PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Massively on the Go: All the events and promos coming Pokemon Go this fall
Pokemon Go has received a sudden influx of new events, updates, partnerships, and "heads-ups" from Niantic in the past few days. Most are small,...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is LOTRO at war with Orcs – or with its playerbase?
Normally, I would be opening this column with my enthusiastic explorations of the brand-new content update for Lord of the Rings Online. After all,...
Tree of Life spawns a survival MMO sequel named Oddria
A quick history lesson: Back in 2017, studio Oddone Games released a multiplayer sandbox named Tree of Life that didn't do so hot and...
Gamigo officially announces the Atlas Reactor rogue-lite co-op PvE title Atlas Rogues
So let's review: In the middle of October, the Atlas Reactor Twitter account suddenly sprang to life with confirmed activity from several official Twitter...
New World has kicked off its fall alpha test today as patch notes point to reduced leveling speed
You might have forgotten, but Amazon has one more big New World alpha test lined up this year, and it's creeping up on us.
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Lord of the Rings Online’s $20 quest pack, War of Three Peaks, launches today
It's a strange and uncertain new era in Lord of the Rings Online, as Standing Stone Games has moved to start selling quest packs...
Pantheon talks pre-alpha 5, publishers, and properly funding the vision
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen producer Ben Dean recently did an interview with YouTuber Nathan Napalm touching on a wide variety of topics related...
Destiny 2 prepares for its next world first raid race, players cheer closure of cheat vendor
There are a couple of new things that certain Destiny 2 players can look forward to, particularly if you're among those who are clamoring...
Atlas Reactor’s revival is actually a story-driven co-op game that was part of original prototyping
Gamigo surprised a lot of gamers this week when a number of confirmed Twitter accounts started stirring the pot for a return of Atlas...
Blade & Soul’s Halloween-themed Blade & Ghoul event arrives on October 21
It's time for something even creepier to come to Blade & Soul than the Lyn or some of the game's female outfits: It's Blade...
Massively Overthinking: What one MMO mechanic or system would you like to banish to the ends of the earth?
Back in September, one of our dear readers Aldristavan sent in a fun question for the Massively OP Podcast: What's one outdated MMO mechanic...
TERA: Endless War is a mobile strategy game based on the IP now available for pre-registration
While the stewardship of TERA has been a rather sloppy pot of chili, the IP of the game appears to be heading to the...
EverQuest announces its 27th expansion, Claws of Veeshan
Perhaps EverQuest fans were a little concerned that Daybreak might not be able to put out its yearly expansion, what with COVID and all....
Secret World Legends offers up public raids and daily login rewards for Samhain 2020
The Halloween season is especially near and dear to Secret World Legends' heart, what with its whole vibe of Anima-powered people taking on literal...
Some Assembly Required: How clever gamers solved Dual Universe’s massive puzzle event in record time
If you are a fan of sandboxes and virtual worlds - and you are reading Some Assembly Required, so you probably are - then...
Perfect Ten: 10 notable MMO developers that shut their doors
When En Masse Entertainment announced that it would be closing its doors this fall, we here at Massively OP came to the realization that...
Dungeons and Dragons Online: Fables of the Feywild’s bundles includes a $130 edition
With Dungeons and Dragons Online's next expansion tentatively scheduled for November 4th, Standing Stone Games is urging players to get ready for Fables of...
Legends of Aria’s Toil and Trouble season six content gets spookier and longer
It's time to get spooked on in Legends of Aria as season six: Toil and Trouble is bringing all sorts of Halloween-style content for...
Destiny 2 offers a peek at revamped new player onboarding and armor mod adjustments
Bungie's usual weekly newsletter is once again offering up some sneak peeks for Destiny 2, specifically a look at a new player experience refresh...
Dungeons and Dragons Online starts Fables of the Feywild pre-orders, gives a free dungeon to all
Monday will be a big day for Dungeons and Dragons Online, as a sizable patch is dropping for the game at the same time...