PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Fallout 76 previews Wastelanders’ looting and gardening, Fallout Shelter Online goes global
Bethsoft has dropped another preview of what's coming with Fallout 76's Wastelanders expansion next month, with a little hint of everything from the acid...
Choose My Adventure: An impressive and empowering first few steps in Albion Online
Albion Online has been one of those sandbox MMORPGs that I’d always had a passing curiosity about, but was never really eager to take...
Interview: Saga of Lucimia on themepark design, SWG inspiration, and the MMO genre
Last week, we ran an interview with Stormhaven Studios' Tim Anderson, the boss behind upcoming MMORPG Saga of Lucimia. That interview was focused on...
Wisdom of Nym: Hints for our next destination in Final Fantasy XIV based on the past and what we’re ignoring
There's not really question in most people's minds about the fact that there's going to be another Final Fantasy XIV expansion. There doesn't need to...
The MOP Up: Fortnite’s players are spending more money than ever
Don't think that the Fortnite craze has settled down quite yet. According to a new survey, player spending in the game is higher than...
Revelation Online announces Skyward World expansion with new raid, tutorial, and weddings
Revelation Online is having a bit of a moment. Not only is MY.GAMES celebrating the MMO's third birthday here in the west, but it's...
Star Citizen shows off new missions coming in 3.9 and recounts February development progress
Star Citizen's update 3.9 is looming on the horizon and the weekly video digest from RSI is once more focusing on the new stuff...
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Cataclysm
In my mind, Cataclysm still feels kind of recent. I don't know exactly why. It came out closer to World of Warcraft's launch than the present...
Massively Overthinking: How could MMOs combat endgame rushing?
Rushers, content locusts, world-firsters: Whatever you want to call them, these folks are both a boon and a bane for MMORPGs. They buy the...
Vague Patch Notes: Why PvP is a cheap way to fill out a game’s content compared to PvE
It feels like about four years ago when I laid down the first in a semi-regular series of columns I see as "useful notes"...
Lord of the Rings Online introduces a new raid and several class adjustments in its latest update
Hope you're up on your Sindarin, because the latest content update for Lord of the Rings Online has a whole mess of it. Specifically,...
Tamriel Infinium: The lore behind The Elder Scrolls Online’s Falmer
If you’ve played through the Elder Scrolls series, particularly The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, you’ve no doubt encountered a bleached-skin underground foe more akin...
The Daily Grind: Are you a Jumpy McJumperson in MMOs?
When you were young, you found your purpose with the spacebar of your computer keyboard. Suddenly, your characters were slipping the surly bonds of...
ArcheAge’s Treacherous Tides is live with a new ocean raid boss and Swiftblade ancestral skills
RIFT's ninth birthday may have come and gone without so much as a whisper from Gamigo this past weekend, but ArcheAge is still getting...
New World lays out its argument for three-sided PvP
Don't count New World's PvP side down-and-out just yet. Amazon Game Studios made a strong case this past week for why the MMORPG's faction...
Ashes of Creation discusses alpha 1, shows off monsters and houses
Ashes of Creation appears to be ramping up things and nearing a point of its first alpha. The most recent developer update livestream has...
Fallout 76 studio is grumpy more people didn’t PvP
Do you ever get the impression that Bethesda doesn't quite understand its own game audience? That's probably not going to be helped by a...
The MOP Up: Red Dead Redemption’s puke rope saves the day
Puke may have ended Elvis Presley's life, but it could save yours -- if you're playing Red Dead Redemption 2, that is. Polygon posted...
Global Chat: Neverwinter is ‘damn good fun’
You know what's an interesting trend among MMO bloggers lately? It seems that many of them are heading back to Neverwinter -- and enjoying...
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Wrath of the Lich King
The downside to a project like this one, where I'm going through each of World of Warcraft's expansions one by one, is that it...