PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Cyberpunk MMO Zenith just raised more than a quarter of a million dollars on Kickstarter
For the last many weeks, we've been covering the Kickstarter drive of Zenith, a cyberpunk MMO courting both PC and VR players. As of...
WoW Factor: No, Battle for Azeroth’s story hasn’t paid off by the end of the war campaign
You know, I honestly had expected to do something else for WoW Factor this week, and then I was reminded that the war campaign was...
Elder Scrolls Online on the ‘class identity’ that informs its upcoming combat and balance changes
If you're looking at the headline here and thinking oh no not class fantasy, then be aware: ZeniMax knows it's a loaded term and...
World of Warcraft: Classic is successfully letting some players reconnect with old friends
This is just plain nice to see. Regardless of anything else going on in World of Warcraft: Classic, it's good to see people finding old...
Legends of Aria’s Point Release 8 introduces threat generation, macros, and the Runebook
Job one of the tank is to generate threat and keep aggro. Job two is to hope you're not teamed with a DPS who...
PWE’s mobile sandbox MMO ReEvolve resurfaces with new pics and promises
Back in 2018, Perfect World brought a couple of new games to E3, one of them being ReEvolve. At the time, it was described...
Wisdom of Nym: The Final Fantasy XIV philosophy and why it matters
It's been a couple weeks since this one happened, and for that I somewhat apologize because there were more pressing issues to cover in...
EVE Evolved: Is the EVE Online community a force for good in the world?
When we write or talk about MMO communities, we often focus on the practicalities of guilds or in-game events, the drama of forums, and...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Mini Life, Naïca, and MedievaLands
It's time for another roundup of smaller or more obscure MMOs that you might not have noticed! We'll kick off today with a pixel...
Blizzard clarifies the policy on World of Warcraft exploits following the dungeon exploit in Classic
We know that Blizzard intends to punish players who exploited a bug to cause endless dungeon respawns in World of Warcraft: Classic. But as happens...
Blade & Soul’s Storm of Arrows update is now live – here’s the trailer!
The patch notes for today's update to Blade & Soul are online, and it's forecasting a rain storm. The kind you can't really bring...
World of Warcraft posts its patch notes for 8.2.5, somehow not titled the Rise of Bees
New models for Worgen and Goblins! New Party Sync features! The end of the War Campaign! And lest we forget, bees! Yes, World of Warcraft...
First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga prelude, Bound by Blood, now live
It was just two short weeks ago that ArenaNet invited its fans to Seattle for the announcement of the continuation of Guild Wars 2's...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.1 is on its way after the first live letter
We had a good string there of proper translations, didn't we? It was really nice to be able to tune in and just get...
EverQuest community server Project 1999 is launching a new shard next month
Tired of WoW Classic already? Feeling ready to take off the training wheels from your MMO bike and pedal with the hardcore kiddies? Then...
Destiny 2 shares its Season of the Undying release calendar and plans to buff every weapon type in the game
Bungie's weekly report is once again all about Shadowkeep's looming arrival to Destiny 2, though this update has lots of details that may make...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online is losing players, and no one can agree on why
Nobody wants to think that a favourite MMO is losing popularity, but with EVE Online now being over 15 years old, it's a possibility...
Massively Overthinking: Let’s ban a word from the MMORPG lexicon
A while back, an MMO player I follow on Twitter who also happens to be super into sports retweeted something fun into my feed:...
DC Universe Online is going live with its most Metal update today
Yes, today is the day when DC Universe Online truly goes metal. Not because the update brings with it new headbanging mechanics and a surfeit...
Star Wars Galaxies’ Legends rogue server plans PvP flashpoints and fresh ground/space content
Star Wars Galaxies fans know that the rogue server SWG Legends has been teasing new locales, Bespin and Felucia, for a few months now,...
