PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
pve
Desert Oasis: The worst week I’ve ever had in Black Desert Online
This week, I was planning a third entry on my adventures in Black Desert Mobile, but a few very exasperating incidents happened to me...
Ashes of Creation previews mounts and underwater content in latest livestream
Getting around on foot in Ashes of Creation is all well and good, but why bother with that when you've got mounts? That was...
Phantasy Star Online 2’s episode 5 launches tomorrow with new hero class, level cap bump, and raids
Tomorrow's patch day for Phantasy Star Online 2, SEGA announced today, complete with new trailer and pics too. Episode 5 begins tomorrow, meaning that...
Wisdom of Nym: What awaits Final Fantasy XIV’s Norvrandt in the future?
I don't want to spoil Final Fantasy XIV's most recent patch here before the cut, but it is not exactly a spoiler to say that...
Netmarble opens global preregistration for hybrid mobile MMO A3: Still Alive
We've covered A3 Still Alive a couple of times in the last year, but today, Netmarble has officially confirmed that the game is definitely...
Massively Overthinking: MMO voids that haven’t been filled
I swear, so many of the posts I bookmark on Reddit to muse on later wind up deleted, and today I've got another one,...
ArcheAge Unchained promises changes to Marketplace and ArchePass items that avoid pay-to-win territory
Gamigo, in coordination with XLGames, is promising to take ArcheAge Unchained player feedback to heart regarding items in the Marketplace and as part of...
Bless Unleashed launches for PS4 on October 22, with preorder packs live now
The Bless IP never seems to give up, and so it is with the Bless Unleashed PS4 version. We knew it was coming, of...
World of Warcraft developers discuss endgame loot tables, Chris Metzen acknowledges Warcraft movie sequel rumor
The endgame mechanics for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands are still under a degree of scrutiny by players, to the point that the developers have taken...
Lord of the Rings Online begins testing War of the Three Peaks DLC, and yes, boar mounts are high-price bundle perks
The big fall update for Lord of the Rings Online -- newly promoted to "mini-expansion" status with an accompanied price tag -- is now...
Interview: Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida on home development, future villains, and the big changes in patch 5.3
The story of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers got a pretty explosive sendoff in patch 5.3, which brought several major plotlines to their conclusion and...
Pixel art 2-D MMORPG Naïca kicks off open beta on November 10
We've been peering in on the progress of Naïca on a couple of occasions now in our usual roundup of obscure MMOs, noting the...
Sea of Thieves summarizes practically every feature available to players in 2020
It's been a long couple of years since Sea of Thieves, Rare's foray into the online multiplayer world, arrived. Naturally, there's been quite a...
Epic ends support for Fortnite: Save the World on Mac because Apple won’t sign patch updates
The saga of Epic and Apple's legal spat has once more applied a ripple effect to players, this time to Fortnite's PvE mode Save...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: LiteBringer, SamuTale, IcarusM, Stellar Warfare, Primordials of Amyrion, A3, Raid Shadow Legends, Second Extinction
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent games you've probably never heard of (or have entirely forgotten about).
LiteBringer: Tibia fans who aren't...
Star Wars: The Old Republic will be adding a new tier of augments with its next update
The tippy-top end of power in Star Wars: The Old Republic is due to change with the release of update 6.1.4 according to an...
The Division 2 previews Concealed Agenda, the Summit, and gear transmogging
With the latest update to The Division 2 arriving on Tuesday, September 22nd, now seems as good a time as any for the devs...
Blade & Soul previews another round of item and system changes arriving with Cosmic Horizon
As ever seems to be the case with new updates to Blade & Soul, the upcoming Cosmic Horizon update will introduce some more tweaks...
WoW Factor: No, Shadowlands is probably not going to be terrible
I've noted many times at this point that World of Warcraft does not seem to have done a great job with Shadowlands, at least from what we've...
The Daily Grind: How important is player-generated content to you in MMOs?
When I look at the current crop of top MMORPGs, I'm dismayed to realize that not a single one of them has anything significant...
