PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Action MMO Warlords Awakening hits Steam, planning early access soon
So here's a new one for the consideration pile: An MMORPG called Warlords Awakening has just dropped on Steam. Developer Playwith says it's in...
E3 2018: hands-on with The Division 2 – a major upgrade over the original game
At this year's E3, Ubisoft creative director Julian Gerighty said team behind The Division 2 tried to learn "everything" from The Division to help make the sequel...
E3 2018: Skull and Bones fleshes out its gameplay with the Hunting Grounds
Player choice and random map elements are the key to the meat of Skull and Bones' replayability said Ubisoft at this week's E3 2018....
Blade and Soul preps two bonus events for its Celestial Dawn release
Seriously, what could be better than a juicy content drop for your favorite fantasy MMORPG? Well, how about a pair of events that tie...
E3 2018: Fortnite launches on the Switch today
It seems weird to me now that the game we were preciously calling "Crowfall for PvE fans" at last year's E3 has changed so...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Discussing Guild Wars 2 content voids and cadence disruption
Waiting for a Living World release you know is coming eventually is one of the more frustrating parts of playing Guild Wars 2 for the...
E3 2018: Microsoft picks up State of Decay 2’s Undead Labs
Buried under the avalanche of pre-E3 news this weekend was the blip that Microsoft is spinning up five internal studios, including a brand-new one....
Massively Overthinking: Why is no one meeting the obvious player demand for big MMORPGs?
Massively OP reader ichi_san has a burning question about the state of the industry.
"Lots of people seem to be looking for an MMO they...
The Stream Team: Raiding Path of Exiles’ temple
Earlier this week, Massively OP's MJ completed the 11 incursions to build her first temple of the new league. Today, she's going to dive...
Wild Mage successfully funds on Kickstarter and confirms multiplayer
Congratulations are in order for Luna Orion, which just saw its Wild Mage successfully fund earlier this week! The open-world fantasy game, which the...
Blade and Soul rounds out its Nightfall Sanctuary raid
What MMORPG actually releases a fully-fleshed out raid in this day and age? You have to milk that content drip by drip, giving players...
TERA’s Hero’s Oath is live today with a new dungeon and piles of new loot
Hero's Oath is live in TERA today. Somehow, I didn't quite realize that TERA had committed to a "near-monthly" update schedule, but En Masse...
Bless Online goes on an all-out offensive with its upcoming 140-player battle
Pushing back against poor reviews and mass refunds, Bless Online has grand plans to turn public perception of the game around with big ol'...
The Survivalist: Eight ways to give Just Survive a fighting chance
Do you remember at the beginning of May when Just Survive was talking about "working on a plan to go forward"? I understand if...
Final Fantasy XIV plans to roll back greed-only looting in alliance raids
Sometimes reasonable ideas don't quite work out. Final Fantasy XIV's latest loot change is an obvious example of that; the developers wanted to solve...
Superman keeps on dying in DC Universe Online
I cannot the the only person who finds it humorously weird that up-and-coming heroes in DC Universe Online keep grabbing costume elements from famous...
The Soapbox: Do MMOs still fall victim to the copycat curse?
When Radical Heights launched, I was inspired to put together a whole Perfect Ten about why trend-chasing doesn't work for online games. Obviously, my...
ArcheAge’s fresh start servers snag the ‘Conquer’ update next week
Trion's pretty sure MMORPG gamers cannot get enough of starting over in ArcheAge, which is why it's whipping up yet another phase for the...
Perfect Ten: What I’ve always wished for in a Fallout MMO
This week I've been absolutely consumed by the thought of Fallout 76. I know, I know I shouldn't get my hopes up for a...
Black Desert’s Lahn class awakens today as Kakao counts 8.5M registered players and bans 738 cheaters
As promised, Lahn Awakens in Black Desert today, which is preeeeetty fast turn-around for a new class in the game.
"She can swiftly switch between...
