PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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The Stream Team: Making a quick jaunt into Final Stand Ragnarok
MOP's Chris is off to face Ragnarok. More specifically, he's off to face Final Stand Ragnarok to take his first-ever look at this early...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO monsters we don’t feel bad killing over and over again
While many MMORPG players would (and probably have) beat up on the fluffiest of lambs and the cutest of otters if a loot table...
LOTRO’s Update 39 arrives with three dungeons, raid, and the spring festival
After an extended period of testing, Lord of the Rings Online's first big drop of 2024 is finally almost here. Update 39: Arenas of...
Overwatch 2’s latest patch quietly added a new PvE co-op mode alongside those flashy Cowboy Bebop skins
Overwatch 2, you're being all sorts of surprising these days. First of all, we get this lovely gift of a PvE co-op game mode...
Vitae Aeternum: New World’s dungeon finder is a welcome addition
A few weeks ago, New World finally launched its cross-world expedition group finder, otherwise known as a dungeon finder. While it was arguably overdue,...
First impressions: Final Stand Ragnarok is not Camelot Unchained, but it’s a fun romp anyway
At the top of 2020, when City State Entertainment's Mark Jacobs first announced Final Stand Ragnarok - called Project Colossus back then - it...
Overwatch 2 provides another trailer for its Cowboy Bebop cross-promotion
It's not immediately clear that we needed a second trailer for the Overwatch 2 cross-promotion with Cowboy Bebop. It's five skins, four of which...
Grand Theft Auto Online’s new raid mixes chickens and trains together
Grand Theft Auto Online's once let you drive or fly pretty much any vehicle in the game up to now -- with one big...
Wisdom of Nym: So how are we going to sort out Final Fantasy XIV’s Vana’diel crossover?
There is an odd relationship between Final Fantasy XIV and crossovers.
There are, broadly, three categories of crossover that the game has engaged in. The...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Scions of Ithelia DLC and update 41 are live on PC and Mac today
And we're off: The first big update for Elder Scrolls Online has arrived today on PC and Mac in the form of the Scions...
MultiVersus is back and launching May 28 with a ground-up rebuild and PvE mode
Multiversus made waves - and not the good kind - when a year ago Warner Bros. and Player First Games closed down the super...
Lost Ark wants your feedback on why you quit – and how bad the bots are
Lost Ark is in a weird position right now: It's in the middle of merges with more on the way, a plague of unrelenting...
Overwatch 2 previews a new legendary crossover skin mashing up D. Va and… Porsche
Sure, Overwatch 2 may not contain the extensive PvE content that was ostensibly the entire reason for the sequel... or a lot of the...
Vague Patch Notes: Sort your own MMO community, guy
One of the things I note is that every so often - not all the time, but every so often - something will just...
Helldivers 2 tries to further explain recent balancing as players push back against nerfs
The days after a balance patch are never usually ones that are full of celebration and excitement, so in that regard the reaction from...
Diablo IV unleashes the Gauntlet, its first PvE competitive game mode, today
Just when you think you've mastered everything about Diablo IV, the minds at Blizzard have devised its first competitive PvE challenge to keep you...
New World’s Winter Rune Forge trial includes parkour and puzzles – but no LFG functionality
Say it five times fast: Winter Rune Forge Trial. That's the formal name of New World's next 10-person endgame raid, coming as part of...
Myth of Empires promises Greece, Persia, Rome, and Egypt civs along with 1000-person servers
MOP's Chris and MOP's Sam have both taken a look at Myth of Empires so far in the two weeks since it launched here...
Fight or Kite: Myth of Empires’ early gameplay is classic survival fare, but not as amazing as the trailer
A title like Myth of Empires rolls off the tongue like a turtle running down a flight of stairs: You can’t imagine how that...
The MOP Up: Lost Skies gets downright cozy inside of its ships
Lost Skies' February dev blog showed off some UX work, early prototypes of its weapon damage system, and some super-cozy ship interior concepts. Also, the...
