PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Sea of Thieves’ 11th season is live, shaking up the classic sailing gameplay loop
Sea of Thieves 11th season of play officially went live yesterday, bringing a major revamp to the core voyage game loop. "Rather than having to...
The Stream Team: Into the iron age in ICARUS
While Massively OP's MJ's survival skills in ICARUS have gotten better (we swear!), that fact was tested to the limits when she met a...
LOTRO Legendarium: Digging into LOTRO’s 2024 roadmap, from U39 to the Baharbêl expansion
Oh boy -- it's roadmap time for Lord of the Rings Online! As we've been seeing over the past few years, Standing Stone Games...
Ship of Heroes asks fans to sound off on what makes raiding fun
The last couple of weeks have probably felt a bit weird around the Ship of Heroes offices thanks to the legal revival of City...
Pokémon-like Palworld launches early access today, aims to be ‘the best game ever’
Trust us: You haven't begun to catch 'em all. But the good news is that you can take a crack at a new Pokémon-like...
Massively Overthinking: The slowest and fastest combat in MMORPGs
During a recent podcast discussion about City of Heroes' official revival, the MOP writers were talking about its combat, which - let's be honest...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Flatty, Starbreak, Discovery Freelancer
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you’ve (probably) never heard of! This time around, we're pretty much going...
Sea of Thieves Season 11 brings quick travel, shiny rings, and revamped trading company loot January 23
The next season for Sea of Thieves is on the horizon, and with it comes a significant focus on quality-of-life, as it adds a...
Tarisland outlines balance plans based on closed beta feedback – including raid loot
So the good news for people looking forward to Tarisland is that the developers have consolidated the major feedback from the game's closed beta...
Lord of the Rings Online’s 2024 roadmap includes an expansion, new hobby, and kinship ‘refresh’
It's Lord of the Rings Online's turn at the roadmap podium as this 17-year-old MMORPG announced its 2024 plans today. While perhaps not as...
DC Universe Online marks its 13th anniversary with a returning event and free goodies for all
DC Universe Online is 13 years old this month, which naturally means that the players are the ones getting the presents, along with a...
Wisdom of Nym: Dreaming about Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.55 during the day-long downtime
Somehow, the final Endwalker content patch has arrived. All right, maybe you could argue that's just the tiniest bit premature; technically we've still got...
Overwatch 2 considers adding party frames, tank and DPS passive self-heals, and spawn changes in Season 9
Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller is apparently looking to shake things up significantly in Season 9 if his latest dev blog is any indication,...
The MOP Up: Magic Awakened deepens the mystery of Hogsmeade
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened rolled out its January patch with a new seasonal chapter, Luna Lovegood card, and a gauntlet mode to try.
"Continue the...
The Stream Team: Incredible survival skills in ICARUS
Unbeknownst to the audience, Massively OP's MJ has gotten better at surviving and hunting in ICARUS. After all, her defense of the house against...
Fight or Kite: Harry Potter Magic Awakened’s winter seasonal event has its claws in me
Seasonal events and festivals are just about standard fare in MMOs these days. You’d probably be hard-pressed to find a game that didn’t include...
Multiplayer critter capturing survivalbox Palworld enters early access January 19
Over the past three years we've been covering the development of Palworld, a multiplayer survival sandbox from developer Pocketpair that was first announced in...
Wayfinder releases Q1 2024 roadmap and jobs board update for dailies and weeklies
We noted yesterday that a roadmap for Airship Syndicate's Wayfinder was imminent, and now it's here, covering everything players can expect from the Q1...
New World’s Legacy of Crassus is live along with musket, bow, and camp buffs
As written and foretold - literally, in the announcement earlier this week - New World's Legacy of Crassus event, which pits players against the...
Wayfinder teases new roadmap, weapon, raids, pets, mounts, and more in new AMA
Wayfinder's been fairly quiet over the holidays since the stealth-launch of its last patch, but as it turns out, that's because the devs have...
