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]

Digital Extremes talks up Warframe 1999’s new PvPvE mode, confirms delay for boy band boss fights

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Warframe developer Digital Extremes is continuing to stir the hype pot for its Warframe: 1999 update release as the studio's final devstream of the...

The Diablo franchise boss seriously suggested that ARPGs should be called ‘Diablo-likes’

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Another member of the Blizzard C-suite has opened his mouth on social media again, but at least this time it isn't to say something...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO starts Dual Destiny season with siren songs

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Pokemon Go's winter seasonal update, Dual Destiny, has at least frontloaded some of the details on what would normally be mystery events, so I'm...

The Daily Grind: When have you definitely played too much of an MMO?

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Yes, folks, this is truly the time of excess for those of us in the USA, when we all gorge ourselves on about four...

The Stream Team: Going to the doctor in V Rising

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Health is really important -- even if you're a vampire. So Massively OP's MJ will be taking a trip to see the doctor in...
How punk.

Betawatch: Corepunk finally launched into early access this week

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Are you sufficiently punk at your core? If not, you may not be allowed to play Corepunk because that's kind of the whole thing...

Survivalbox ASKA just added dedicated servers, road tools, and in-game text chat

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Sand Sailor Studio's survival sandbox ASKA (say that 10 times fast) dropped a juicy patch this week for fans who want to leave! ...Leave the...

Dauntless’ big Awakening revamp arrives December 5 along with a confirmed Steam release

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It's been teased, detailed, talked about, and planned for summer while wholly missing that mark. It's the Awakening update for the multiplayer critter hunting...

The Stream Team: Manning a multiplayer spaceship in the full release of Void Crew

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Void Crew, the multiplayer sci-fi game where players man different positions of a spaceship - think Guns of Icarus in space - has officially...

Not So Massively: The dizzying complexity of ZeroSpace’s beta

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With Stormgate struggling off the bat and Immortal: Gates of Pyre turning to the blockchain dark side, ZeroSpace is looking like the last, best...
See how it glitters.

Palworld teases its biggest island update ever in December

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We do not know right now what Palworld's big December update is going to look like, but the very limited preview that the developers...

Elite Dangerous details its new Cobra Mk V ship and its upcoming colonization gameplay feature

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Last month, Frontier Developments decided to drop a surprise in the laps of Elite: Dangerous players by finally announcing the all-new space colonization system...
Ho ho ho! Fire on the starboard!

World of Warships sails to the North Pole with this year’s holiday patch

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How do you transform the drab steel gray of a battleship into something festive enough to gain the approval of Fleet Admiral Santa Claus?...

The Stream Team: Knocking the stuffing out of Party Animals on Turkey Day

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What says Thanksgiving more than turkey and stuffing? How about knocking the stuffing out of some turkeys? After all, that does describe some family...

Once Human cooks up a Thanksgiving mobile closed beta test

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Just in time for Thanksgiving is a delicious addition to Once Human, as the horror shooter commenced the closed beta test for the game's mobile...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Wild Area was a resource sink event

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Advertising Pokemon Go's Wild Area last weekend as being on the same level as Go Fest or the Go Tours was another major misstep for...

The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming takes in some high-level Helldivers 2 action

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It's time for a sci-fi action bonanza tonight on Backseat Streaming! MOP's MJ and Chris are pulling into the OPTV Drive-In to watch some...

SMITE 2 adds Poseidon, Thor, and Cupid and makes general changes in its latest closed alpha patch

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Whether you want to make opponents thunderstruck, lovestruck, or... waterstruck? Splashed? Moistened? Either way, the latest patch for SMITE 2 has added three new...

Seekers of Skyveil adds new extraction requirements and map-wide bounty events as it resets progress

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Elodie Games' PvPvE extraction RPG Seekers of Skyveil has been moving through several closed playtests on random Fridays in October and November, but the...
The expected.

Marvel Rivals shows off its Hydra map and previews further development on the way

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If you really want a hero shooter, you go to a place that's absolutely lousy with heroes. Marvel ones, even. Yes, that's how Marvel...