PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Dungeons and Dragons Online cranks out two updates, Festivault, and a hardcore server in seven days
Dungeons and Dragons Online is trying to break some kind of MMO record for cramming the most amount of stuff in a seven-day period....
The Stream Team: Closing out the Coils of Bahamut raids in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris started a decade-long project in the making on his last Final Fantasy XIV stream: a first-time unsynced run through the Coils of...
Massively on the Go: Planning your Pokemon GO December 2023 Community Day targets
Pokemon Go's upcoming Community Day round-up event from December 16th-17th is a bit daunting. It's not just because the event regularly puts a year's...
One Shots: Fishing for a compliment
When life's moving a little too fast in your MMORPG, maybe it's time to take a break, dig out the ol' rod-and-reel, and pluck...
Lord of the Rings Online preps a Corsairs of Umbar content patch for next week
Speedy LOTRO players who zipped through Corsairs of Umbar and are now twiddling their thumbs impatiently have mere days to wait before more content...
The Stream Team: Exploring ICARUS for its free Steam weekend
When Steam offers a free weekend for a survival sandbox that Massively OP's MJ hasn't been able to play yet, how could she possible...
Black Desert opens the Ulukita region on PC and refines the Great Desert feature on mobile
Residents of the PC version of Black Desert appear to be suffering from a case of missing royalty, and it's up to players (naturally)...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go goes to Hisui with poor timing
Pokemon Go has a lot to make up for after last month... nay, last season. The bonuses were terrible, the Research Breakthrough 'mon were dull,...
WoW Factor: The story issues World of Warcraft must address going into The War Within
It's telling that we're now very much in the back nine for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, and the general consensus has not shifted much...
Casually Classic: Which version of WoW Classic is right for you?
Choice is a double-edged sword: Too little of it is restricting and frustrating, yet too much can lead to decision paralysis and feeling overwhelmed....
World of Warcraft Classic’s Season of Discovery officially launches today
If you think that you're pretty familiar with World of Warcraft in its classic incarnation by now, you probably are; it's not as if...
Destiny 2’s nearly seven month-long Season of the Wish has officially gone live this week
It's time for one of the longest seasons in Destiny 2's recent history thanks to the now-confirmed delay of The Final Shape to June...
19-year-old EverQuest II’s 20th expansion, Ballads of Zimara, launches today
Don't look now, but EverQuest II's 2023 expansion, Ballads of Zimara, is quietly launching today. Wait, no, look now. Daybreak is quiet, but we...
The Daily Grind: Should all PvP-centric MMOs offer ‘safer seas’ servers?
By now you may have heard that Sea of Thieves -- a famously PvP-centered game -- is incorporating a smaller "safer seas" PvE mode for those...
Aion Classic readies Update 2.5 with five dungeons for a late 2023 release
Aion Classic is holding one last surprise up its sleeve for 2023. Gameforge announced that the legacy MMO is prepping a final patch for...
The Stream Team: Exploring Final Fantasy XIV’s Binding Coil of Bahamut raid at long last
Today's Eorzea Sunday stream is a little special. MOP's Chris is once again taking on legacy (read: old) raid content in Final Fantasy XIV,...
Eternal Tombs boasts that it’s ‘making the most progress’ in development over peers
Hardcore project Eternal Tombs refuses to see itself as a weak underdog in the MMO race. As the game barrels through development, the studio...
Destiny 2 shares Season 23 class and mod updates, preps raid group finder test for November 30
Season of the Wish is now only days away from releasing to Destiny 2 players, which means that Bungie has a lot of updates...
WoW Factor: Fine, let’s talk about Blizzard being dumb with early access
All right, let's get it over with.
I didn't really want to write this column, not because I didn't think there was anything to talk...
Throne & Liberty addresses PvP overlap, cash shop plans, and its global launch
With Throne & Liberty headed for a December 7th Korean release and making a big splash at this year's G-Star with gameplay demonstrations and...
