: Paladins adds a pain in the Ash, and you could get one!

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Paladins has recently added a new frontline champion to the mix: Ash. Described as a living siege engine, she sports a massive cannon to...
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Blizzard is using a loophole to keep selling Overwatch lockboxes in China

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There's a law on the books in China that states you can't sell random loot boxes in an online game without disclosing the odds...
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Cryptic announces brand-new Magic: The Gathering MMORPG

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One of the largest and longest-running collectible card games is about to become a brand-new role-playing video game, courtesy of Cryptic Studios. Cryptic and...