PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Massively Overthinking: The best MMOs of the decade
A few years back, we did a cheeky Massively Overthinking about our five favorite MMORPGs of all time. It was quite a potent list...
EverQuest II has been busy patching up and fixing bugs post-Blood of Luclin
EverQuest II players have been treated to not just one but two smallish patches this week in the wake of the holiday season and...
The Division 2 reveals early Episode 3 details, Hardcore Mode stats, and a new cosmetics lootbox
The latest State of the Game roundup from The Division 2 has a number of details for players of the co-op shooter, including some...
World of Warcraft previews the upcoming bosses and rewards of Ny’alotha, the Waking City
Pop that Cypress Hill CD in the boombox because it's time for adventurers to just go out of their minds in World of Warcraft. Or... wait,...
Choose My Adventure: Black Desert Mobile is absolutely crammed with stuff
This first-ever edition of Choose My Portable Adventure was more hotly contested than I was expecting. By the narrowest of margins – six votes,...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Things to do when Guild Wars 2 feels stale
It happens to every player in every MMO: Sooner or later, even our favorite games start to feel stale. It may be that you’re...
Albion Online’s Queen update is crowned January 20 with Outlands rework, hideouts, and new faction
Albion Online's next big thing, Queen, is launching on January 20th, and fans of the PvP sandbox will want to prep for this one,...
The MOP Up: AdventureQuest 3D’s studio is up 1.8 million new players
We've seen a lot of New Year speeches given by MMO studios over the past week, including Artix Entertainment's rallying cry for AdventureQuest 3D....
One Shots: Unlicensed fantasy motorists
I've been saying it for years, but just because these are fictional virtual worlds doesn't mean that MMOs should be free from regulations and...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Asteidus, Hordes, Voidspace, and Bloodstone
Think you've played it all in 2019? That kind of hubris means that it is time for another tour of MMOs you've never heard...
Mirage Online Classic brings back an original top-down MMORPG from 2001
This one's for our genre vets or those who like a bit of gaming history in their diet. If you remember old Visual Basics...
Corepunk addresses game speed concerns and thanks content creators for their positive feedback
The upcoming MMORPG Corepunk has been busy in front of the camera over the past couple of weeks. On December 24th and 29th, the...
The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2019
Last year, I counted it up: The first Daily Grind on Massively was written on November 3rd, 2007, one day after Old Massively was...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Haxity, Lumia Saga, Era of Newborns, Ancients Reborn, The Bird That Drinks Tears
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent games you’ve (probably) never heard of - or have totally forgotten about until now!
First up,...
Wild Terra 2 discusses a Bard class, shows off more gameplay, and sells pledges that let backers be devs
Who's ready for a whole gaggle of Wild Terra 2 news? Yes, this small-team MMORPG has had a variety of updates since we last...
WoW Factor: A quick glance back at 2019 for World of Warcraft
So how did this year go for Blizzard Entertainment? Well... badly. You cannot have missed all of that. But it also went badly in...
Ever, Jane improves its frame rate, but its horses be crazy
Quick, what's your best stat? Is it strength? Dexterity? A wicked high intelligence? Well, if you're playing Ever, Jane, then you better respec into...
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2019
When I was handed the reins of Choose My Adventure by the incomparably awesome Eliot, I had bare little idea what sort of things...
Wisdom of Nym: Looking ahead to Final Fantasy XIV’s 2020
Sometimes it's just not terribly interesting to do a year-in-review column for a game, and the fact of the matter is that this is...
The Black Death emerges after months of silence with details on a new update for January
Anyone remember the grimdark medieval survival sandbox The Black Death? Yea, neither do I; the last time we heard a peep out of developer...
