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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Heroes of the Storm’s game director passes the torch, moves to new Blizzard project

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Heroes of the Storm Game Director Dustin Browder announced this afternoon that he's hanging up his hat and moving elsewhere within Blizzard to work...

Gigantic introduces founders packs for semi-open beta

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Gigantic's beta doors swing open today -- but not quite all the way open. Anyone with Windows 10 or an Xbox One can slip...
I mean, all right, then.

Dragon Quest Heroes II is hitting the PlayStation 4 in April 2017

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Are you eagerly anticipating the day that Dragon Quest X graces the shores of North America? Well, too bad; that's not the announcement we've...
We're the good guys this week, right? No? Well, we're going anyway.

League of Legends championship paid out $6.7M in prizes

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What would you do if you won $6.7 million dollars from playing video games? Other than make your parents and teachers weep at all...
Pretend she's just out of the shot.

Snowmageddon strikes Atlas Reactor

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Welcome to SNOWMAGEDDON, the brutal, take-no-prisoners, open-all-presents throwdown that only Atlas Reactor has the guts to operate! Well, it's a lot more fluffy and...

Grim Dawn preps its third roguelike dungeon

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Very soon now the doors to Grim Dawn's newest dungeon will creak open, a yawning mouth that invites grizzled and overeager adventurers both to...
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Gigantic steamrolls in with a spotlight on the Margrave

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He's large! He's demonic! He's definitely been skipping leg day! He's the Margrave, and he's the latest hero in Gigantic's lineup, quite possibly the...

Conan Exiles’ new trailer features elephants, sandstorms, shelter, and dancing thralls

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Funcom has a long video out today on Conan Exiles, and while it begins with a retread of the basics of starting out in...
Temporary crusade, at least.

Eternal Crusade Q&A covers map imbalances and short-term development plans

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Overwhelming force is a valid tactical decision, but it's not fun when you're playing a severely lopsided match in Eternal Crusade on either side;...
Steal something that isn't yours. Why not? It isn't yours.

Grand Theft Auto Online: Import/Export brings car theft back to the forefront of the game

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After about four minutes in Grand Theft Auto, the eponymous crime becomes mundane. Stealing a car is not a complex operation; it's just how...
I guess this is sought.

Overwatch players use the 3v3 format to create hide-and-seek; holidays arrive Dec 13

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If you've ever played Monopoly with a child who doesn't care about anything beyond getting to play as the hat rather than getting everyone's...

SMITE launches the goddess Nike with the Wings of Victory patch today

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SMITE's 3.23 update, more colorfully known as Wings of Victory, has rolled out to the PC version of the game today. Chief among the...
What a dump.

Stardew Valley comes to console next week, updates multiplayer progress

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Chucklefish Games announced today that adorable farm sim Stardew Valley is destined for console, and soon: It launches on Xbox One and PlayStation 4...

Conan Exiles discusses character creation and your list of crimes

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Conan Exiles' latest dev blog is all about first steps... yours. Specifically, it's about the character creation and earliest stages of the game, and...

ARK: Survival Evolved launches on PS4 today, plans spring 2017 ‘final product’

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Welcome to ARK: Survival Evolved, PS4 players. Watch out for the dinos. Yes, Studio Wildcard's dino survival sandbox has launched for the Sony console today...

The Stream Team: Post-con MechWarrior Online matches

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Massively OP's MJ just got back from MechCon in Vancouver, so she still has MechWarrior Online on the brain. That's plenty of reason to...
Park Snark.

Snail Games explains the Jurassic Park – ARK Park connection

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Studio WildCard is no stranger to pushing out new ARK: Survival Evolved projects before finishing the base game, but this time it has a...
What's two times zero?

Anybody wanna ‘Gatecrash’ EVE Valkyrie this Wednesday?

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EVE Valkyrie is getting its third major update this week: Gatecrash. "Gatecrash inaugurates new gameplay possibilities, a pilot personalization system and the Gateway multiplayer map,"...
Sure, if you tell me to play it I will.

Supergiant’s next game, Pyre, will feature a multiplayer mode

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If you played Transistor or Bastion, there's probably no universe in which you will not also be buying and playing Pyre. Supergiant Games kind...

Multiplayer space game Dreadnought is coming to the PS4

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Dreadnought publisher Greybox announced today that the game is coming to the PlayStation 4 -- the only console it'll launch on. What's Dreadnought? It's a "multiplayer space...