PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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The MOP Up: Mortal Online’s meaning of Christmas
What is Christmas like in a brutal and bloody sandbox MMORPG? To answer that, you'll need to head to Mortal Online for a first-hand...
DC Universe Online’s Metal Part II episode launches with new missions, raids, and alerts
It's been a long time since I've booted up DC Universe Online, but judging by the lede in the announcement post, everything's gone straight...
Final Fantasy XIV shows off more details about the Blue Mage updates and a new mount for patch 5.15
A firm date has not yet been established for patch 5.15 for Final Fantasy XIV, but we have gotten some extremely relevant new information about...
Destiny 2’s Season of Dawn brings you a winter’s worth of content
Hope you don't have any pressing holiday plans, because you are going to be exercising your trigger finger for the next three months thanks...
PSA: The Crew 2 is hosting a free-to-play weekend starting December 5
I'm not sure when most game companies decided collectively to start weekends on a Thursday, but if it ultimately means more game time for...
Desert Oasis: A critique of Black Desert’s upcoming Tamer succession
Well, it looks like successions are finally here. This month's going to be a pretty big month for Black Desert's western audience with the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 249: Houses and Ponies Online
Justin and Bree discuss EverQuest, EverQuest II, Trove, Guild Wars 2, Book of Travels, Star Citizen, and LOTRO, with mailbag topics on temporary hardcore MMO servers and PvE vs. PvP sandboxes.
Choose My Adventure: How Citadel Forged with Fire made me like survival sandboxes in spite of its faults
So here we are at the end of my first real deep dive into a survival sandbox. Citadel: Forged with Fire is, by all...
Massively Uplifting: MMO fundraisers, GW2 raid class, and saving trees and cats
Being grateful isn't relegated to just one month, but November is when many people -and gamers - double-down on the things they are thankful...
EVE Online previews upcoming content updates due this winter, including the HyperNet Relay
The winter months in EVE Online are looking busy indeed if a preview video is any indication. Players can expect to see plenty of...
Overwatch 2 promises to deliver a ‘complete story with beginning, middle, and end’
The sequel-cum-expansion Overwatch 2 has a number of things for players to look forward to, especially those who are more eager to try out...
Fight or Kite: Archeage Unchained’s leveling PvP is a test of resolve and avoidance
Welcome back everyone! For those of us in the US, the Monday after our Thanksgiving holiday can be a brutal one. Sleeping in (getting...
Gameforge’s Ultimate Pirates issues a letter of marquee to all gamers
Dead men may tell no tales, but Gameforge is alive and trumpeting the release of its newest multiplayer online pirate title. Today, the company...
Massively on the Go: Pseudo-MMOing in Pokemon Sword and Shield
So one of the big draws of the new Pokemon Sword and Shield is the open-world exploration area of the game. It's expansive: It has 4-four-player...
Inferna is a PvE-centered indie fantasy MMORPG headed to Steam Early Access on December 6
One more to the list, eh friends? Steam Early Access is going to be getting a fresh arrival for the MMO genre in the...
Crimson Desert’s lead producer talks about PvE, co-op campaigns, and trade
Our own Black Desert columnist and many of our readers have pondered aloud just what awaits players in Crimson Desert, one of several newly...
WoW Factor: A brief history of allied races (and when a grind is not a grind)
All right, calm down, this is not actually going to be done in the same format as a brief history of flight, if for no...
Global Chat: Remembering the MMO fallen
A discussion chain has been rippling across the MMO blogosphere as of late, with writers reminiscing about online games that have lived and died...
Daybreak announces December launch dates for EverQuest’s Torment of Velious and EverQuest II’s Blood of Luclin
Classic MMO gamers have been able to preorder EverQuest and EverQuest II's big expansions for a while now, but there's one key thing they...
Guild Wars 2 lost yet another dev, this time a key living world designer
If you're starting to get more than a little worried about the line of developers departing ArenaNet, you're not alone. As the Guild Wars...
