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 brings Thoth to the PC, more skins to the console

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With two versions of SMITE operating, keeping track of what is going on in each will be a tricky prospect. Fortunately for you, you...

Heroes of the Storm teases next week’s collegiate e-sports documentary

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This past April, a team of college students from Arizona State University won full tuition from Heroes of the Storm's Heroes of the Dorm...

Grimm: Dark Legacy releases the game of the TV show

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Back in February we announced that an online prequel to the NBC series Grimm: Dark Legacy was coming to computers at some point this...

Activision-Blizzard Q3 2016: Blizzard claims ‘biggest quarterly online player community in its history’

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Activision-Blizzard's Q3 2016 financial report PR just released, surprising no one with record-setting piles of money and success. "The Activision and Blizzard segments had record...

The Stream Team: Continuing Chronicle: RuneScape Legends’ PvE campaign

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Massively OP's MJ made it about halfway through Chronicle: RuneScape Legends' new PvE campaign last time. The additional challenges for each match have been...

Grab a Gigantic closed beta key from Massively OP and Motiga

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Gigantic isn't exactly an MMO, a MOBA, or an FPS: It's somewhere in between, with incredible stylized graphics, gorgeous art, and an impressively enthusiastic...
Everyone expects

Overwatch ARG keeps teasing the game’s worst-kept secret

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Unless you're a deep conspiracy theorist who has a hunch that Blizzard is preparing to spring the biggest mind-screw of all time, then it's...
Masterful.

Master x Master plans PvP beta testing for late November

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There's a lot of PvE content in Master x Master, but the game is still technically a MOBA, and that means facing off against...

Funcom’s Q3 2016 financials hint at large Secret World update in early 2017

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Fans of The Secret World should be excited today, as Funcom's third quarter financial report to investors reveals that "The Secret World team is mainly...
Civilization Online

Civilization (Online) is coming to an end

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Remember all the grumbling when XLGames revealed Civilization Online at a big presser in New York and then told us it was launching in...

Ubisoft dev on the free-to-play newbie experience in online games

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Ubisoft Game Designer Stanislav Costiuc has an interesting piece out on Gamasutra today analyzing four of the online games Ubisoft shut down last week,...
Hit me.

Gigantic makes a big deal out of its upcoming closed beta weekend

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Gigantic is keeping up the pressure with its testing cycle, as it has its second closed beta weekend starting on Thursday, November 3rd. While we...
Well, sometimes it works.

Riot Games explains moving from League of Legends to a tabletop board game

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No matter how much you might like League of Legends, you are probably a little bit confused by the tabletop game coming out from...

Take a peek at multiplayer space survival sandbox Hellion

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First announced for Steam Greenlight back in April and debuted at this past Gamescom, Zero Gravity Games' "sandbox action multiplayer space survival game" Hellion...

The Daily Grind: Are you a ‘leaver’ in MMORPGs?

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If there's one you never wanted to be labeled in classic Guild Wars, it was "leaver" -- the kind of person who'd leave a group...

ARK: Survival Evolved abandons most of its planned Halloween update

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ARK: Survival Evolved's Fear Evolved 2 Halloween event arrived over the weekend, but it wasn't entirely to plan. Early in October, Studio Wildcard teased...

Japanese top card battler Shadowverse launches on Steam

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Shadowverse might not have the street recognition in the west that, say, Magic the Gathering or Hearthstone does, but over in Japan the digital...

The MOP Up: FFXI revs up appreciation campaigns (October 30, 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...

The Stream Team: The DodoRex returns with ARK’s Fear Evolved

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Sadly, Studio WildCard dropped the ball and failed to release the vampirism and lycanthropy that were planned for ARK's Fear Evolved holiday event. But...

Gigantic plans new beta weekend, explains AI and summoning circles

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Perfect World and Motiga have announced that they'll be running another closed beta weekend for Gigantic. Don't get too excited; it's not this weekend...