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]

V Rising debuts a teaser trailer featuring Secrets of Gloomrot gameplay ahead of its May 17 release

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The "expansion level" update headed to early access vampire survivalbox V Rising got a pretty important news drop today in the form of a...

Perfect Ten: 25 text-based MMOs and MUDs that are worth playing in 2023

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Wanderlust hits even the most content MMO adventurer from time to time, and while there are worlds a-plenty to visit, sometimes it is easy...

Activision-Blizzard Q1 2023: ABK revenues are up as Blizzard MAUs fall back down to reality

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Activision blinked: Activision-Blizzard wasn't supposed to release its Q1 2023 financials until tomorrow after the bell, but it's just done it this morning out of...

Warframe of Mind: A sneak peek preview of Warframe’s The Duviri Paradox

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After years of TennoCons, folks can see that Digital Extremes is no stranger to introducing new concepts to Warframe, from fishing to flying to...

UK regulators block Microsoft’s buyout of Activision-Blizzard

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Multiple outlets are reporting this morning that Microsoft's buyout of Activision-Blizzard has been blocked in the UK. The Competition and Markets Authority aka CMA...

World of Warships announces a collab with Popeye the Sailor Man in support of World Ocean Month

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What happens when a charitable initiative, a spinach-eating sailor man, and World of Warships collide? One of the weirder yet more wholesome transmedia synergy...

Fractured Veil takes a closer look at its earlier 2023 roadmap plans

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Last week, the post-apoc zombie survival MMO Fractured Veil shared its most recent update plans, including an engine upgrade and a 2023 development roadmap...
why does this continue

Appellate court reaffirms Apple’s store is not monopolist but must still allow third-party purchasing options

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The three year-long legal fight between Apple and Epic finally made another step forward yesterday, but since it has been that long, allow us...
Break it down now.

Cliff Bleszinski is apparently interested in a LawBreakers revival

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For three blissful years now, no one has had to give any thought to LawBreakers outside of those of us who remember this bizarre...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s May lineup embraces Niantic’s bugs

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As I noted in my last Massively on the Go column, for the entire month of May, this column will not be covering Pokemon Go, as Niantic...

Diablo IV promises ‘a level of agency never previously offered’

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Diablo IV may not be serving up Burger King's Whoppers, but it too is promising that you can have it your way. Blizzard's upcoming...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet takes aim again with Ice Inteleon

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First we had an archer Mightiest Mark 'mon, but The Pokemon Company and Game Freak are turning things up by upgrading to Ineleon, the...

Fallout 76 begins testing its summer cryptid patch

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First of all, I think it's important for us to agree that "Summer Cryptids" would make a great name for a new garage band,...

Multiplayer tactical battler Spellcraft recounts its first public alpha, maps a second test for June 19

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The beginning of April saw Spellcraft, the "real-time battler" from studio One More Game, begin its first alpha test (aka Preseason 1). Now that...

Red Cross launches an initiative that challenges FPS players to follow real-world humanitarian laws of war

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It can often look like the opposite is true, but in wartime, many countries theoretically follow a set of laws known as the International...

Call of Duty is getting a board game – with a Kickstarter planned for this fall

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There's a point in the movie Spaceballs where it lampooned a certain franchise's merchandising zeal, but it likely didn't account for the Call of...

Dota 2’s immense New Frontiers update changes mechanics, items, matchmaking, and the map itself

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This past weekend saw one of the largest updates for Valve's MOBA Dota 2 go live, and that's not just marketing hype; it's an...

Blizzard says Diablo IV ‘is not intended to be played forever’ and teases a ‘pinnacle boss’

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Those who had daydreams of playing Diablo IV 'til doomsday might be disappointed to learn that there is an apparent end to its progression...

The Division preps summer testing for Resurgence, readies a PC test for Heartland, outlines Year 5 for The Division 2

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In case that headline didn't clue you in, earlier this week was Ubisoft's "Division Day," a showcase of updates and news surrounding the three...

The Stream Team: A dose of dailies in Destiny 2

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MOP's Chris is back on the grind in Destiny 2 as he looks to clear out some missions, earn some gear (hopefully), and continue...

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