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PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.

Amazon’s New World sails for closed beta in July before its August launch

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While it wasn't ready for primetime this past spring, New World is prepared to make a big splash when it arrives later this summer....
Whoops.

WoW Factor: How World of Warcraft’s elite progression obsession hurts progression players too

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Here's a statement that I think few people will disagree with: World of Warcraft has increasingly focused on raiding and high-end progression as the only...

ArcheAge’s controversial Garden of the Gods expansions is live today

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It should be a happy day for ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained, as the duo's latest expansion, Garden of the Gods, is going live. But...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor chapter is live on console today

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Skyrim is finally opening up for everyone in Elder Scrolls Online today as Greymoor finally officially launches on console. It's been delayed a few...
We're here! We're... that's it, actually.

EverQuest’s Jen Chan apologizes for ongoing issues, compensates players

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Apparently it's been a rough scene in both EverQuest games over the past few months. And this isn't coming from our readers; Darkpaw's Jen...
Destined even further.

Destiny 2 announces three expansions, including Beyond Light, and launches Season of Arrivals

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Bungie ran a whopper of a Destiny 2 reveal stream today, announcing literally all the things. OK, just four or so of the things,...

Tree of Savior promises class remakes, more server stability, and more social features

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The developers of Tree of Savior have outlined a general roadmap for 2020, which will focus on several different pain points of the game...

EverQuest’s Aradune progression server reportedly begins to stabilize

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Last week we chronicled the issues of the Aradune progression server, which faced some massive queue problems at launch. About a week's worth of...

ArcheAge Unchained’s new Fresh Start servers roll out on June 11

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Let's be honest, if any MMO would want to hit a reset button for itself, it'd be ArcheAge Unchained. While the game's entire rocky...

The MOP Up: Granado Espada got a brand-new server

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Have you completely forgotten that Granado Espada -- also called Sword of the New World -- still exists? It does, and in fact, the...

SoulWorker introduces a new high-level raid in its recent update

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Yesterday saw the action MMO SoulWorker kick out a new update that has something for the high-level player: a new raid. Players level 65...

Snag a Conqueror’s Blade year-one anniversary gift pack key from My.Games and MOP

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Dang, time flies: Conqueror's Blade is officially one year into its soft launch this week, and My.Games is havin' a party. "Global publisher MY.GAMES and...

Massively Overthinking: Deleting pieces of MMOs to save them

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Two ideas floated across my virtual desk in recent weeks, neither directly relating to MMORPGs, but they put the nugget of an idea in...

EVE Evolved: A live event threatens to reshape EVE Online’s map

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While EVE Online has always focused on the real stories created by players through player-vs.-player conflict rather than on its NPC storyline, its universe...
Take care.

A happy posthumous birthday to the dearly departed WildStar

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Today marks the six-year anniversary of WildStar's release. There are no in-game events planned for the game, however, due to the fact that the game...

Desert Oasis: Black Desert’s Hashashin, new server types, PvP changes, and new regions

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I would be lying if I told you that I stayed up late this weekend just so I could hear the executive producer Jae-Hee...

Sea of Thieves’ Lost Treasures update adds checkpoints to Tall Tales, daily bounties, and regular events

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The latest content update for Sea of Thieves has brought a bunch of treasures. Lost Treasures, to be exact. Except they're found and being...
Three years of this.

OrbusVR plans summer events, treasure hunting, and economy tweaks for the rest of 2020

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With OrbusVR's recent mini story pack behind it, the devs are moving on to the content coming for the rest of 2020, starting with...

Massively Overthinking: Are MMO developers stuck in the past?

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Earlier this month - so what feels like at least a few years ago - the MMO community amused itself jousting over comments from...
HA HA SCREW YOU JERK

Phantasy Star Online 2 has finally launched on PC in the west after eight years

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As promised - and after so many years of waiting that many folks had long since given up on it - Phantasy Star Online...

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