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]

Japanese top card battler Shadowverse launches on Steam

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Shadowverse might not have the street recognition in the west that, say, Magic the Gathering or Hearthstone does, but over in Japan the digital...

The MOP Up: FFXI revs up appreciation campaigns (October 30, 2016)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

The Stream Team: The DodoRex returns with ARK’s Fear Evolved

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Sadly, Studio WildCard dropped the ball and failed to release the vampirism and lycanthropy that were planned for ARK's Fear Evolved holiday event. But...

Gigantic plans new beta weekend, explains AI and summoning circles

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Perfect World and Motiga have announced that they'll be running another closed beta weekend for Gigantic. Don't get too excited; it's not this weekend...

Cloud Pirates flies toward Steam Greenlighting, opens Q&A

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My.com announced this week that it's angling for Greenlighting on Steam (been a while since we had one of those) with its upcoming sky-dirigible MOBA...

Eternal Crusade wages war on bugs

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Eternal Crusade might be officially out of the door, but the game still has a lot of work left to be done. One might...

The Scream Team: A Hide and Shriek duel

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Spooking strangers is certainly fun this time of year (or anytime, really!), but it doesn't beat spooking your friends! Massively OP's MJ and Justin...

Happy third birthday, Warface

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Crytek F2P online shooter Warface is busy celebrating its third birthday with a super twitchy trailer and a round of new content for players. "In...

Halloween sinks its fangs into Tree of Life, Fractured Space, and Mortal Online

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The avalanche of MMO Halloween events continues to thunder down over us, and we are digging as fast as we can to stay on...

Chaos Theory: First impressions of Funcom’s Hide and Shriek

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Have you been hiding and shrieking? I have! Hide and Shriek, the 1v1 Secret World spinoff that pits the much-loved Innsmouth Academy against the...
We all go together.

Superdata’s September report shows Destiny, WoW, GW2, SWTOR, and TERA doing well

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Superdata's September games market report is up, and the console revenue rankings have a new old king: Destiny. Yes, Destiny has returned to the...

Hero’s Song schedules alpha launch for next Monday, followed by early access in November

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While Hero's Song might not have raised as much money with its recent Indiegogo campaign as the studio hoped, players who did pay $15...
Titanic.

Gigantic walks through the process of making a MOBA hero

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There's a reason why MOBAs don't simply have players piloting featureless gray blobs with names like "Shooty Man" and "Punchy Monster" on their chests....
Unevolved.

Evolve has pretty much gone into maintenance mode

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Yesterday, 2K all but announced maintenance mode for Evolve: "No future updates are currently planned, as development on Evolve Stage 2 is complete." "Today, Turtle...

The Stream Team: Happy 3rd birthday Path of Exile!

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Path of Exile turned three years old this week, and Massively OP's MJ is diving in to celebrate. How will she celebrate? By having...

The Stream Team: Chronicle: RuneScape Legends PvE campaign mode and giveaway

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Are you hesitant to try out a CCG because you worry about PvP as a noob against veteran players? Besides the practice mode, Chronicle: RuneScape...

The Scream Team: A first peek inside Hide and Shriek

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Massively OP's MJ has been eagerly awaiting the release of the new Secret World inspired Hide and Shriek game. But now she has the...

The Stream Team: Looking into a Gigantic new MOBA

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Do you think Massively OP's MJ needs to try out more MOBAs? If so, you are getting your wish today! Gigantic is finishing up...
Everything's fine.

Jeff Kaplan discusses the future of hero balance in Overwatch

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Are all of the heroes in Overwatch balanced? Probably not. Some heroes are a bit more powerful than others. But is that actually a...

‘MMO-lite’ Tuebor makes plans to move from Steam early access to launch

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"Tuebor is a 3rd person, cross-genre, competitive, multiplayer, action game set in a post apocalyptic, dystopian future." So reads the Kickstarter for Strength in...

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