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]

The Repopulation switches engines, announces survival spin-off ‘Fragmented’

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The Repopulation has finally issued its promised announcement to the community following the long HeroEngine drama that drove it offline last month: Above &...

Burn down your foes in Warframe’s Ring of Fire update

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Things are heating up in the sci-fi action game Warframe. The latest update, dubbed Ring of Fire, adds the flame-flinging Nezha Warframe to the...

Leaderboard: Massive servers vs. custom communities

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One of the trends cropping up in the MMO industry in recent years is the Neverwinter Nights custom shard phenomenon. Games like Star Citizen,...

Conan Exiles includes purges, human sacrifice, and nudity

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While the upcoming Conan Exiles will take place in the same fictional universe as Age of Conan and be made by the same studio,...
Here in mycar I feel safest of all.

Crossout enters its next phase of testing complete with factions

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If you've ever played a game focused around vehicle combat and thought "hey, this would be better with Mad Max-style customized war vehicles," you...

Get Fractured Space for free on Steam this weekend

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If you desire something a little different than the standard fantasy fare in your next MOBA, you can give Fractured Space a spin for...

ARK adds a trio of new creatures and SWAT gear

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Prehistoric animals continue to stomp, run, and scamper into ARK: Survival Evolved. The survival title will be adding three new creatures over the next couple of...
More than you know.

Waitlisted for The Division’s beta? ‘Check back tomorrow,’ says Ubisoft

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Were you assuming that handing over a stack of cash would secure your spot in The Division's beta this weekend? Well, that much is...

Marvel Heroes 2016 launches today with new story chapter, visual updates

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Marvel Heroes is about to reinvent itself as Marvel Heroes 2016. And it's even 2016! What a coincidence! Launching today, the upgrade will download for...

Modders turn Fallout: New Vegas into an online co-op game

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Fans of the Fallout series have been asking for an MMO or online game for years, and there was much disappointment online when the legal dispute between Bethesda...

Heroes of the Dorm returns with $500K in prizes

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Put down those textbooks and pick up that mouse and keyboard, kid, because you're going to game for your education this spring. Blizzard announced today...

Path of Exile demos Ascendancy Berserker, Hierophant, and Pathfinder classes

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Fresh off making public the news that Path of Exile's business is booming and the team is expanding to suit, Grinding Gear Games has produced...
It's beginning to look a lot like QA should have been called earlier.

The Division plans three paid season pass expansions alongside free updates

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Adding further hype to the multi-platform beta tests kicking off this weekend, Ubisoft has opened up on the company blog about The Division's post-launch...

Today’s Tribes: Ascend patch addresses votekicking and vehicles

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The Tribes: Ascend servers are offline right now for the game's impending 1.2 patch. Of note, Hi-Rez is implementing a new vehicle queueing system and reducing...

Funcom announces Conan Exiles, a multiplayer open-world survival game

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Funcom has just announced that one of the Conan games it's working on is Conan Exiles, a multiplayer, open-world survival game. 'CONAN EXILES' is first...

Star Wars: Battlefront delivers huge nerfs, announces DLC plans

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If you've been playing Star Wars: Battlefront since the series was rebooted back in November, you've probably noticed that a few of the weapons and...
This is the world we live in, etc.

Path of Exile updates players on Ascendancy release dates and staffing changes

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In a development that will no doubt shock and confuse many of our readers, January is almost over. If you're a Path of Exile...

The Stream Team: Heading into HEX’s new PvE tutorial (+ giveaway)

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After her hands-on experience with the new PvE patch, MassivelyOP's MJ couldn't wait to get in and play HEX: Chronicles of Entrath on her own...
Losing in a way that's incidentally the same as not in fact losing at all.

Superdata says League of Legends makes more money than any other game you play

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Let's just get this out of the way: Superdata is a research firm that sells its data analysis. It doesn't disclose its methodology or...

Get ready for The Division’s weekend closed beta test

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With little more than a month to go before its alleged March 8th release date, The Division needs to get some serious testing under...