PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Zenith trots out a new raid boss in the Ascension update, plans Quest 3 launch in October
The matrix, er, Zenith needs you to plug in once more, as a new raid boss has appeared on the scene. The virtual reality...
City of Heroes Rebirth rogue server re-engages the Rikti Invasion event starting today
One of my many favorite memories in City of Heroes was playing the first Rikti Invasion in Atlas Park. Watching the war walls disengage...
Eternal Tombs declares goal to innovate in the MMORPG genre, releases gameplay walkthrough
Not quite two years ago, we first heard about a new MMORPG from Triune Studios called War of Dragnorox, focused entirely hardcore mechanics like...
Final Fantasy XIV posts the preliminary patch notes for next week’s Growing Light update
Final Fantasy XIV fans can pretty much set their watch to a number of things that the MMORPG puts out, and one of those...
Massively Overthinking: The impact of jump start servers in MMOs
With Chris' Choose My Adventure run on Lost Ark - specifically, on its jump-start servers - coming to a close, I thought it would...
Wizard101 brings out a new gold skeleton key boss with ‘valuable’ loot
You should always be suspicious when things get a little too quiet around the Halloween season: That's when you know that evil is up...
Sea of Thieves releases the final Monkey Island Tall Tale today
Players who have worked their way through the Monkey Island-themed Tall Tales in Sea of Thieves have one last adventure with Guybrush and company...
Black Desert PC makes PvE-focused class tweaks, applies conquest war QoL, and fights sweets-stealing bears
It's quite a week in the PC version of Black Desert, as the game's latest update has made another wide assortment of changes to...
V Rising is still eyeing launch for Q2 2024, with a new biome, customization, and live events
Back in June, we noted that Stunlock Studio's vampire survivalbox V Rising - which has been in early access since May of last year...
Interview: New World’s Scot Lane on Edengrove housing, transmog tokens, and more
In part one of my interview with New World's game director Scot Lane, we covered topics such as the game's past, future plans, and...
Albion Online’s awakened weapon system record the builders and owners of each elite weapon
New weapons aren't the flashiest part of Albion Online's inbound Wild Blood update - this is an update where you can polymorph into an...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen defends its art direction shift as more performative and less generic
Followers of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen know by now that the game has a new lick of visual paint as Visionary Realms pulled...
Casually Classic: Six reasons hardcore servers make WoW Classic worthwhile
The first time that I heard about the unofficial "Hardcore Classic" scene for WoW Classic, I didn't get it. The idea of voluntary permadeath...
Not So Massively: The growing field of StarCraft II spiritual successors
StarCraft II ranks very highly on my list of my favourite games of all time, but while it remains popular, it is in maintenance...
Lost Ark hands out free gifts, accelerates jump start server timeline
The new jump start servers are the talk of Lost Ark's town this month, as new and returning players can experience an accelerated leveling...
Vindictus opens up its new Hall of Fallen Knights raid in latest update
Endgame players of Vindictus hopefully have something to be pleased about as last week saw the introduction of a new raid to take on...
Wisdom of Nym: Open questions spawned by the Tokyo Game Show’s Final Fantasy XIV live letter
Thanks to the Tokyo Game Show, we've had our last Final Fantasy XIV live letter live letter before the patch, and aside from the...
The Daily Grind: Are MMORPG expansions pay-to-win or pay-to-progress?
Earlier this week, the New World devs put out a video that addressed, among many other things, the perception in the PvP community that...
The MOP Up: Wakfu’s brand-new tutorial island
To go along with a new single-account server, Wakfu is introducing a fresh tutorial that's situated on Rii, the Celestial Island. The team hopes...
Diablo’s Inaris and Lillith are among the guest characters being sold in Call of Duty Season 6
The current iterations of Call of Duty are apparently going to be absolutely awash in things when Season 6 arrives to Modern Warfare II...
