PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Destiny 2 provides one more Final Shape preview, collabs with Dungeons & Dragons for a cash shop bundle
We are now mere days away from Destiny 2: The Final Shape going live (unless you were among those PS5 players who got that...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO enters its Shared Skies season without sharing much info
We're entering the summer season in Pokemon Go, and this one is called Shared Skies. If you ignore the repeat info from the upcoming...
Massively Overthinking: Is tab targeting a problem in MMORPGs?
This past weekend, MMO designer Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street lobbed another bomb rather cavalierly into the MMORPG discourse, this one about tab targeting. And maybe...
World of Warcraft starts The War Within beta next week while softening power scaling in Mists Remix
Starting on June 5th, World of Warcraft players who pre-ordered the most expensive version of The War Within and a select number of people...
Ship of Heroes talks raid preferences, its new raid UI, and its animation system overhaul
If you're following Ship of Heroes' Twitter or official website for updates, you won't find the latest news there, as Heroic Games has focused...
Portions of Destiny 2’s Final Shape expansion accidentally become playable to PS5 fans ahead of schedule
We're reasonably sure that releasing the next expansion for Destiny 2 is a bit more involved than pushing a "go" button, but it looks...
Casually Classic: Three questions I have for WoW Classic’s probable Pandaria
Oh hey, Cataclysm Classic is here. You can absolutely sense the palpable excitement and community buzz over it, much the same way you can...
Embers Adrift adds new dungeons, a horrible beetle monster, and the ability to form a raid group
We all knew it was coming, but this week it's been made official, as Embers Adrift has brought out its latest large-scale content patch...
Fight or Kite: Rabbit and Steel distills the MMO raid experience into a flashy boss battling roguelike
So here’s one that came out of left field for me. Rabbit and Steel (heretofore mentally referred to as Buns 'n' Blades) is an...
Warner Bros. battler MultiVersus officially relaunches with cross-platform play
The jury is still out whether or not "MultiVersus" is a clever title, but either way, Warner Bros. popular team battler finally slugged its...
Tarisland announces a global release date of June 21 – here’s the new trailer
There have been a lot of teases, previews, and tests over the past few months, but now Tencent's WoW-like MMORPG Tarisland has locked down...
Blizzard says adding raid finder to WoW Cataclysm Classic is a matter of player feedback
LFR. Three little letters that can apparently spell intense psychic damage to a certain class of player in World of Warcraft Classic. With the...
The Game Archaeologist: Runes of Magic, an MMO that made millions disappear
In more ways than one, the year 2004 was a pivotal one for the MMORPG community. Even as games like City of Heroes, EverQuest...
DC Universe Online’s new episode, Brainiac Returns, is live now
What's a good metric for a threat in the world of DC Universe Online to be taken seriously? How about when it brings the...
PSA: Skull & Bones will be free-to-play for a week starting on May 30
While much of the focus out of Ubisoft's piratical multiplayer title Skull & Bones has been about May 28th's Season 2 release and all...
Destiny 2 outlines Final Shape’s armor and ability updates and a new Pathfinder UI
Destiny 2 continues to unleash a torrent of hyper-granular details about its Final Shape expansion this week, with dev blogs, weekly newsletter information, and...
WoW Factor: Story Difficulty is a bad idea and a good idea all rolled into one
Back during Wrath of the Lich King, I remember people asking for a story difficulty for raids in World of Warcraft because if the...
Co-op raiding roguelike Rabbit & Steel celebrates passing 100,000 copies sold
When you're a solo indie developer, it's hard to know when a game is going to resonate with a potential audience, especially when that...
Elder Scrolls Online deep-dives Gold Road’s Lucent Citadel raid and Mirrormoor Incursions
A week and a half out from the launch of Gold Road on PC, ZeniMax Online Studios is previewing the big group content en...
Overwatch 2 is killing its Hero Mastery Gauntlet PvE mode at the end of season 10
Blizzard is apparently taking an axe to yet another PvE-esque mode in Overwatch 2 as it winds down Hero Mastery Gauntlet for good at...
