PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands closed alpha is finally beginning this week
Earlier today, we noted fresh changes in World of Warcraft's launcher that indicated Shadowlands' testing was imminent, and this afternoon, Blizzard has confirmed it.
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Here’s what the first 90 minutes of Bless Mobile look like
Care for another sneak peek at a Korean mobile MMO? Then take a gander at Bless Mobile, which is currently out for Korean players...
Valnir Rok focuses on performance updates, promises to ‘go darker, more violent’
I don't know about any of you, but I never got the impression that the world of Valnir Rok is a particularly warm and...
The Daily Grind: How do you deal with jealousy and FOMO in your MMORPGs?
Earlier this week, Polygon ran a piece on Animal Crossing: New Horizons players who were not happy. It's not because of the game, or...
Final Fantasy XIV wraps up its Shadowbringers creation documentary while preparing for patch 5.25
A big chunk of Final Fantasy XIV gameplay involves re-fighting familiar content. If you play the game, you know that. The final documentary about...
A fan-made Guild Wars 2 dating sim is arriving on Friday to support charity
How would you like to enjoy some amusing Guild Wars 2 dating options without having to actually log in to Guild Wars 2 and...
EVE Online players to face massive invasion in the Eclipse quadrant
The EVE Online universe faced a terrifying invasion in 2019 as the Triglavian Collective began sending vast fleets from their homes in Abyssal Deadspace...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s Loyalty to Lowsec update shakes up Faction Warfare
Between the relative safe haven of EVE Online's high-security star systems and the lawless depths of nullsec where alliances play ping-pong with titans, there...
EVE Online details management of the sandbox ecosystem and explains the intention of resource distribution
The one constant in EVE Online is that things are always changing, but sometimes it's not always clear why things are changing. In a...
Choose My Adventure: Albion Online, chestnut logs, and terrible mistakes
I regret to inform you all that my final moments in Albion Online were something of a bellyflop. A number of smaller frustrations just...
Bloodlines of Prima is a free-to-play PvP/PvE open world hero shooter MMORPG
OK, I confess that the headline for this one sounds like Bloodlines of Prima tossed all of the MMO sub-genres into a blender, whirred...
Massively on the Go: How Pokemon Go is improving without all the ‘go’
We've briefly covered some of Pokemon Go's new changes in light of recent non-fun viral events, and in today's Massively on the Go, I want...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Speculating on Guild Wars 2’s Cantha expansion features
I never thought I’d be saying this with a straight face, but yes, Guild Wars 2 is finally going to Cantha! This fan-favorite locale...
World of Warships’ exercises and recipes, World of Tanks’ overhaul, and War Thunder’s movie set
Welp, here's something I've never seen before: An online game is offering up workouts and recipes that players can do from home while under...
World of Warcraft adds in Legacy Loot mode for Legion raids and dungeons
As the saying goes, it's better late than never. Adding in Legacy Loot for World of Warcraft's prior expansion (Legion) certainly feels late at...
Massively Overthinking: What do you hoard in MMORPGs?
Last week, online gamers made headlines for hoarding toilet paper. No, not in real life - in Fallout 76. Way to embrace the apocalypse,...
Revelation Online’s Skyward World is live today with the new progression system
While the Book of Enchantments sounds a bit like an old '80s high fantasy Muppet show (that I would totally watch by the way),...
Saga of Lucimia shows off over two hours of stage three alpha gameplay
If you've got time to kill (and most of us do) and are following the progress of Saga of Lucimia, then the developers have...
EVE Online addresses cheaters, elaborates on tomorrow’s faction war updates
EVE Online has a whole lot to talk about, both on its official site and in the weekly EVE Pulse video series. This week,...
The Survivalist: Last Oasis virtual dev tour highlights nomadic life and offline safety
At this stage of the survival genre game, you need more than just a novel idea for the setting. You need unique features to...
