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 previews its super nostalgic fall 20th anniversary event
You World of Warcraft players have finished up The War Within by now, yes? No? Well, all y'all better get on top of that...
Lost Ark confirms Aegir raid’s October 23 launch, elixir and transcendence system updates for September 11
Lost Ark has a news digest video to share with its players, with Amazon offering up a bit more information concerning some of the...
The Stream Team: Going on a raid in Elite Dangerous
When you think "raid" in our corner of the gaming sphere, you usually think of large parties in an instanced dance battle. Not so...
World of Warcraft readies The War Within’s Season 1 while WoW Classic tests Rage of the Firelands
Despite what that goofy demon hunter once said, Blizzard does want you to be prepared for everything that's happening in the World of Warcraft...
Pokemon Go’s Niantic stealth-nerfed raid staples and restricted Max Battles
All good things must come to an end. No, Pokemon Go isn't going anywhere, but after scoring some wins with the community, Niantic has...
Choose My Adventure: Fractured Online offers a perfectly good PvE sandbox, so why am I not in love?
Here we are past the month of August (yes really) and I am left kind of conflicted about my feelings toward Fractured Online. On...
Tarisland confirms more content, new dungeons, and account-wide items coming in Blight Dragon Elegy
The Blight Dragon Elegy season is on its way to Tarisland, and it's doing more than just bringing a weird content name: It's also...
Corepunk aims to shore up several systems for early access while delaying alpha wipe
The race definitely is on for Corepunk to make its deadline for a November 26th early access launch. After a couple of unexpected wipes...
Ashes of Creation previews Alpha 2’s Citadel of The Steel Bloom and Firebrand
The road leading to Ashes of Creation's long-awaited Alpha 2 is less than two months away at this point, and Intrepid Studios hopes to...
The Daily Grind: When’s the last time you partnered up with a stranger in an MMO?
I'm having a pretty great time on Lord of the Rings Online's new progression server, partially because it's keeping the community in the same...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s Max Out season brings a little hype back
The Pokemon Go fall seasonal update, coming September 3rd, is called Max Out, and if you haven't kept up with the main series of...
Flameseeker Chronicles: How to gear up in Guild Wars 2 in 2024 – without breaking the bank
Gearing in Guild Wars 2 is simultaneously really nice and also very frustrating. It's nice because there is no uber tier of stats locked...
Dune Awakening talks about character builds, survival ‘pressures,’ and overall MMO gameplay
Dune: Awakening went from YouTube Shorts to a big Gamescom splash with the reveal of a 2025 launch on PC. We're now getting a...
Dungeons and Dragons Online applies multiple fixes and hands out more Year of the Dragon goodies
Dungeons and Dragons Online's newest patch might not be a particularly thrilling one, but if you're the kind of player who likes free goodies...
Kickstarted VR MMO Zenith just released its last content patch before heading into maintenance mode
This week's Zenith patch is a bit of a bittersweet one - or grumpy one, depending on your view. That's because it's the last...
Lost Ark finally tackles raid balance for Echidna, Akkan, and Thaemine in today’s patch
This week's Lost Ark update is a bit of a smol bean in terms of actual new content, but it's still worth pointing out...
Flameseeker Chronicles: 10 easy Guild Wars 2 builds for solo play in 2024’s Janthir Wilds
While most MMORPGs offer a variety of ways to play a character, Guild Wars 2 offers a huge variety of builds for each of...
Albion Online’s next big patch addresses solo mechanics and open-world PvE
Sandbox Interactive's Robin Henkys is sitting down one month after Albion Online's Paths to Glory to talk about what comes next for the PvP...
Aion Classic EU promises a new PvP map and two endgame instances in Dominance update
Aion Classic EU has been cranking out updates all year - and it's got at least one more in store for 2024. Gameforge announced...
Bossa’s Lost Skies highlights UI updates, ship machine guns, and boardable skywhales
The monthly development reports from Bossa Studios' PvE survivalbox Lost Skies roll on, and while the end-of-August edition doesn't provide any kind of release...
