PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Multiplayer medieval brawler Mordhau marks fifth anniversary with April 29 demon attack
The multiplayer PvP-focused medieval brawler Mordhau doesn't often hit our news desk except when it's promising to fight toxicity or when modders transform the...
Escape from Tarkov causes firestorm by locking PvE mode behind $250 special edition
Battlestate Games has decided that access to a PvE mode for its otherwise PvP-centric shooter Escape from Tarkov is worth a whole lot of...
WoW Factor: Exit BlizzCon, for good this time?
Back in 2021, we learned that there was not going to be a BlizzCon 2022. This did not surprise me, and I penned a...
Lost Ark disqualified and punished Thaemine The First race cheaters
File this one under "this is why we can't have nice things": Apparently, some Lost Ark players thought they'd faff around with cheating the...
New World elaborates on the design of the eight artifacts added with Season of the Guardian
Amazon's latest New World dev blog isn't going to shake any foundations with breaking news, but it does deep-dive the new artifacts added in...
Lost Ark maps out new raids, continent, and progression systems coming through July 2024
If you can believe it, we're almost a third of the way into 2024, which means we're due for more roadmaps out of Amazon...
Perfect Ten: Great MMO April Fools’ Day pranks from back in the day
There are two types of people on April 1st: those who are annoyed and indifferent to the tomfoolery going on all around them, and...
Global MapleStory resolves to ‘follow its own direction’ away from Korean version parity
Western fans of MapleStory have some understandable concerns about the future of their favorite cutesy MMO following news from the Korean version, specifically Nexon's...
Destiny 2 moves group finder out of beta and confirms Into the Light’s permanent content
The weekly Destiny 2 newsletter is once again about the future of the online FPS, specifically offering some advanced looks and important dates for...
Past Fate projects early access launch sometime in the third or fourth quarter of this year
Currently, the sandbox MMORPG Past Fate is in a closed alpha state (except for when it deigns to run open alpha tests). It would...
Ghost dev Brian Holinka broadly discusses the MMO’s combat model
The name of Brian Holinka will very likely be familiar to MMORPG fans, primarily for his work as lead combat designer for World of...
Tarisland answers more questions about PvP, monetization, economy, and cross-platform progression
Tarisland is continuing its multi-day lineup of answers to Discord member questions, as days two and three have brought another couple of rounds of...
Not So Massively: Godsworn made me break my ‘no early access’ rule
I'm pretty blasé about most monetization in games, but there are a few things that I don't like, and charging for early access is...
Kickstarted MMORPG Legends of Aria is relaunching as Legends of Aria Classic on May 9
When last we looked in on Legends of Aria, it was fading fast into unfortunate obscurity. The Kickstarted MMORPG - originally known as Shards...
Casually Classic: Four lessons we’ve learned from WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery so far
As I write this, we're still a long way off from the end of WoW Classic's Season of Discovery. A final stretch of leveling...
Lost Ark’s Darkness Unleashed is live with the Thaemine Legion Raid and gear transcendence
Amazon has successfully patched Lost Ark's April update as of this morning: Dubbed Darkness Unleashed, this is the patch with the Thaemine Legion Raid,...
Tarisland answers player questions about classes and PvE features
Fans of Tarisland are still left waiting and wondering when "official release" is going to happen, so to kill the time between now and...
Albion Online is shaken to its Foundations with today’s massive territory update
While Albion Online is currently in the middle of open beta for the Albion Europe server - players have just under nine days to...
Destiny 2 outlines April 30 Pantheon activity and The Final Shape’s HUD updates
While much of what's happening in Destiny 2 is naturally focused on the content release that is Into the Light, Bungie's weekly newsletter continues...
Genshin Impact’s April 24 update adds a new area, new events, and a new frenemy
Normally when Genshin Impact introduces a new character to its big giant gacha machine (which incidentally has helped developer Hoyoverse to be valued at...
