PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Exclusive: MMORPG Astellia Online deep-dives its Warrior and Scholar classes
Korean-born Astellia has been hovering on the horizon for the last few years of its development as Barunson E&A - the majority owner of...
World of Warships and metal band Sabaton make over-the-top music video for the Bismarck
Wargaming has never been subtle in its advertising and promotions. It also prides itself in the historical accuracy of its vehicles in its various...
VR MMORPG OrbusVR reboots and expands as as OrbusVR: Reborn today
It's a big day for MMOs - and MMO players who've been itching to see more titles on VR. That's because OrbusVR officially launches...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – side stories, part one
Those of you who don't remember the last time I did this particular column series (which is understandable, it was two years ago) should...
Fight or Kite: First impressions of newly free-to-play Albion Online
As soon as I heard that Albion Online was going free-to-play, I knew where I was going to spend the majority of my PvP...
Sandbox MMORPG Oath’s Kickstarter has passed its core crowdfunding goal
Back at the beginning of April - which incidentally seems like a thousand years ago now, but nope - we learned about a brand-new...
Global Chat: Can you play WoW Classic casually?
Over at Priest with a Cause, MMO blogger Shintar came up with a great question for those looking to play World of Warcraft's upcoming...
One Shots: Officially Sanctioned Sunday Afternoon Nap Hour
Shh.
Shhhhhhhh.
Do not, under any circumstances, make a sound during Officially Sanctioned Sunday Afternoon Nap Hour. Some of us take it very, very seriously and...
Atlas shuts down the Empire server in favor of an NA PvE server and announces Easter plans
Hot on the heels of update 1.5 to Atlas comes this week's Captains Log dev blog, which provides word of the Empire PvP server's...
The Division 2 is changing itemization and mechanical balance in the Dark Zone
The planned raid for The Division 2 is being pushed back until May, because the developers have something else to focus on first. Yes, it's...
Perfect Ten: MMOs for puzzle lovers
Ever find yourself complaining that all of the PvE content in your MMO is nothing but shooting something in the face or chopping down...
World of Warcraft begins testing Patch 8.2: Rise of Azshara
Ready, set, test! A week after Blizzard unveiled the full offerings for World of Warcraft's next major content update, the studio rolled the 7.1...
Flameseeker Chronicles: A PvE carebear’s guide to Guild Wars 2 WvW and the Warclaw
By now, you’ve probably seen this hulking, armored cat bounding around Tyria. No, not my Charr warrior; I mean Guild Wars 2's new Warclaw...
The Daily Grind: How open-ended do you want your MMORPGs to be?
A few months ago, MOP's Justin was gently teasing me about playing on a Star Wars Galaxies emulator, and he asked me about my...
SWTOR’s Charles Boyd on new gearing and character progression in Onslaught
Hopefully, you've seen our other coverage of the Star Wars: The Old Republic community cantina that took place this past weekend. If not, you...
The Survivalist: Why I love survival games but refuse to touch Atlas
I love survival sandboxes. They give me that virtual world experience I'm missing from most MMOs. And I can build! So, why won't I...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: TERA Origin, Astaria, NosTale, and Veloren
Welcome back to another brief roundup of MMOs and other online games you’ve (probably) never heard of!
Let's kick off our roundup with something for Japan...
Lord of the Rings Online buffs Burglars on Bullroarer
If you were to poll players across Lord of the Rings Online about which is the most underpowered and least played class, you shouldn't...
Vague Patch Notes: The community is and is not the MMO
The community is not the MMO. That should be obvious. There is a game to League of Legends that exists without any of the toxic...
World of Warcraft previews the Crucible of Storms raid ahead of its release next week
Something sinister stirs beneath the Shrine of the Storm, and in World of Warcraft's upcoming Crucible of Storms raid, it will be up to...
