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]

NCsoft is porting its MOBA Master X Master to the West

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NCsoft has just announced that it's porting Master X Master, its MOBA, to western shores "later this year." https://twitter.com/PlayMXM/status/692347333556715520 The MOBA brings together characters from multiple...

Nosgoth releases Silenced Cathedral map, shows player growth

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If you're a big fan of the Blood Omen and Soul Reaver games, you probably remember the crushing disappointment when Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun...

Diablo III’s renegade wizard joins Heroes of the Storm

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If you love crossovers between fictional universes, then Blizzard's "anything goes" approach to Heroes of the Storm must send you into paroxysms of joy. The...
It wasn't a drill.

Gigantic’s closed beta is now open 24/7

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Do you sit around on your couch, wailing and gnashing your teeth over the fact that you can only play Gigantic's closed beta during...
Happiness is a warm - yes it is - gun!

Perfect World Entertainment announces Livelock, a top-down cooperative shooter

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How do you feel about robots shooting other robots? If you would rate your feelings in that department as "Strongly Positive" or better, you...
Which is good, because we have to justify that Xbox One purchase somehow.

The Division’s DLC is definitely coming out for the Xbox One first

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Back at E3 2014, future players were told that The Division would release DLC as timed exclusives for the Xbox One. Of course, back...

Hands-on with HEX: Chronicles of Entrath’s PvE

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What do you know about HEX: Shards of Fate? If you've ever played it, probably more than me. But what do you know about...

The MOP Up: Metal Gear Online comes to PC (January 24, 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...

Endemic cheating in CS:GO prompts record number of bans

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In every competitive online game, there will always be people who are willing to cheat to get an advantage over other players and companies willing to...

Path of Exile’s new season gets a bit frosty

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Don't fear the winter -- embrace it! That's the thinking of Path of Exile this month as it prepares to launch a new seasonal...

Diablo III explains damage number abbreviations and colors

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Diablo III is a game that deals in numbers, and given the sheer output of digits that a combat counter can produce, Blizzard's engineers have...

Get your time travel on with Dark Era

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While time travel has certainly been done as part of MMO quests, could an entire game revolve around the sci-fi concept? Dark Era, a...

The Stream team: A Saturday stomp in MechWarrior Online (plus giveaway)

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What to do when a snowy storm rages on out in the real world? How about rage a little yourself inside MechWarrior Online where...

Atlas Reactor is taking sign-ups for a February alpha test

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Trion Worlds has been so quiet about Atlas Reactor over the past few months that you can be forgiven for having forgotten the game was...

The Stream Team: Cranking out a compy army in ARK

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MassivelyOP's MJ has built up her flock of sky piranhas in ARK, and now she's starting an army of land piranhas. With four compies...
Playing it is a different story.

Betawatch: Having fun with Black Desert’s character creator (January 22, 2016)

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Who doesn't like a good character creator? The people in charge of Black Desert clearly like having one so much that a standalone version...

Overpower melds fantasy arena matches with RPG progression

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Is your MMO a little on the slow side? Need a jolt of excitement and danger to go with your love of RPG progression?...

War Thunder fan creates a full virtual reality cockpit

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Flight sim fans are often on the cutting edge of technology and peripherals, usually more so than the rest of the gaming crowd. After...

Paladins introduces two new game modes in today’s ‘Chicken Patch’

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Hi-Rez's online shooter Paladins is undergoing a major patch for its ongoing closed beta today. The so-dubbed "Chicken Patch" introduces new game modes, Survival and Payload, the...
Shoot pile.

The Division’s new map, system reqs, and commitment to the PC

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Want to see the map you'll be traversing when you leap into The Division next week? Great. Ubisoft has uploaded an interactive map to...

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