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]

Sea of Thieves plans next community weekend and February updates in latest video

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The news digest video series from Sea of Thieves is back with its first episode for this year, and in it fans are getting...

Palworld continues its critter preview videos with a look at the legendary Frostallion

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Depending on how far along you've gotten in Palworld (assuming you're one of the millions playing the survivalbox), you might have already gotten to...

Age of Water outlines how to find fish and highlights a couple of NPC factions

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Did you expect a game called Age of Water to not have fishing? If you did, then let Gaijin Entertainment and Three Whales Studio...

World of Tanks series unveils plans for Dune Part Two cross-promotion events and items

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Wargaming and Legendary Pictures have come together, given each other a high-five (probably with stacks of money in their palms), and decided that the...

Multiplayer survival sandbox Smalland exits early access February 15 with new content and features

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Back in March 2018, we first caught wind of Smalland, a multiplayer survival sandbox that sees players as itty-bitty sprites surviving in the scaled-up...

First Impressions: Nightingale’s survival and realmwalking blend could make it a stand-out in the sub-genre

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Our regular readers know that the survival sandbox sub-genre is suddenly getting very crowded in very short order, which means that the upcoming gaslamp...

War Thunder welcomes Lunar New Year with beefy Chinese tanks

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With an increase of Lunar New Year celebrations in online games across the world, it's not quite as surprising that War Thunder wants to...

Sky Children of the Light celebrates emotional connections in its updated Days of Love event

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Love takes a lot of forms, whether it's romantic, platonic, or familial, and that wide spectrum of affection is the heart of Sky: Children...

ARK Survival Ascended rolls back latest update, which was eating players items on official servers

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When you're playing ARK: Survival Ascended, you expect things to be hungry: your tamed pets, the dinosaurs roaming the wilds, your character - you...

Diablo IV is bringing the ability to craft uber unique items on February 13

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When is a Diablo IV item more unique than unique? When it's uber unique, of course! This tier of item has been a farming...

The Stream Team: Just grin and bear it in ICARUS

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Last time when Massively OP's MJ tried to explore ICARUS via horseback, she was waylaid by a bear. Not willing to have her plans...

Warhaven puts out a new character, new pre-season, and Valentine’s Day event ahead of April sunset

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Warhaven is still a multiplayer title that's headed for a sunsetting in April, but you probably wouldn't know that judging by the game's content...

Overwatch 2 previews Season 9 updates to competitive play and characters

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Overwatch 2 has already painted a broad picture of the changes to competitive play due for the shooter's Season 9, but now director Aaron...

Genshin Impact takes cheat makers to court for copyright infringement

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You have to be a special sort of sad to want to cheat in a game like Genshin Impact, let alone one who would...

The Stream Team: Sailing the open beta seas of Skull and Bones

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After seven worrisome delays, it's finally time for MOP's Chris to get his hands on the open beta of Skull and Bones! Will this...

Two weeks into early access, Kickstarted survivalbox Fractured Veil patches up and merges servers

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While server merges are sometimes necessary and healthy, they're not the best optics when they happen mere weeks after a game's early access release....
It's all the money we don't have!

Microsoft insists Activision-Blizzard was planning on mass layoffs before the merger

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As we've been covering, earlier this week the FTC filed a complaint to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, alleging that Microsoft misrepresented itself...

Star Citizen begins its Valentine’s Day, Lunar New Year, and free fly events for February this weekend

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The month of February is loaded to the gills with events (and shop sales) for the alpha spaceship sandbox of Star Citizen, as CIG...
so much better

Former Overwatch 2 lead vfx artist calls out Blizzard for deceptive promotion and pay behavior

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Workers and former workers at the various substudios at Activision-Blizzard have been calling it out as an unpleasant workplace for a while now since...
Hmm. Appears I'm still alive.

Korean Court rules man isn’t a conscientious objector because he likes PUBG

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We admit that the headline for this story is pretty wild, so allow us a few moments to lay some contextual groundwork: South Korea...

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