PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Atlas, still in early access, addresses reviving PvP and buffing the core game
Atlas has had a long journey since its stumbly early access rollout in 2018, back when it was still promising to be an “MMO...
Massively on the Go: Everything we know about Pokemon Go’s new mega evolutions
In another new twist, Pokemon Go has just released Generation 6's big feature, Mega Evolutions, before Generation 6 pokemon themselves. While we've had mega...
EverQuest II lights up Solusek’s Eye with Game Update 115
Things are heating up in EverQuest II with the release of Game Update 115: Reignite the Flames. The patch comes equipped with many challenges...
Choose My Adventure: Determining the strengths and weaknesses of AdventureQuest 3D
So it’s my final week here in AdventureQuest 3D and things ended with not a bang nor a whimper so much as with a...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Reflections in Crystal storylines
All right, let's make something very clear right off the bat: There will be spoilers in this column. If you have managed to not...
Destiny 2 takes a look at the Prophecy dungeon design and explains the Content Vault
Destiny 2 appears to be wearing its MMO-ness like a snuggly coat if a couple of recent articles are to be believed, what with...
Champions Online invites you to kill bugs with fire (or frost, lightning, or plasma)
Bugs! Spiders! Creepy crawlies! If these pests invade your home, you have our full permission to exterminate with extreme prejudice. And if giant-sized versions...
World of Warcraft is adding diminishing returns for secondary stats in Shadowlands
So secondary stats on gear in World of Warcraft have the potential to get out of control. Fortunately, the developers have a solution for Shadowlands...
Blade & Soul Midnight Reborn update is now live
The update for Blade & Soul is happening now, but the real fun starts at midnight. Specifically, it starts in the revamped version of...
Gloria Victis Siege’s free prologue version is live on Steam
Back in March, Black Eye Games surprised Gloria Victis players and everyone else by announcing Gloria Victis: Siege, a survival and resource management game...
Lineage II rolls out Tales Untold content update for both core and Classic versions of the game
Blade & Soul isn't the only NCsoft MMORPG getting love this week: NCsoft West and 4game are dropping a major patch on Lineage II...
WoW Classic’s permadeath community is absolutely hardcore
World of Warcraft Classic isn't exactly a walk around the block, especially if you're coming at it from modern MMOs. Of course, that's part...
Global Chat: Getting an early look at Crowfall’s beta
Now that Crowfall's beta is on the scene, plenty of curious gamers are streaming in to see what ArtCraft's ambitious PvP title has to...
Check out Sims 4 builds for living in Dalaran or Darnassus… or in a world of Overwatch
You probably do not want to live in Darnassus in World of Warcraft. For one thing, it's on fire. For another, even when it...
Wurm Online tops concurrency records and will add yet another new server
Wurm Online has been fully on Steam for just over three weeks now. The surge of new players prompted Code Club to to roll...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Reflections in Crystal content
All right, this format worked well last time; let's go for it again and talk about Final Fantasy XIV's latest patch. But to start...
Ghost of Tsushima is getting a co-op mode added with a free expansion
Enjoying traipsing about Japan in Ghost of Tsushima but wish you could do so with your buddy, Ninja Rick? The bad news is that...
Blade and Soul’s next update introduces a compound system to the mix
Are you ready for some foooootballlll? No? Well then, maybe you're more in the mood for some Blade and Soul instead. You've got that...
Dual Universe AMA talks about beta, sanctuary moons, and free money
With the end of Dual Universe's NDA and the start of beta later this month, you can expect to be hearing a lot more...
Massively Overthinking: Jumping the shark in MMOs
I'm sure those few people out there still bearing a grudge over the Rune-keeper would disagree with me, but one of the things that...