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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Overwatch celebrates first birthday with free-play weekend and GOTY edition

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Overwatch is turning one year this month, so bust out your hipster camera and baby confections for a cake smash! Just kidding. Actually Blizzard...

Overwatch’s D.Va lands in Heroes of the Storm

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D.Va fans now have a choice of two games to get their cute girl-in-a-mech fix. The Overwatch fan favorite made her way over to...

Osiris: New Dawn adds flares, talks weather patterns

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So what about that weather we're having in Osiris: New Dawn? OK, it's unlikely that anyone will actually utter that as a conversation starter,...

LawBreakers begins a second round of closed beta this week

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Get your breakin'-the-law gifs ready: Nexon’s CliffyB-designed online shooter LawBreakers enters its second round of closed beta this week. Last year, Boss Key announced it was...
Nopekh.

Mars survival sandbox ROKH has launched into early access

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We first heard about Mars-themed survival sandbox ROKH back in 2015 when it released its teaser to the world, and then in 2016 developer Darewise Entertainment...
And all of these men are named Willy.

Erectus stiffens up its competition with the launch of its endgame

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While everyone would like to be the great shaft at the heart of progress in Erectus the Game, the stiff backbone around which all other...

SMITE Tactics has been renamed Hand of the Gods – enter to win a beta key to check it out!

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If SMITE Tactics didn't quite grab you before, maybe Hand of the Gods will. No, it's not a new game -- it's a new...

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...
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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?...