PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Closers launches on Steam as Tiamat raid update goes live
Happy official Steam launch day, Closers Online! The episodic anime MMO's Steam rollout is accompanied this week by a brand-new mega patch to boot.
"The...
Flameseeker Chronicles: My Guild Wars 2 goals for 2018
It's the time of year for spring-cleaning and goal-setting, where we look ahead to a fresh start filled with plenty of days left for...
EVE Evolved: A matter of balance in EVE Online
Throughout its almost 15-year lifetime, EVE Online has walked a fine line between developing new features and iterating on existing gameplay. Development has to...
The MOP Up: Overwatch rings in the Lunar New Year (February 4, 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...
Co-op survival MMO Dead Maze pits you against zombies when it launches February 13
Last August, we heard about a cute little coop survival MMO called Dead Maze. Yeah, yeah, it's zombies. But it's also not your average...
Massively Overthinking: What are your criteria for recommending MMOs?
Last week, we got a well-intentioned email from a reader named Rick, who proposed a column in which readers tell us what they are...
One, two, three: Aion’s dungeons come for thee
Mark your calendars for February 7th, as NCsoft has marked the date for Aion's hefty Update 5.8. There's a lot coming with this content...
WoW Factor: So Battle for Azeroth is out for pre-order
Well, folks, I hope you've made your pre-purchases of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth and started playing your allied races. I found out...
Blade and Soul’s Call of the Deep aims for next week release
Better get everything done you need to do in the rest of your life right now, because Blade and Soul is going to demand...
Just Survive brings construction improvements to the test server
The next update for Just Survive is up for testing, and it's all about raiding bases. Not just in the sense of encouraging you...
Age of Conan shares saga server class distribution
With Age of Conan's saga server underway, players both new and old are flooding in to check out this limited-duration PvE shard with all...
Re-examining Asheron’s Call’s Shard of the Herald event on its first deathiversary
Although the Asheron's Call series has now been dead for exactly one year today, it's far from forgotten by fans. It was admittedly a cult classic, and...
Destiny 2’s 1.1.2 patch drops today with the return of Iron Banner
It's not a major expansion or DLC, but today's Patch 1.1.2 has a few surprises and treats in store for Destiny 2 players.
For starters,...
Interview: Trion Worlds goes in depth on RIFT Prime
Following the initial announcement of RIFT Prime and the ensuing details that started to come out of Trion Worlds on the progression server, we...
Mobile MMO roundup: Lineage 2 Revolution, Bless Mobile, Fellow Eternal Clash, and Rise of Ragnarok
Welcome back to another mobile MMO roundup, those MMOs that obviously don't count because they are played on a small screen instead of a...
The Daily Grind: What kind of reputation do you have in your MMO guild?
The way some players tell it, back in the olden days of MMOs, your reputation was everything. With fewer games, longer grinds, and more...
The Survivalist: The downside of hosting custom servers for survival games (and why we don’t do it)
After the latest guide introduced even more possible games to sink our survival teeth into, it is understandable that the question cropped up again...
Monster Hunter World hands-on: Our first impressions of the PS4 launch
Hey fellow hunter! Did you also enjoy the Monster Hunter World weekend betas as I did? Wondering if the full version is the same? Well here's...
Guild Chat: Should I hop MMO guilds with my guild leader?
Welcome along to another edition of Guild Chat, the column through which I join forces with the Massively Overpowered readership in order to tackle...
Leaderboard: Are you playing on Age of Conan’s new ‘saga’ server?
Age of Conan's Saga of Zath server officially launched yesterday, drawing fresh attention back to the game that Funcom maintenance-moded by proxy last year...
