PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Massively Overthinking: Gratitude for the devs of the MMO genre
Thanksgiving conveniently falls on a Thursday every year, which means it's the perfect topic for our regular Thursday Massively Overthinking roundtable. I've asked our writers what they're grateful for in and around the MMO genre the last couple of years - and now we're gonna do it again.
Blue Protocol shares a couple of sneak peeks at a new region as players share CBT gameplay footage
While we're still an indeterminate length of time before the in-development MMORPG Blue Protocol makes it to our shores, that doesn't mean we can't...
Destiny 2 announces SMS verification to access certain activities, a charity livestream, and world-first raid clear
When your game is free-to-play, there's bound to be a lot of folks who set up throwaway accounts so they can cheat ad infinitum....
The Soapbox: How Pathfinder killed World of Warcraft for me
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands launches today. I will not be playing. Once upon a time, a new WoW expansion would be a major event...
The MOP Up: Conan Exiles forms ‘strike team’ to attack Xbox One server instability
Life in Conan Exiles is by nature harsh, but Xbox One players have it worse than most thanks to a slew of issues that...
Final Fantasy XIV opens its special site for patch 5.4, Futures Rewritten
The next major Final Fantasy XIV patch arrives in early December, but you can start teasing out some information about it now via the newly...
Albion Online seeks to improve faction warfare and Hellgates in its next major update
With the Brimstone and Mist update effectively in the rearview mirror of Albion Online, the question of what happens next for the game has...
Niantic just announced Pokemon Go Beyond, the game’s biggest content update ever
Pokemon GO has already had an overwhelming number of events since late September, with both hits and some misses, but Niantic’s looking to close out...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga: Truce
So here we are, we’re finally entering the home stretch of the Icebrood Saga. Today sees the release of the first chapter of Champions,...
Atlas Rogues, Gamigo’s Atlas Reactor spinoff, begins $14.99 early access tomorrow
Gamigo's deserving of some kudos this year, as after sunsetting Atlas Reactor in the wake of its Trion Worlds buyout, it's now bringing it...
WoW Classic starts Naxxramas raid attument while World of Warcraft nerfs gear
World of Warcraft Classic is certainly feeling the pinch of Shadowlands attention deficit disorder, so the opening of Naxxramas in early December can't come...
The MOP Up: League of Legends’ possible stolen identity
Have you ever had this happen: A new video game character is introduced in one of the world's most popular MOBA -- and it's...
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...
