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]

ARK: Fear Evolved 2 introduces werewolves, vampires, and the DodoWyvern

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Just because you are stranded on a mysterious island or lost in a massive desert in ARK doesn't mean you can't celebrate Halloween! However,...

Torchlight Mobile will be here by the end of the year

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Mobile players looking for a tried-and-true ARPG won't have long to wait until a classic arrives on their devices. Touch Arcade reports that testing...

Halloween takes over SMITE with Terror of the Night… and bats

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SMITE's Terror of the Night patch hit PC earlier this week, complete with the "unique jungler" Camazotz, Deadly God of Bats, and an array...
Next, us.

League of Legends introduces the Nexus for editorial content

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Sometimes, the best way to find out if something has an audience is just to put out what you have and see if people...

Smed adds family inheritance to Hero’s Song’s to-do list

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If you missed our live Hero’s Song interview with John Smedley on OPTV, you missed a couple of tantalizing tidbits. One involved family ties...
The rumor, the danger, the threat, the horror.

Overwatch tops 20 million players in five months of live play

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Even if World of Warcraft is back up to 10.1 million subscribers, that's far short of what its studio brother Overwatch has accomplished. The...

Cloud Pirates enters closed beta October 18, begins selling founder packs

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My.com announced this week that its Allods Online-inspired sky-MOBA Cloud Pirates will enter closed beta next week on October 18th. The company has likewise put...
Well, it's what I wanted.

Overwatch introduces the Halloween Terror event with PvE brawling and new item packs

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It's time to get into the spirit of ghoulish glee in Overwatch with the new Halloween Terror event, and it's bringing more than just...

Exploring real-life PUGs, the Plus, and the antisocial nature of Pokemon Go

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Although Pokemon Go isn't advertised as an MMO, both experts and players have noted it does present some interesting similarities: Both have tons of players on servers...

The Stream Team: Our second live interview with Hero’s Song’s John Smedley

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You asked for it, and we've got it!  John Smedley is joining Massively OP's MJ for a second interview about Hero's Song. He'll be...
Oh, that's who she is.

Overeager Overwatch researchers hack actual accounts to find a fictional character

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Account hacks happen. They're unpleasant, but they happen, and you can at least usually point to them happening for logical reasons. Your account got...
This is fine, we're fine, are you fine? Everyone's fine.

Everything is probably fine behind the scenes of No Man’s Sky

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No one could blame you for being just a little bit... apprehensive about the radio silence around No Man's Sky. After a rather controversial...

Multiplayer Wasteland 3 has already hit its $2.75M Fig crowdfunding goal

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Wasteland 3, the latest sequel for classic RPG Wasteland and the first multiplayer edition in the series, has successfully reached its baseline crowdfunding goal...
The rumor, the danger, the threat, the horror.

Rumor: Overwatch’s Sombra and a new PvE mode have been uncovered

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Who is Sombra in Overwatch? In a way, you could say that we're all Sombra, but that statement wouldn't make any sense. A more...

Star Citizen: CitizenCon recap and Squadron 42 delay

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Star Citizen's rolled out its massive CitizenCon finale last night in LA, with multiple Cloud Imperium reps hitting the stage during the presentation to talk...

The MOP Up: SkySaga meddles with trading methods (October 9, 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: ARK Allosaurus pack is on the hunt

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Now that Massively OP's MJ has her Allosaurus pack, it's time to take them out hunting. These dinos are significantly more maneuverable than a...
Well, points for effort.

League of Legends gets replay functionality next season

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If you don't play League of Legends, the fact that replay functionality is being added to the game probably doesn't mean much to you....
hooray sorta

Season 7 is rumbling to a close in Diablo III

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For everything, there is a season, and in the case of Diablo III, there are several seasons. One of those seasons is coming to...

7 Days to Die publishes its ‘biggest content drop to date’

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It's heady times for alpha players of 7 Days to Die. The zombie survival sandbox released its Alpha 15 update earlier this morning, which...