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 The War Within officially releases today
If you've managed to dodge all of the pre-order access spoilers both unofficial and official, congratulations: Your reward is the ability to play World...
Multiplayer RTS ZeroSpace previews an ‘MMO mode’ called Galactic War
Crowdfunded indie RTS ZeroSpace has released a view video previewing the Galactic War mode, described as an MMO within the game. The Galactic War...
Lost Ark posts a slight delay to its roadmap for September and October
There's a lot that goes into localizing every content update for Lost Ark, so perhaps it shouldn't be a huge surprise that the game...
World of Warcraft’s The War Within headstart is live – prepare for a long spoiler-dodging weekend
Depending on how much you shelled out for World of Warcraft's newest expansion, this is either the best or longest weekend of the year...
Tarisland’s Dragon Raid Bounty event invites guilds to competitively clear raids for currency rewards
Maybe you're in a guild that's already running through the raids of Tarisland. Well how would you like some extra goodies for doing so?...
World of Warcraft invites you to view your character’s story with the new Warcraft Story site
After 20 years of operation, World of Warcraft characters have probably seen some things at this point. Would you like to take a tour...
Tarisland reveals its icy first season, Blight Dragon Elegy, coming in October
As promised, Tencent has dropped a roadmap for Tarisland at Gamescom today, finally letting players know what to expect over the next couple of...
Blizzard talks Diablo IV Vessel of Hatred’s mercenaries, Dark Citadel raid, and party finder
During Opening Night Live at Gamescom yesterday afternoon, Blizzard's Johanna Faries took the stage to chat about everything coming Blizzard's way over the next...
PSA: Embers Adrift’s sale price will remain in effect ‘for the foreseeable future’
With the July and August summer celebration events now in the rearview mirror, one would assume that the $20 sale price to buy the...
Choose My Adventure: Fractured Online starts off unremarkably but comfortably
I always start off with a lot of concern whenever I enter a sandbox MMORPG for Choose My Adventure. Mostly because these games are...
World of Warcraft yeets Pandaria Remix characters to main servers, talks ‘new era’ of storytelling
It's the last Tuesday reset for World of Warcraft before The War Within arrives, and in many ways, the game is already off to...
Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds expansion officially launches with player housing today
Fellow MMO housing fans, furbish up your design skills because we're going to Janthir Wilds today.
Yes, Guild Wars 2's latest expansion officially rolls out...
Battle Bards Episode 233: Epic fight music
For Battle Bards’ penultimate episode, Syp and Syl explore some EPIC battle music across many MMOs. After all, if we’re going to go out...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s Allied Societies for Dawntrail
We've gone through a lot of different names for what are now being called Allied Societies in Final Fantasy XIV, but I think this...
The Stream Team: The Lost Armory of AQ3D’s Nulgath
It's a new week, you say? So new content in AQ3D? Yup! It may only be new Nulgath daily quests, but there are also...
Storyboard: Roleplaying in MMORPGs is much more common than you think
Back around the time when the game's first expansion was a going concern, there was a post on the World of Warcraft forums about...
Vague Patch Notes: The great content consumption problem in MMORPGs
A friend and I were talking about an MMORPG's content recently (it doesn't matter which one) and I was pointing out how that particular...
Stars Reach begins testing this weekend as Raph Koster talks playstyle and the anti-endgame
Playable Worlds' Raph Koster is continuing his weekly dev blogs about Stars Reach's intended audience this week - though he does say this one...
Lost Ark’s Calm Before the Storm update is live with Indigo Island content and bound gold
If you can't spend your August vacationing in the real world, Lost Ark invites you to Indigo Island in Arkesia, which is live today...
Dungeons and Dragons Online has just launched its ninth expansion, Myth Drannor
You antsy Guild Wars 2 and World of Warcraft players can settle down for a bit -- today is Dungeons and Dragons Online's time...