PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Massively Overthinking: The best government for an MMO guild
This week's question comes to us from Das Tal developer Alexander Zacherl, who says his team is in the process of implementing a direct...
Funcom’s Conan Exiles dev vlog illuminates PvE and PvP
In Funcom's first dev diary for the upcoming Conan Exiles survival sandbox, Creative Director Joel Bylos introduces the setting and hook of the game.
"Survival...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR Knights of the Fallen Empire Chapter 10 impressions
I can't lie: The fact that BioWare took nearly seven hours longer to launch the next chapter of Star Wars: The Old Republic than...
Blade & Soul releases Rising Waters, reaches 2M players in the west
Are you finished with all of the content that Blade & Soul has to offer, now that you've had a few weeks to play...
Take a look at the endgame setup in Bless Online’s current beta
The level cap is going to be where you spend the lion's share of your time in any online game just by the nature...
Online TCG Spellweaver hits Steam, postpones MMO elements
If you're a fan of MMOTCGs with PvE to go with the card-based PvP, you might want to check out Spellweaver, a free-to-play online...
The Stream Team: Hungering for HEX revenge
MassivelyOP's MJ suffered her first defeat ever at the end of last Friday's date with HEX. Today, she's looking forward to a rematch with...
WildStar’s new game director Chad Moore on the state of the game
Chad Moore is moving up the ranks in Carbine Studios; after a long tenure as the lore expert, Moore is now the director behind...
The Division on endgame, player looting, and pay-to-win
The Division has plenty of PvE objectives to propel you through a doomed and decaying New York City, but a large part of Ubisoft's planned...
EVE Evolved: The right way to reboot DUST 514
This week we heard the news that CCP Games will be officially shutting down PS3 online shooter DUST 514 in May to start work on...
The Game Archaeologist: Ten strange pre-release facts about World of Warcraft
An endless ocean of words, a tsunami of thoughts, and a riptide of fan devotion has flooded the gaming world about World of Warcraft...
The Stream Team: Date night with HEX PvE
Ahh, Friday night -- the quintessential date night. And MassivelyOP's MJ has one all lined up that she's been looking forward to for weeks!...
Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Social outcomes and online gamers
Of all the chapters in Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Video...
Life is Feudal will add pygmies, but no consoles
When we interviewed Bitbox CEO Vladimir “Bobik” Piskunov last month, we learned quite a bit about Life is Feudal's transition back into an MMO,...
Devilian adding Tempest class, raising level cap
Trion Worlds' OARPG Devilian has only been out for a short while now, but the game is already preparing to grow in more than...
The Daily Grind: Are OARPGs the future of the MMORPG genre?
Toward the end of 2014, genre academics popularized the idea that the MMORPG genre was becoming "unbundled" -- that MMORPGs were splintering, "with sociality,...
Guild Chat: How to have fun as an MMORPG guild
Welcome along to another instalment of Guild Chat, my cozy wee corner of Massively OP in which we break down the issues and questions...
The Secret World increases membership rewards
Today's Streaming Ones dev livestream announced a big change coming to The Secret World's membership benefits in February. Game Director Romain “Tilty” Amiel emphasized...
Chaos Theory: The Secret World’s golden grind
Hello. My name is is MJ. And I have a golem problem.
Boy, The Secret World got me good -- hook, line, and sinker. By the...
The Stream Team: Heading into HEX’s new PvE tutorial (+ giveaway)
After her hands-on experience with the new PvE patch, MassivelyOP's MJ couldn't wait to get in and play HEX: Chronicles of Entrath on her own...
