multiplayer shooter
Six year-old Battlefield 1 sees a surge of players after Battlefield 2042 flops and work starts on next game
We've noted before that Battlefield 2042 has not been in the best shape. The shooter launched last year and almost immediately struggled to gain...
The Stream Team: Hoping to pick some multiplayer fights in the retro-style FPS Prodeus
It's Sure, Why Not Sunday once more for MOP's Chris, and he's got a hankering for some hyper-violent FPS multiplayer action! There are a...
Overwatch 2 details a host of changes being made to competitive play
An arguably heavy-handed free-to-play setup isn't the only thing that's going to be different in Overwatch 2. The shooter is also looking to use...
Hell is Others is a top-down online multiplayer survival horror shooter launching October 20
What if you lived in a city that was full of shadowy monsters and you had to roam into its streets every night to...
Hi-Rez updates Realm Royale after a two year-long span of silence
It would appear that Hi-Rez Studios is in the business of bringing games back from the dead. After a two year-long span of no...
Splatoon 3 outlines its multiplayer game modes, announces a playable demo’s release on August 25
Today saw the multiplayer team shooter Splatoon 3 unleash a giant info dump in its own Nintendo Direct video showcase, which offered up 30...
Multiplayer shooter ARPG Space Punks adds a new planet and tweaks respawning in latest update
Remember Space Punks? It's the multiplayer ARPG looter shooter being developed by Flying Wild Hog and published by Jagex; the game entered paid-for early...
Thunder Tier One is a multiplayer top-down tactical shooter from a PUBG dev, and you can play test it this weekend
Evidently, one of the developers of battle royale shooter PUBG, the head of action and gunplay unit Pawel Smolewski, has been working on a...
Not So Massively: Checking the pulse of Star Wars Battlefront II
As I am someone who is at best lukewarm to the Star Wars franchise, nearly as ambivalent toward shooters, and almost entirely uninterested in...
Riot developer confirms Valorant has an anti-cheat process running in the background
Many folks feel extremely strongly about multiplayer games that have anti-cheat processes that run when the game boots up, so we feel it fair...
Not So Massively: A wishlist for MMO-adjacent online games in 2020
With the year drawing to a close, my thoughts turn ahead to 2020 and what new gaming experiences it may bring. I am an...
Not So Massively: Overwatch 2 is what Overwatch should have been from the start
Much to my own surprise, the announcement that most excited me at BlizzCon this year was not from any of the franchises I usually...
CS:GO stops letting players sell container keys due to their use in money laundering
The otherwise innocuous activity of selling keys to open containers in CS:GO has apparently been used for far more nefarious purposes. According to a...
Not So Massively: Four things Anthem can do to turn itself around
I've been a cheerleader for Anthem from the get-go. I believe BioWare's multiplayer shooter is a good game with huge potential to become a...
Anthem’s patch 1.40 brings freeplay changes, returned loot, and a hint toward Cataclysm’s ending
Throughout the Cataclysm event, Anthem has continued to roll out a slow but steady trickle of new loot, arenas, and story missions, but today's...
Not So Massively: Comparing looter shooters, from Destiny 2 and Division 2 to Anthem and Warframe
Looter shooters -- online games with shooter gameplay and loot-based progression -- are all the rage these days. But maybe this trend has passed...
Not So Massively: Anthem’s Cataclysm is actually a good ride
It may have taken a while, but the Cataclysm has at last come to Anthem. A rogue Dominion team is trying to control the...
Overwatch’s new role queue matchmaking system goes live on the PTS
In Overwatch, getting stuck with an imbalanced team can be rough, and good team composition can often make the difference between a hard-won victory...
Anthem players get excited for Cataclysm precursor event that turns out to be a bug
Following its delay back in April and a month-long stint in testing, Anthem's long-awaited Cataclysm event finally appeared to be ramping up in the...
Apex Legends kicks off its second season with an altered arena and a new legend
The Apex Games are back in full swing, as Apex Legends has just kicked off its second season. Dubbed Battle Charge, the new season...
