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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Hearthstone jacks up prices around the world

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If you're deep into Hearthstone and you live outside of North America, you might find yourself more broke than usual. This is due to...
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PAX East 2017: Talking Conan Exiles on the show floor with Funcom

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If you're a fan of Funcom and the games it makes, Conan Exiles probably has you breathing a bit easier than you have in a...

The Stream Team: More monkey (raid) business in ARK

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When at first you don't succeed, take in more rocket launchers! That's the answer for Massively OP's MJ anyway. She and the raid team...

The Stream Team: Subduing the savage land in Conan Exiles

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From the land, the sea (stream), and the air -- danger in Conan Exiles comes from everywhere! There really aren't any safe spots in...

SMITE reveals playable Cernunnos, The Horned God

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I would be lying if I said that the latest god reveal for SMITE isn't provoking goat jokes. He is. He's Cernunnos, the stag-antlered...
Pictured: hurty bit.

Eternal Crusade adds new map, revenge cam

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A new patch rolled out in Eternal Crusade earlier this week, making it easier than ever to plot your grand revenge upon those who...

Sea of Thieves’ devs return for another hilarious gameplay video

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"What is the point of making a game if you can't be the best at it?" In a second (edited) developer gameplay video, the Sea...

PAX East 2017: Dauntless reveals new trailer, plans 2017 launch

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Keeping an ear to the ground for Dauntless news? You should be: It's a co-op ARPG from Phoenix Labs, an indie studio made up...

Wargaming on World of Tanks, Warships, and Planes development, plus the Dolph Lundgren commercial

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Even successful online games like World of Tanks can be subject to critical mistakes and community backlash. Talking to Polygon, Wargaming CEO Victor Kislyi admitted...

Elder Scrolls Legends plans PvE update, major expansion, and multiple platform rollouts

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Elder Scrolls Legends, the online TCG spawned from the ever-popular Elder Scrolls franchise, has a massive infodump and launch today. For starters, the game formally...
Crucial.

Crucible gets Westwood co-founder as its new boss

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Hands up: Any Massively OP readers play the crap out of Command & Conquer back in the day? In the '90s, Westwood Studios was...

No Man’s Sky reaches 1M players in its Foundation era

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Love it or hate it, No Man's Sky was the buzz around the video game water cooler last year. And while the space exploration...
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See the origin of everyone’s favorite turret robot in the latest Overwatch comic

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Who's afraid of a robot in Overwatch? Other than just about everyone, seeing as how an enormous robot war is pretty close to everyone's...
This tower does not exist.

Conan Exiles will have no boners on Xbone

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As it stands right now, players in Conan Exiles may stride across the land with mighty swords or short stabbing implements held high in...
He seems nice.

Funcom shares its future plans for Conan Exiles from the GDC show floor

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It's full speed ahead for Conan Exiles development this year, with no plans to slow down the game's pace over the next several months....
In space, lots of people can hear you.

Mass Effect: Andromeda will have free DLC expansions

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Worried about getting bored with Mass Effect: Andromeda's multiplayer component? If it's anything like the previous game in the series, it should be robust,...
Not gignatic: the remaining workforce.

Gigantic developer Motiga lays off roughly a fifth of its employees

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It seems fair to say that Gigantic's development has had a troubled history, what with the game having hopped publishers, changed platforms, and seen...
Same as it ever was.

Diablo III is ending Season 9 on March 17

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Have you done everything you wanted to do in Diablo III's Season 9 challenge? If not, the good news is that you still have...
A very short marathon.

LawBreakers plans closed beta weekend in March

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Hey, remember LawBreakers? The Nexon-produced, CliffyB-designed online shooter that went semi-dormant last summer following alpha with plans to retool itself before beta? We already...

Conan Exiles previews 2017 plans, throws shade on early access abusers

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Though it's fun for the broader industry, GDC has been a bit of a dud for our genre for years now. If you're willing to...