PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal MMO raid length?
If you've been around in the MMO genre long enough, you know that the idea of raiding has changed a lot. In Ultima Online,...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s quality-of-life changes aren’t half bad
So, Niantic's pushed out a few more changes to Pokemon GO, and it's not all doom and gloom! In fact, a few changes have been...
WoW Factor: Does Blizzard even know what it wants World of Warcraft to be now?
Let's start by pre-empting someone who feels very clever. Yes, I hear you muttering "profitable" as an answer. That isn't accurate; that's answering what...
EverQuesting: A sweet sixteen EverQuest II anniversary retrospective
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen! If you think I've waited 16 years to be able to sing that to EverQuest II, well, you aren't wrong....
WoW Classic explains its Sapphiron tuning, Blizzard raises sub price for Aussies
With Naxxramas' release coming very soon here to World of Warcraft Classic, the devs are fine-tuning the boss encounters -- including a slightly controversial...
Early access game Mini Healer: ‘Like healing in an MMO but actually fun’
Love your healers. Respect your healers. Appreciate them. Empathize with their plight in correcting your overzealous chase for DPS or your forgetfulness for turning...
Perfect Ten: 10 things to genuinely like about modern World of Warcraft
Over the past year, it's been an interesting and illuminating experience to ping-pong back and forth between retail World of Warcraft and WoW Classic....
Destiny 2’s Beyond Light expansion sends players to Europa today
No more delays: Destiny 2's Beyond Light expansion is finally upon us today. As promised, the update sends players to Europa, certainly the most...
Mobile real-time strategy game TERA: Endless War makes its global debut
Back in October, we reported on TERA: Endless War, a new strategy title for mobile based on the TERA IP. As of this past...
Conan Exiles plans anti-undermesh features for PC, updates on the Xbox version’s woes
Busy times over in Conan Exiles land. There's things for both PC players and Xbox players to report on, so let's dig right in:
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WoW Factor: Ego, philosophy, and learning the right lessons in MMOs
Picture the scene, if you will. The year is 2006, and I am working in a library with a number of people whom I...
DC Universe Online battles across time in its latest episode, Long Live the Legion
"Protect the future. Save the past." That's a tall order for any superhero squad, but it's totally within the abilities of the 31st century...
ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained announce Rise of Nehliya for November 12
If you caught Gamigo's teases earlier this week on Twitter, you might have wondered what ArcheAge was up to. Wonder no more: The company...
Dungeons and Dragons Online: Fables of the Feywild launches
It's like your Trapper Keeper covers have come to life, only in MMO form. Dungeons and Dragons Online's Fables of the Feywild expansion is...
Aion EU adds a PvPvE battlefield, a new dungeon, and new gear in the Prison of Time update
Welcome to the Prison of Time, EU players of Aion. Or, more specifically, the Prison of Time update, which has introduced some new encounters,...
EVE buffs up the Encounter Surveillance System to encourage player fighting even after taking out PvE bounties
The upcoming new Dynamic Bounty System for EVE Online gives players a reason to fight PvE pirates and earn bounties, with the game's multiplier...
The MOP Up: Anarchy Online’s remixed raid
It's always a notable event when a stagnating MMORPG suddenly receives an infusion of new content. Such was the case for Anarchy Online this...
One Shots: Cooking with arsenic
In the apocalypse, cooking shows are a lot weirder -- and deadlier. But just because your co-host accidentally drank that bubbling green liquid and...
World of Warcraft shifts its 16th anniversary event, defends raiding over the holidays
Now that the (new) release date of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is public knowledge, both players and developers are swinging into action to prepare...
WoW slots Classic’s Naxxramas for December 1, previews Shadowlands’ Bastion in new video
If you're looking for big news about World of Warcraft Classic... well you're not likely to get it for a while, in spite of...
