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]

First Impressions: Hands-on with Fae Farm’s delightfully strong opening chapters

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I suspect that many readers are familiar with the moment when a game has you so completely engrossed that you forget to look up...
Don't you guys have phones?

Not So Massively: First impressions of Warcraft Rumble

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Being Canadian and living door to the global superpower down south sometimes feels like being the overlooked younger sibling of a celebrity, so it's...

Diablo IV summarizes gameplay features and quality-of-life coming in October 17 Season of Blood

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We already got a trailer from Gamescom out of Diablo IV, but now we've got a bit more information about October 17th's Season of...

Valheim releases Hildir’s Request update and hard mode speedrunning competition

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Vikings were a hard people and Valheim can be a hard game... but it could always be harder. Now that option is finally available...

Fallout 76’s season 14 is live, kicking off the kitschy Fight for Freedom

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Feeling overwhelmed by all the launches today? Have another one: Fallout 76 is unfurling the banner of Season 14 aka Fight for Freedom as...

Gamescom 2023: Nightingale has been delayed to February 2024, new trailer ahoy

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So we've got good news and bad news for Nightingale. The good news is that it's still launching! The bad news is that it's...

Gamescom 2023 ONL: Nightingale, Crimson Desert, Diablo IV, Fae Farm, Marvel Snap

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Even if you aren't in Cologne, Germany, at Gamescom right now, you can still glue your eyeballs to the screen for Gamescom's Geoff Keighley-hosted...

Destiny 2’s The Final Shape arrives February 27, 2024, as season 22 launches today

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Bungie is pushing onward with Destiny 2's next chapter: This afternoon during its Twitch broadcast, the studio took the wraps off The Final Shape,...

Preloading has begun for tomorrow’s Skull and Bones closed beta test run

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Skull and Bones is setting sale for beta this week - closed beta, that is, which means you're playing only if you got an...

First Impressions: I sat through Wayfinder’s queues so you don’t have to

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Over the past few days, I have spent many hours waiting in Wayfinder's seemingly endless queues. But what of the game at the end...
Popcorn appropriately.

UK CMA confirms block of Microsoft’s acquisition of ActiBlizz, prompting a restructuring of the deal

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The UK's Competition and Markets Authority continues to be a hard hurdle for Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard to clear. As a refresher, the UK government...

Co-op PvE survivalbox Icarus releases a biome-packed New Frontiers expansion August 24

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Do you remember Icarus? We first caught wind of it back in 2021: It's a co-op centered survival title from Dean Hall's RocketWerkz that...
Your approval fills me with shame.

Roblox faces class action lawsuit that accuses the game of turning a blind eye to third-party gambling rings

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Roblox is once more back in the headlines for all of the wrong reasons, as the company that runs the player-generated games platform is...

Splatoon 3 teases next season and next Splatfest, which lets players pick leaders

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We've got lots of big Splatoon 3 events coming up soon, but nothing is bigger than the one-year anniversary Splatfest theme: Would Shiver, Frye, or Big...

ZeroSpace Kickstarter promises a ‘cinematic RTS’ that weaves a sci-fi epic and massively multiplayer galactic warfare

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Assuming one takes the elevator pitch of ZeroSpace at face value, this game could be flipping all of the RTS gamer switches: It promises...

Evercore Heroes ends updates August 24, ‘significantly’ shrinks its dev team, and focuses on redesign

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This past June saw Evercore Heroes, a self-described competitive PvE fusion of MMO and MOBA, enter into closed beta, and though it made an...

Embracer Q1 FY 23/24: Sales and debts improve, Cryptic MMOs bolster back catalogue

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It's time for another MMO and multiplayer fiscal report, this time coming from Embracer Group, the company that owns Gearbox Publishing, which owns Cryptic...
Posing?

Wayfinder team sees ‘great progress’ to fixing horrendous server and login issues

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Is it too early to welcome Wayfinder into the dubious pantheon of worst MMO launches of all time? The online RPG hasn't seen the...

Overwatch 2 hopes to ‘move forward’ after Steam review-bombing and Invasion update

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It's likely been challenging to be Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller: The hero shooter is still being absolutely browbeaten on Steam, with negative player...

Path of Exile releases Trial of the Ancestors and details post-launch hotfixing efforts

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Yesterday was a fresh league's beginning in Path of Exile as Grinding Gear Games released its Trial of the Ancestors update, bringing with it...

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