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]

Star Citizen pushes back alpha 3.23’s new hangars and cargo missions, adds in water physics instead

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For the past several weeks, Star Citizen has been talking up the features of its upcoming alpha 3.23, often calling it one of the...

Sea of Thieves marks 40 million players to date as it preps its PlayStation 5 launch

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Many live service games would give anything to see success numbered in the tens of millions, which makes Sea of Thieves' current accomplishment that...

V Rising demos its new Dracula-themed endgame zone, Ruins of Mortium

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Vampire survival sandbox V Rising continues its efforts to drum up hype as it seems certain to lap Valheim when it fully releases on...
Thank goodness we finally launched.

Skull & Bones is already on 50% discount two months after launch

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After being delayed approximately four thousand times, to the point that we were even making jokes about it to the date it released, how...

Post-layoffs, Palia is celebrating its alpha anniversary with a new buyable bundle

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We've all been figuratively holding our breaths to see what would happen with Palia after the last month of mess, and now the game...
Meness and Ausrine, sittin' in a tree...

Not So Massively: Godsworn made me break my ‘no early access’ rule

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I'm pretty blasé about most monetization in games, but there are a few things that I don't like, and charging for early access is...

Heroes of the Storm is getting its biggest post-maintenance mode patch yet

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After causing a stir with some small patches late last year and earlier in 2024, Blizzard's MOBA Heroes of the Storm is back again...

The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming checks out Your Only Move is Hustle

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Fighting games aren't normally the purview of our stream team (except for that one time), but that doesn't mean MOP's MJ and Chris can't...
GTA Online

Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive lays off 600 employees and axes game projects

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The wave of job cuts flooding the games industry doesn't appear to be slowing down anytime soon, as this time around Grand Theft Auto...

Hearthstone has kicked off its fairytale season 7 and the new battlegrounds duos mode

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Blizzard has been busy the past week, and now it's turned its attention back over to Hearthstone, which officially launched its Battlegrounds Duos mode...

The Stream Team: Hunting for the big robot doggos in Helldivers 2

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OK, so they're technically called factory striders, but MOP's Chris sees them as giant robot dogs. Robot dogs packed with guns that kill. So...

Last Oasis, four years in early access, finally releases its modkit and teases season 6 (again)

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Last Oasis has been a side-eye magnet in the MMO world for a few years now. The "woodpunk" survival MMORPG had the misfortune to...

Kickstarted cozygame Solarpunk didn’t make its Q1 alpha, but devs say they’re ‘making significant progress’

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One of the top multiplayer Kickstarters of 2023 was for Solarpunk, when indie outfit Cyberwave Games and Rokaplay pulled in $330,000 US on a...

Tower of Fantasy debuts a teaser trailer for its April 30 Celestial Destiny update

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The hype machine is beginning to spool up in Tower of Fantasy, as the shared world RPG has started talking up the April 30th...

Mad World will condense all of its regional servers into one single server April 25

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So hey, how are things going for Mad World? Well, if the OARPG's latest announcement is to be taken at face value, things possibly...

Fight or Kite: Gigantic is a fantastic MOBA, but it’s missing a bit of Q and A and TLC

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Over the last couple of months, I’ve been keeping a cursory eye on the development and release of Gigantic: Rampage Edition - another resurrected...

Grand Theft Auto Online hikes its optional monthly subscription fee GTA+ by two bucks

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Stealing cars, gunrunning, and building a criminal empire in Grand Theft Auto Online is about to become more expensive. Starting on June 11th for existing...

Myth of Empires plans a new region-locked Jade Era server set for North America and Europe

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Survival MMO Myth of Empires is entering its Jade era - that is, it's launching a ton of new localized North American and European...

Gigantic hands out goodies and preps a double XP weekend as compensation for server issues

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Last week, the shooter MOBA Gigantic promised a compensation package for fans as an apology for its rickety relaunch. This week, those fans now...

Overwatch 2’s Season 10 arrives with spunky archaeologist hero Venture

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Not every archaeologist is Indiana Jones; some are actually more destructive and insane as they plunder ruins for trinkets and treasures. One such figure...

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