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]

Rokh makes the planet Mars come alive

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There are so many multiplayer survival games swirling about these days that you might be forgiven for overlooking one or two. We haven't heard...

BattlEye clarifies anti-hacking program and privacy to ARK players

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After ARK: Survival Evolved players expressed some concerns about the new anti-hacking program BattlEye and its EULA, a BE dev took to the survival...

6.4 million people propelled The Division’s beta to a new console record

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The Division set a record this weekend for the biggest beta in a new-brand, current-gen console game. Ubisoft told blog readers today that more than...

Beta impressions of Motiga’s MOBA Gigantic

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About a week ago, I got an e-mail granting me access to the closed beta test of Motiga's in-development MOBA title, Gigantic. Now, most...

ARPG Grim Dawn is about to emerge from early access

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If you've been watching multiplayer action RPG Grim Dawn since it joined the Steam early access program back at the end of 2013 as we...

No Man’s Sky will have a physically accurate universe … almost

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If you've been following upcoming space exploration game No Man's Sky, you've probably heard a few things about its incredibly large procedurally generated universe....

The Game Archaeologist: 1988’s Monster

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"You're in the middle of a vast hall stretching out of sight to the east and west. Strange shadows play across the high vaulted...

The Stream Team: Going on a Quetzal hunt in ARK

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MassivelyOP's MJ likes big birds and she cannot lie! That's why the crew is going on a quetzal hunt in ARK. This massive monster...
It's... Christmas somewhere? That can't be right.

Betawatch: The Division opens up for beta testing (February 19, 2016)

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It's that wonderful time again, ladies and gentlemen, when a long-awaited title goes into open beta. The Division has opened up its beta today...

ARK: Survival Evolved’s explorer notes system puts lore front and center

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This week, Studio Wildcard revealed what it's calling an "explorer note system" for dinosaur survival sandbox ARK: Survival Evolved. "You’ll be able to discover the stories...

The Stream Team: Accessing the Atlas Reactor alpha

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What are MassivelyOP's Larry and MJ's reactions to Atlas Reactor? You can find out: The duo are jumping into the game's special alpha access...

Survival sandbox The Black Death introduces the peasant’s bleak path

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Green Man Loaded's upcoming medieval-themed survival sandbox (plus zombies) The Black Death is on a video roll this week; on offer today is a...

Epic shows off Paragon gameplay, promises no pay-to-win

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Epic Games' upcoming third person MOBA Paragon has been getting some attention lately with its fluid gameplay and undeniably high-quality graphics. The studio has been releasing informational...
Of course, sometimes you get away with a lot without calls of copyright infringement anyway.

Paladins previews Glacier Keep map, Winter Wonderland patch

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If you live in wintry climes, then this week's Paladins trailer swoop-through may just make you colder. Hi-Rez's cameras follow character Evie as she zips...
It's a match made in somewhere, who knows.

Heroes of the Storm outlines existing and upcoming improvements to matchmaking

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Blizzard wants Heroes of the Storm to be accessible to everyone. That can't happen if your first match of the game sees you pitted...
Geek!

Atlas Reactor hosts its alpha sneak peek week

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The Atlas Reactor alpha is speeding along with the occasional squeak, but this week, information need not be leaked. You can just try out...

H1Z1 pushes out patch and trailers for both of its new halves

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Welcome to the glorious era of trying to keep track of dual H1Z1 games at any given time. Yesterday, Daybreak put out new one-minute trailers for...

The Stream Team: Bunnies or bust in HEX

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Everyone seems to be telling Massively0P's MJ that she should abandon HEX's Shin'hare race because its deck is weak. However, MJ is pretty stubborn,...

The Black Death survival sandbox seeks testers, posts fresh trailer

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Introduced back in January, The Black Death is a survival sandbox in which players are medieval commoners struggling to make it during a nasty...

Previewing Chronicle: RuneScape Legends ahead of its March 23 beta

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If you haven't heard of RuneScape's upcoming card game, you're not alone. Even when it skittered across my desk last fall, it largely escaped...