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]

No Man’s Sky original LE box touts ‘online play’

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Yesterday, we wrote about the multiplayer confusion that's entangled the launch of the sandboxy No Man's Sky (commenter JonBuck called it "Schrödinger's Multiplayer"). Adding more...

Path of Exile makes prophecies permanent

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If you've really been enjoying the Prophecy League in Path of Exile, you'll be glad to know that the system is going to persist...

No Man’s Sky, the non-multiplayer multiplayer game

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If you were confused about just how multiplayer No Man's Sky was going to be, welcome to the club. Inconsistent (or consistently contradictory) statements...

The Stream Team: Vampiric adventures in Chronicle: RuneScape Legends

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There aren't many games where MassivelyOp’s MJ can run around as a vampire, and even fewer that combine a vampire with figurines on a...

Glimpse Lawbreaker’s high-flying Vanguard in action

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If the none of the classes revealed for LawBreakers has tickled your fancy yet, perhaps the Vanguard will. Nexon released a short clip that...
This should be obvious, but...

Overwatch players are warned: use Lucio in Lucioball or face consequences

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The whole point of Overwatch's Lucioball mode is that everyone plays as Lucio. The name of the mode is already "Lucioball," the only character...
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No Man’s Sky launches today on console

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In this episode, Larry, Brendan, and Tina debate next-gen MMOs, unfinished games, and MMO buzzwords.

The MOP Up: Project Gorgon’s pig dance party (August 7, 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...

War Thunder brings in new planes and tanks

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War Thunder's newest patch may be "small in size, but very exciting in content," according to the team. Patch 1.61: Road to Glory introduces a...

Diablo III’s 7th season has begun

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Diablo III's 7th season of play is live in all regions, Blizzard announced last night. This season includes adjusted pacing for the set rewards;...

The Stream Team: Compy carnage in ARK

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It's no secret that MassivelyOP's MJ loves ARK's sky piranhas, but she's also a fan of land pirhanas! She's tamed a slew of compies...

HEX celebrates its Sea Festival and announces a new card set

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HEX continues to load up players with as many cards as they can handle (and then some) with the announcement of the game's fifth...

Activision-Blizzard Q2 2016: Overwatch at 15M users, WoW sees growth

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Activision-Blizzard has released its Q2 results for 2016. No, you won't be getting hard World of Warcraft numbers -- that all came to an...

Bloodline Champions to be revived as ‘team arena brawler’ Battlerite

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Stunlock Studios has big plans for the charred remains of Funcom-backed Bloodline Champions, which shut down in January of last year and transferred back to Stunlock....

Blizzard holds firm on Overwatch’s Olympic promotion

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Players who want to collect all of Overwatch's limited-time Olympic goodies will have to deal with disappointment. Blizzard said that it will be staying the...
Same as it ever was.

Diablo III brings patch 2.4.2 to the live servers

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The latest patch for Diablo III is here, and it brings with it new challenges. Specifically, it brings the new Torment XI-XIII challenge levels,...

The Stream Team: Launching into Livelock’s open protocol mode

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The launch itself might have been postponed indefinitely, but as promised, MassivelyOP's MJ is heading back into Livelock to continue the campaign. So far,...

Grim Dawn’s Crucible DLC arrives tomorrow

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Multiplayer ARPG Grim Dawn is getting fresh DLC later this month. Tomorrow, in fact. Called The Crucible, the DLC " introduces a challenging new arena survival...

The Division: Underground PS4 launch, movie star rumors confirmed

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The Underground DLC deployed to PlayStation 4 players of The Division this morning. PS4 players will finally get a crack at the DLC's new story...

Wargaming to reward good behavior in new rule violation policy

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Wargaming started August with an updated rules and violations policy that not only clarifies how violations are handled but explains how the studio will...