PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Exploring Pokemon Go’s real-life communities: MOP staffers revisit the game from opposite corners of the world
It's year two of Pokemon Go. While there's always room for improvement, enough has changed that I feel comfortable recommending the game to at...
Blade & Soul’s False Idols update includes two endgame raids
Among the highlights of Blade & Soul's upcoming False Idols update are two raid dungeons for endgamers to explore. NCsoft's lightly previewed both in...
Fortnite rolls out season 5 as Epic Games retroactively grants modders a bigger profit cut
Fortnite's season 5 is live now with its all-new battle pass to turn your free-to-play experience into dress-up battle royale. We know that's what...
Interviewing Frostkeep’s CEO as Rend announces July 31 early access
Are you looking for a new way to survive? It's coming. We've watched as Rend wandered down its closed alpha path since May, but...
The Division 2 won’t force you to group if you don’t wanna
With The Division 2 on the way for next year, fans of the series are trying to get a handle on just how much...
Skyforge details the coming changes to PvP with new stats
There's been a bit of a problem with the balance of PvP in Skyforge. The developers want players to be rewarded for accomplishments in...
Wisdom of Nym: Taking a spin in Final Fantasy XIV’s Heaven-on-High
Heaven-on-High is not quite the same as the Palace of the Dead. That is not surprising; they're different places with different lore and slightly...
EVE Evolved: Improving EVE Online’s organisational tools
Throughout most of EVE Online's lifetime, players have developed their own third-party applications (and yes, spreadsheets) to help organise and enhance their gameplay. We've...
Pokemon Go’s second anniversary report card sees high marks for content and innovation
Today is Pokemon Go's second-year anniversary. Last year's report card had to grapple with things like the game's rapid rise and fall as a fad,...
ArenaNet has let go two Guild Wars 2 devs following a heated Twitter confrontation
Please note that this article has been heavily updated over the last week as this story has continued developing. New additions are at the...
Bless Online’s 4th of July patch adds new PvE dailies and a PvP battleground this evening
Live in Bless Online on the holiday today is the 1.3.0.0 patch as promised, with its two big chunks of new content. PvE players are...
Guild Wars 2 living world AMA on beetles, Joko, PvP, fractals, raids, and just what the heck happened last week
Team ArenaNet descended on Reddit last night to chat about all things - what else - Guild Wars 2. But if you haven't got...
Bless Online’s 4th of July patch offers content for PvE and PvP players
It's a big week for Bless Online, as Neowiz is prepping an update due to hit right smack in the middle of the 4th...
Pokemon-inspired MMORPG Temtem just funded on Kickstarter with over half a million bucks
Temtem has just fully funded on Kickstarter to the tune of just about $573,919, with 11,715 backers (the counts will keep fluctuating for a...
The MOP Up: EverQuest II’s scorched sky policy (July 1, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
The Stream Team: Raiding ARK’s island ascension cave
With access to a full set of ARK servers, Massively OP's MJ and the crew have their choice of adventures. And today, they choose...
The Game Archaeologist: Raph Koster on MUDs and Privateer Online
The release of Raph Koster's monster book of game essays, Postmortems, was of high interest to Bree and me for different reasons. For her,...
Chaos Theory: A year in the life of Secret World Legends
We've talked all about Secret World Legends' first anniversary party, but now it's time to talk about the game's first year. Fans can easily recall...
City of Titans is bringing the control lifestyle back, baby
Raise someone else's hand up if you have fond memories of playing a Controller in City of Heroes. The concept of a crowd control...
Battle Royale roundup: Realm Royale, H1Z1, PUBG, and Cuisine Royale
All hands on deck, people! We are at Maximum Battle Royale this summer and the bubble hasn't burst - at least not yet. Maybe...
