pve

PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.

Massively Overthinking: The pure PvE ‘niche’ of MMORPGs

Bree Royce - April 16, 2015 136

This week's Massively Overthinking question is posed by Kickstarter donor Winterskorn, who wants to talk about something getting less and less love in MMORPGs lately: PvE. "There...

RIFT’s 3.2 Echoes of Madness patch is now available

Jef Reahard - April 15, 2015 9

Trion wants you to know that RIFT's 3.2 patch is officially live. Echoes of Madness adds a 20-player Hammerknell raid and improvements to instant...

No, saying that you don't care is not actually an answer.

Raph Koster explains Star Wars Galaxies’ TEF PvP system

Jef Reahard - April 15, 2015 67

A long time ago on a website far, far away, we were having a discussion about modern MMOs and their inability to make sandboxes more than thinly disguised...

Trion is upping RIFT’s daily and weekly quest rewards in 3.2

Jef Reahard - April 14, 2015 17

Trion has posted a note on RIFT's official forums confirming that it will be upping the rewards for daily and weekly quests in tomorrow's...

Forsaken World is getting a mobile edition

Justin Olivetti - April 14, 2015 10

Could we be on the verge of an MMO mobile gaming revolution? Several mobile versions of Asian MMOs are in the making, including Aion...

El Somni Quas draws upon classic Ultima Online for an old-school MMO experience

Justin Olivetti - April 14, 2015 30

It's interesting to see how players who have grown up under the influence of certain MMOs are now making their own games drawing from...

We'll defend against whoever in the world we're at war with. Probably ourselves.

World of Warcraft 6.2 adds new dungeon difficulty, zone

Eliot Lefebvre - April 14, 2015 39

If you thought the first major patch of Warlords of Draenor seemed a bit thin on content, you'll be happier with World of Warcraft's...

Take part in a flying raid with Icarus Online

Justin Olivetti - April 13, 2015 21

Even if they share common lineage, MMOs must have a distinctive angle or face death by mediocrity. For the upcoming Icarus Online, that hook...

Destiny’s House of Wolves expansion launches May 19th

MJ Guthrie - April 13, 2015 36

Destiny fans ready for a new expansion after last December's The Dark Below have to wait until only May 19th for the release of...

DCUO returns to the Halls of Power with its next update

Justin Olivetti - April 13, 2015 3

With DC Universe Online's sped-up content delivery schedule, players fresh off of the munitions update now can look forward to a new hit of...

RIFT’s Echoes of Madness update arrives on April 15

Justin Olivetti - April 12, 2015 18

RIFT players salivating for Update 3.2 won't have much longer to go: Trion Worlds announced that Echoes of Madness will be launching on Wednesday,...

MMO Mechanics: How strong communities are barriers-to-exit

Tina Lauro Pollock - April 12, 2015 75

MMOs occupy a unique position in our game libraries because they include a wide range of clever mechanics that keep us logging in day...

Sci-fi shooter Project Genom begins alpha testing

Justin Olivetti - April 10, 2015 18

Why can't intergalactic colonization ever go smoothly? There always seems to be at least one continent-shattering war that has to happen before the first...

Lost Continent: Looking ahead to ArcheAge’s Dread Prophecies patch

Jef Reahard - April 10, 2015 43

Did you miss the latest ArcheAge livestream featuring the Trion dev team? It was a biggun, and it contained quite a lot of information relative to the...