PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Kickstarted space MMO Starfighter: Infinity is heading to early access
If you are in the market to try out a new space sim and aren't that discriminating when it comes to graphics or a...
World of Warcraft’s Patch 8.2.5 includes Goblin and Worgen makeovers, bee mounts, and party sync
When World of Warcraft's Patch 8.2.5 arrives later this year, you may stop doing your Nic Cage impression of "Not the bees!" and instead...
Fight or Kite: Exploring Crowfall’s banking, newbie, and God’s Reach update
This past week Crowfall patched in update 5.100 (that’s right - we’ve gone from 5.9 to 5.100, as one does), which wiped existing characters...
Astellia Online offers a video overview of the features waiting in its second closed beta
We touched on what's waiting in CBT2 earlier in the week, but the only thing missing from that roundup was a sizzle trailer. Luckily,...
QuakeCon 2019: Fallout 76’s private servers and new battle royale map
During the Fallout 76 panel at QuakeCon this weekend, Bethsoft dished on some of the content upcoming for the game. Perhaps most excitingly, the...
LOTRO Legendarium: The first year of LOTRO’s operation
It was April 24th, 2007. World of Warcraft players were deep into The Burning Crusade, SOE had just launched Vanguard, and the indie MMO...
The Division 2 gives a video overview of everything new with Episode One
While those with Year One passes for The Division 2 are already enjoying everything new in the shooter's latest update, everyone else still has...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG zones of all time
I once heard it said that a popular studio - I think it was Blizzard - made it a point of asking prospective developers...
MapleStory 2’s Skilled Ally update lets veteran players earn rewards for partying with new dungeon delvers
I'll be the first to tell you that late-game dungeons in MapleStory 2 can be fun, but also a tiny bit confusing. Thankfully, the...
Dungeons and Dragons Online starts testing multiple patches ahead of Update 43
There's a lot coming down the pike for Dungeons and Dragons Online -- so much so, in fact, that Standing Stone Games has resorted...
Aion’s European version releases 7.0 update with new region and Artist spec
Happy patch day, Aion folks eastward across the pond! Gameforge has dropped the entirety of the 7.0 update upon you today with a new...
Here’s how Legends of Aria’s new PvP ruleset changes will work when it hits Steam early access
Following Citadel Studios' announcement yesterday that it'll be launching Legends of Aria's Steam early access on August 6th, alongside a big patch that takes...
Blade & Soul’s Roots of Malice brings two raid dungeons and an event dungeon today
It's patch day today for Blade & Soul, and it's once more got another infusion of high-level content for players to take on. The...
Tamriel Infinium: What comes after champion points in The Elder Scrolls Online?
During the Elsweyr release announcement stream for the Elder Scrolls Online earlier this summer, ZeniMax made an announcement that was somewhat buried within the...
World of Warcraft patches in more threat for tanks and Azshara fixes
Do you find it just a little bit harder as a tank to keep threat consistently in World of Warcraft? It might not just...
The Division 2 opens up early access to its first episode
Ready to explore more story in The Division 2? You can do so starting today with the early access launch of Episode 1, including...
Legends of Aria is finally launching August 6 – with a huge new patch friendly to PvE players
Legends of Aria has had an interesting development life the last few years. Upjumped from the small-scale Shards Online to a much broader-scale MMORPG...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Why Guild Wars 2 is the ideal starter MMO
When I met my wife, she was a console gamer, but she had never played an MMO. She was interested in giving some of...
Fortnite launches second-birthday goodies as season 9 ends with bizarre in-game duel
Just about two years ago, Epic Games finally launched Fortnite, a cartoony co-op shooter/sandbox hybrid it'd been working on since 2011 that we called...
Albion Online outlines its plans for changes to GvG gameplay in Season 7
The next season of Albion Online's GvG battles has two goals. The first is to make it easier for guilds to actually take part...
