MOBAs are multiplayer online battle arenas, PvP-centric, non-persistent online games that share some but not all mechanics in common with traditional MMORPGs. We formerly categorized MOBAs as “Not So Massively” games. You may also be interested in our Multiplayer category for other multiplayer online games that aren’t fully massive. [Follow the MOBA tag’s RSS feed]
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The MOP Up: Meet Starfall, a new indie Minecraft MMO
So many amazing projects have been birthed from Minecraft over the past decade-plus, including fully formed games. One of the newer of these is...
Riot Games says it won’t be extorted by hackers who breached League of Legends’ source code
Last weekend, Riot Games told fans of its games that it had been hit with a social engineering attack that led to the compromise...
Fight or Kite: HEROish is blend of MOBA and card game aimed at both PvE and PvP players
I’ve always wanted to really get into some meaty card games. Swords, sorcery, and high fantasy were always my favorite things. My family knew...
SMITE unveils a Magic The Gathering crossover, a new god, and the Season of Monsters for January 24
Ten years is a major milestone for any game, but it seems a significantly bigger one for MOBAs as very few of them appear...
Rumor: A League of Legends action game spin-off – Mageseeker – is in the works
If we can rip our eyes away from the still-veiled Riot MMORPG project, we might be surprised to learn that the studio has another...
Warlander may be the ultimate castle siege MMO you’ve been seeking
If the absolute best part of any PvP experience is taking part of the chaos and struggle of castle sieges, then keep an eye...
League of Legends’ 2023 season trailer leaves fans underwhelmed and forces Riot to calm player concerns
Generally speaking, a hype trailer should... well, generate hype, and after the bombastic trailer for last year's season of League of Legends, players had...
HEROish is a multiplayer ‘action-strategy adventure’ that merges MOBA and card game mechanics
The union between MOBA combat and trading card games has come to pass, and that union has formed HEROish, a self-described "action-strategy adventure" title...
SMITE opens voting for its 2023 player council, Divine Knockout releases Zeus and a new battlefied
While Divine Knockout and SMITE don't have much in common in terms of gameplay, they are both Hi-Rez games where deific beings battle it...
Warhammer Online’s Return of Reckoning server brings back Keg End and introduces a new scenario
The rogue server for Warhammer Online isn't letting this year exit without one final drunken bash. Keg End kicked off in Return of Reckoning...
Riot Games struggles to get out of deal with failing crypto company
Riot Games is the latest entity that's learning the hard way that crypto isn't a fast track to wealth and success. Last year, the...
Perfect Ten: The players you’re likely to meet in MMO hell
We've all met folks in game who leave an unpleasant taste in our mouths for a long time after. With all of the good...
SMITE launches its RuneScape crossover event with new skins and quests
You might be inclined to say that all of the new skins characters get in SMITE are aimed at making your character looks much...
The Daily Grind: Should the MMO genre take another stab at esports?
A few years ago, there was a concerted push in the MMO genre to design, amplify, and boost esports, and I don't just mean...
Riot’s lawsuit against League of Legends copycat is tossed, Legends of Runeterra previews 2023
We have a pair of headlines coming out of Riot Games in this story. We'll start off with the latest on a May lawsuit...
RuneScape previews its SMITE crossover and plants a garden in the desert, Old School RuneScape talks poll changes
Today is seeing a veritable flood of news rushing out of Jagex's two ever-running MMORPGs RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, so we're going to...
Kingshunt, a 5v5 arena battler, enters early access
Is it a game about a hunt for a king? About various kings who are hunting? About finding a shunt fit for a king?...
Perfect Ten: 10 great reasons to revisit older MMORPGs
When one MMO dies, it forces us to look at the rest of the bunch through the sunglasses of mortality. The finite nature of...
Epic Games MOBA Paragon is resurrected as Paragon The Overprime under Netmarble’s oversight
It's been a long, strange, and twisty-turny journey for Epic Games' Paragon. The third-person MOBA came out in 2016 but quickly found itself floundering...
SMITE’s Reaping Halloween event and Polynesian folk hero Maui are live in latest update
It's a bit of sunshine and a bit of darkness in the newest update for SMITE thanks to the start of the game's Halloween-themed...
