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 throws a week of birthday festivities

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Touting proudly (and weirdly) that SMITE is almost out of its "toddler years," Hi-Rez Studios is throwing a week of celebration for the MOBA's...
we still don't know when we're tessssssting

Master x Master introduces Koom and Vonak

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Eager to know when everyone gets to play Master x Master? We can't tell you that, on account of not actually knowing. Still, the...

Dauntless wants you to express yourself through fashion and flares

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Even hulking, skilled, or savvy beast hunters have a weak spot, and that weak spot is the inner need to preen and show off...

League of Legends on LGBT representation and pro team mistreatment allegations

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League of Legends will probably introduce non-straight characters eventually, a new interview on Polygon with Riot Games' Greg Street suggests. The publication asked Street...
Stringing things together.

Conan Exiles contemplates official server wipes following massive duping exploit

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Funcom says it's "weighing its options" following a series of rampant duping and apparent character hacking exploits in Conan Exiles. Players on Reddit have begun...

War Thunder’s Assault patch adds new vehicles and maps, with Assault mode on the way

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War Thunder has pushed out another big update today, this one dubbed simply, "Assault!" -- exclamation point required! "The update introduces almost twenty new...
freely shoots

Eternal Crusade prepares for its free-to-play shift

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It is important to note that the official Eternal Crusade line is that the upcoming free-to-play option is not a full conversion to free-to-play,...
Bye Felicia.

LawBreakers rolls out massive patch today with first closed beta test

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Nexon's CliffyB-designed online shooter LawBreakers enters its first round of closed beta today. Back in August, dev studio Boss Key told fans it was going...
Rivaled.

Hi-Rez puts SMITE Rivals development ‘on hold’

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Bad news for those who were looking forward to another SMITE spinoff game; it appears that the digital card game version of the game, SMITE...

Hearthstone debuts Un’Goro web series starring Community’s Danny Pudi

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Hearthstone's next big expansion is coming in April, but Blizzard doesn't want to wait to get the festivities going. The studio released the first...
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

Warface’s first patch since the My.com publishing deal is out today

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Back in January, Crytek announced that its F2P online shooter Warface would be globally published by My.com in the west beginning in February --...

The Stream Team: Xsyon survives six years

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Long before survival games became all the rage, there was Xsyon. In fact, it may very well be what started Massively OP's MJ on...

Roblox is taking the online kid world by storm with 48M monthly users and $92M in new investment

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Have you ever heard of this game Roblox? If not, you probably will be in the future, because this title has come out of...
THIS IS ALL YOU GET

Diablo III shows some of the Necromancer’s moves

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No, the Necromancer isn't coming to Diablo III any time in the near future, but Blizzard did want to show off some of the...

The Stream Team: Celebrating Paladins’ console closed beta with Inara

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Paladins just started closed beta on console today, so Massively OP's MJ is diving in to celebrate by trying out the new champion introduced...
Oh, you wanted to use these things. Huh.

No Man’s Sky patches in a fix to allow faster movement on every planet

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Last week, No Man's Sky patched in the option to build rovers for quickly traversing the landscape. That's just a good thing, right? After...
Whip it, whip it good.

Paragon celebrates a year of early access with a big patch

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Has it really been a year since Paragon first went into early access? It certainly has according to the developers, and they would know....

Overwatch previews Orisa, is unlikely to port to the Nintendo Switch

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Overwatch is probably not coming to the Nintendo Switch, or so suggests Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan. He told Reddit last night that while he loves...

Grab a Paladins closed beta key for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 from Hi-Rez and MOP

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Hi-Rez's team-shooter MOBA Paladins hits closed beta for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 today, expanding the game beyond its 8 million open beta players...

PAX East 2017: Introducing Rend, a three-way survival sandbox from Frostkeep Studios

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I don't really like survival games, typically -- I understand why a lot of people do like them, don't get me wrong, but I don't...