PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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The Division 2 announces overhauls to PvE and PvP with its Project Resolve seasonal update
Ubisoft is full of determination, or at the very least resolve, as the studio has laid out plans for Project Resolve, a seasonal update...
Casually Classic: The seven most important things that happened in WoW Classic this year
What did Blizzard assume would happen with WoW Classic when it rolled out this legacy version of the MMO in 2019? I honestly have...
Lost Ark’s Voldis continent and winter holiday events are live in today’s patch
Amazon's going two for two on the holiday events in its MMOs today - first for New World, and now for Lost Ark, where...
Mad World’s next patch refines leveling, adds new difficulty options, and applies quality-of-life updates
The latest patch for the OARPG Mad World appears to be a kitchen sink's worth of updates and adjustments that look to refine the...
The Stream Team: A family sailing journey across Sea of Thieves’ safer seas
With the private PvE Safer Seas mode now available, MOP's Chris and his Porg Squadron crew are now more ready than ever before in...
Conan Exiles promises PvE players ‘the joy of reducing structures to rubble’ with Age of War’s siege feature
Have you ever wanted to destroy an entire city to dust in Conan Exiles but didn't really follow through because you're not a PvP...
Fractured sets its sights on balancing abilities, monsters, PvP, and gear
The Great Tuning that began last week in Fractured Online continues as developer Dynamight Studios is making balance and adjustments its top priority in...
Warcraft Rumble brings a new troop, new PvP map, and a wintertime gift in its second season
Warcraft Rumble, Blizzard's recently released mobile multiplayer game that we found to be "slick but shambolic," has moved on to its second season this...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2023 MMO predictions
We've been offering up an MMO predictions list for Massively Overthinking for years upon years now as our writers and readers prognosticate on the...
WoW Factor: The content issues World of Warcraft must address in The War Within
Last week, I talked about the story issues that World of Warcraft really needs to address in some form as we move forward into...
New World announces holiday event kickoff December 12, talks performance and bugs in latest video
Christmas returns to New World next week - or rather I should say, the Winter Convergence Festival: "Holiday cheer spreads across Aeternum once more...
EverQuest’s Laurion’s Song, the MMORPG’s 30th expansion, brings players to a fractured inn of heroes
Releasing 30 expansions is a significant milestone for any MMORPG, and few others can claim that crown, including EverQuest, which has released the Laurion's...
Sea of Thieves releases its stripped-down Safer Seas PvE mode, and the servers are already buckling
Today is the day when players who want to sail the Sea of Thieves with a vetted crew of friends and without the potential...
Fractured’s devs smacked it with a nerf bat to reduce ‘crazy solo speedy farming’
Fractured Online's been in early access (again) for only a few weeks, but it's already cranking out patches, and the most recent tackles some...
Lost Ark previews not one but two patches for December, with a new continent and elixir system
December's destined to be a strange month for Lost Ark, as it's due for two major updates, not just one. The first update is slated...
Destiny 2 plans beta testing of expanded fireteam finder December 6, discusses PvP events, and opens its new dungeon
Last week saw Destiny 2 begin its first steps toward proliferation of its fireteam finder function with a raid finder stress test. That test...
Sea of Thieves talks Safer Seas launch date, holiday login goodies, and player cheese in latest video digest
The regular video newsletters out of Sea of Thieves have yet another addition, and like usual it gathers together some of the upcoming affairs...
The Soapbox: In defence of World of Warcraft Cataclysm
When Blizzard announced Cataclysm Classic servers for World of Warcraft, there was some bemusement in the broader MMORPG community. Cataclysm has always been controversial,...
Albion Online announces Crystal Raiders patch for January 8, 2024, focused on territory raiding
Just a month ago, Albion Online's Sandbox Interactive announced that it planned to switch over to a seasonal, quarterly content cadence built around smaller...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offered the best PvE experience in 2023?
It makes me genuinely happy that this morning's Daily Grind is contentious and has no right answer because we have so many MMOs that...
