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]

SMITE’s Bear Goddess Artio reveal, Hand of the Gods’ Mayan pantheon, and Paladins’ Jenos

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Hi-Rez is busy doing all the things, with hoopla in all three of its modern games today. (Sorry, Global Agenda and Tribes.) Over in SMITE, the...
Heroes do actually die, but...

Overwatch gets serious about bad behavior yet again – for real this time, they swear

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Even Mercy can't save you from Blizzard's wrath for being a cranky player. The studio sat its playerbase down for a talk this week, saying...

Citadel: Forged With Fire launches early access today

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Those of you who hate long waits and excessive transparency during those waits are getting your wish today, as Citadel: Forged With Fire lumbers...

Pokemon Go event organizers blame cell traffic overload for snafu

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The fallout and analysis of the debacle that was last weekend's Pokemon Go Fest continues, as Niantic has been pressed for answers on why such...

Fortnite hints at open world mode to come in the future

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It's a big week for the zombie survival title Fortnite, what with it coming out on Steam early access and all, and the developers...
All right, so NEW spice.

Terry Crews just didn’t fit as Doomfist according to Blizzard’s team

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Fans had an image in their heads about what Overwatch's Doomfist would sound like. It included Terry Crews, and it probably included him hollering...

The Stream Team: Celebrating Warframe’s Chains of Harrow release on console

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Massively OP's MJ may not play Warframe on console, but doesn't mean she can't celebrate the release of Chains of Harrow on Xbox and...

Grim Dawn has begun public testing of its unnamed expansion

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Back in January, ARPG Grim Dawn announced a formal expansion coming our way in the first half of 2017 -- at the time, we...

The Stream Team: Beating Chronicle: RuneScape Legends’ Bandit King (plus giveaway)

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In her last push to make it to the end of Chronicle: RuneScape Legends‘ PvE campaign, Massively OP's MJ was waylaid by the Bandit...

SuperData June 2017: ROBLOX, GTAV, and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds are making bank

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SuperData's global digital games revenue summary for June 2017 is out, and it's a strange melange of huge shifts and no changes at all. On the...

Citadel Forged With Fire’s last weekend beta was a bit rough

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If you jumped into Citadel: Forged With Fire's stress-test-style of beta this past weekend, you may have gotten a heaping helping of just what...
Sit the eff down.

Gigantic devs liken their graphics to candy and plastic toys

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If you love to hate on brightly colored cartoony-stylized graphics of games like World of Warcraft, League of Legends, and even Wildstar, know that...

The Stream Team: Climbing plus construction can equal casualties in Conan Exiles

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Life is different in Conan Exiles now that Massively OP's MJ can climb to great heights -- and so is death! It makes sense...

The Stream Team: Sightseeing in ARK’s Scorched Earth

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As insane as Massively OP's  MJ thinks selling expansions before a game even launches is, she did nab ARK's Scorched Earth when it went...

The Stream Team: Watch to win Hand of the Gods: SMITE Tactics founders packs!

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Massively OP's MJ was disappointed to learn that the main gods no longer entered battle themselves in Hand of the Gods, so she's going...

Diablo III’s 11th season is now live with new class gear for the Necro

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Season 11 is now live in Diablo III, which means a brand-new opportunity to start a fresh grind for loot and expies. In its...

MMO Burnout: Nintendo’s ARMS and the Switch in public and private

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It won't surprise anyone who reads our WRUPs that a lot of my free time gaming has been mobile-based as of late, especially if...

You will believe that a player can fly in Citadel

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If you're populating an online fantasy game with nothing but adeptly magical players, then it's not a big jump to accepting that all sorts...

The Stream Team: Going back to school at Secret World Legends’ Innsmouth Academy

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Two of the most awesome characters in Secret World Legends are at the Innsmouth Academy in the Savage Coast: Hayden Montag and Carter. Montag...
Darn it.

Hearthstone’s game director fields questions about the expansion, ladder experimentation, and new heroes

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With Knights of the Frozen Throne coming to Hearthstone next month, excitement is reaching a fever pitch for this already-popular card title. Game Director...