moba

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]

The MOP Up: Grim Dawn spices up the endgame with a new mode

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OARPG Grim Dawn's third expansion is on the way with a brand-new game mode that should inject some extended life for its playerbase: "Ascendant Mode...

League of Legends launches its limited-time PvE ‘bullet heaven’ mode and introduces an autistic champion

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Usually the words "bullet" and "heaven" are incongruent, unless you're piloting a mecha named Bullet Heaven or are leading a throwback hair metal band...

The MOP Up: Marvel Snap goes maximum effort with this month’s Deadpool season

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Deadpool's taken over Marvel Snap (just in time for his new movie) and is bringing a new game mode, several new cards (including Gwenpool),...

Riot Games was reportedly working on a Smash Bros-style League of Legends platform brawler

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What would happen if you blended together the platform brawling of Super Smash Bros. with the character roster of League of Legends? You would...

The Daily Grind: What non-MMO has art you wish you could steal for an MMO?

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A while back, MOP's Chris shared an ancient version of the ol' Clickhole "heartbreaking" meme. It doesn't seem to actually be from Clickhole, but...

Paragon spinoff MOBA Predecessor introduces the new characters and ranked mode in latest patches

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Since its early access release in March, the MOBA Predecessor has applied plenty of new goodies for players of the Paragon spinoff to enjoy,...

Perfect Ten: 10 more MMOs you’ve already forgotten ever existed, from Elyon to Defiance

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Last year, I assembled a list of 10 former MMOs that not only have ceased to exist but have ceased to be remembered (for...
Theoretically there's a non-jerk version of this out there, but...

The MOP Up: League of Legends’ game modes help to refresh its theme park design

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League of Legends' game director explained why the MOBA is adding a Vampire Survivors-type mode to make it more like a "theme park," saying,...

The Stream Team: Peeking in to the tiny battle royale brawler Battle Crush

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MOP's Chris is once again taking his stream time to check out something new! Today, it's Battle Crush, the sometimes mythological team-based battle royale...

MOBA-like battle royale Battle Crush begins its free-to-play early access to scathing Steam reviews

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What do you get when you take shrunken mythological heroes as well as a couple of random mascots and pit them against one another...

First impressions of ASKA, Sand Sailor’s brand-new colony-building survival sandbox

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Thanks to the press preview hosted by Thunderful and Sand Sailor, I recently had the opportunity to play around with survival sandbox ASKA a...

Theorycraft’s Project Loki is now Supervive, a F2P neon squad-based battle royale

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Theorycraft Games is a studio name that's popped up several times over the last couple of years, largely owing to the fact that it...

Fight or Kite: Battle Crush is a snack-sized take on the mythological battle royale scene

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Imagine taking a bit of the theme from SMITE (really the only good part about SMITE in my estimation), the common battle royale grab-and-go...

SMITE 2 readies its third alpha weekend for June 27 with three more characters in tow

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Third time's the charm, or at least the next in a series of steps for SMITE 2, as the MOBA has tied down some...

The MOP Up: Among Us adds three new playable roles

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Highly sus game Among Us added three new roles with its latest update: Tracker (keep tabs on Crewmates via the minimap), Noisemaker (make noise...

Anime hero shooter Second Wave and its developer shut down after a disastrous dev cycle

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Over the course of last year, we had been reporting on Second Wave, an anime-styled hero shooter MOBA from developer Challengers Games that looked...

Gigantic launches free trial on Epic Games Store as ranked competitive mode comes to PC

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Gigantic continues to do things nobody expected in 2024: First, Abstraction Games brought it back from the dead years after PWE sunsetted it. Second,...

SMITE 1 reworks dozens of items in mid-season update, SMITE 2 showcases updates to Hecate

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It's a tale of two SMITE titles in this news story, as Hi-Rez Studios has put forth information and updates for both the original...

The Stream Team: How is Gigantic’s Rampage Edition doing?

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It's been some time since the shooter MOBA Gigantic returned to us in the form of the Rampage Edition, which means it's high time...
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Corepunk rallies for another alpha test attempt in July following its borked spring alpha

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It's safe to say that Corepunk's alpha test earlier this month delivered a mixed bag of results. While the test showed high interest and...

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