We know Rage 2 won’t have multiplayer but it will, id Software studio boss Tim Willits told me at QuakeCon today, have some kind of “social component”.
“We will have a social component but it’s not your typical multiplayer,” he said in our interview. “We’re not quite ready to talk about it but we understand community is important, and we understand connecting with other gamers is important. But there’s not a true what I call ‘classic’ multiplayer, so you’re not running around together with your friends, because we feel we have enough hours of entertainment for your money. We feel like we have a good offering.”
We already know, too, Rage 2 will be a live service, so a game kept alive by id Software with extra content after launch. But id Software has been vague about how.
Source: Eurogamer Rage 2 won't have multiplayer but will have "a social component"