pve

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

Shovels!

Massively Overthinking: Which MMOs are memorable but not actually fun?

24
Earlier this week, we ran a Daily Grind on MMOs that are fun but not especially memorable, throwing it back to a quote from...

Conan Exiles launches the first chunk of Age of War, kicks off week-long free-play

8
The first chapter of Conan Exiles' Age of War season has officially launched today with a new battle pass. Age of War is set...
Oh, yeah, things are going super, we lied.

Overwatch 2 discusses hero mastery mode, progression updates, new missions, and Flashpoint PvP mode

1
Yesterday saw the Overwatch 2 team come together in a developer broadcast to call attention to the various features scheduled to arrive in the...

Claws of Veeshan joins EverQuest’s free expansion roster

7
To the patient gamer who waits long enough, most everything becomes free. It's a hard but thrifty strategy for the budget-minded among us, and...
COME ON

Activision-Blizzard shareholders vote down anti-union busting proposal

18
We hope you weren't holding your breath on Activision-Blizzard shareholders doing the right thing, but if you were, you can exhale now: Proposal 6,...

MMOs You’ve Never Heard of: Solarpunk, Hyperspace, and Dawnlands

4
Welcome back to another run-through of some new-to-us MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles that we (and presumably you) have never heard of. If you have,...
Commence the jiggling.

Blue Protocol JP celebrates 200K concurrency and 600K total players with in-game freebies

0
Despite the multiple problems that have beleaguered the MMORPG, Bandai Namco has noted the large number of Blue Protocol players who arrived to the...

Lost Ark’s new battle pass has launched a fancy dress and fluffy pets

1
The next battle pass coming to ARPG Lost Ark is both fancy and fluffy, and it's arrived to the game as of this morning with...

Overwatch 2 talks about Season 5’s upcoming game modes, battle pass tweaks, and correcting ‘stomps’

0
Overwatch 2's director Aaron Keller is back once again with another dev blog, and as one might expect, it's primarily focused around the recently...
That's different.

Elder Scrolls Online launches Necrom for console, patches companions on PC

0
Console players eager to return to Morrowind can do so today as the Necrom expanshapaign has fully launched for Elder Scrolls Online on Xbox...

V Rising’s next release will be its proper launch – and take a whole year of development

3
You'll have to do a lot of scrolling around in the latest V Rising dev blog to find the important bits, as Stunlock Studios...
glurfkgh

New World talks up its largest instanced fight ever, the Elite Sandwurm Trial

3
Currently on the New World test server, players are putting the game's latest trial -- a 20-player fight against a massive sandwurm -- through...

Competitive team PvE game Evercore Heroes hits paid closed beta today [Updated]

6
We don't often receive press releases for a game that declares itself "completely unique competitive PvE experience that’s not a MOBA or an MMO"...

The Daily Grind: What are the most common studio fibs we tolerate in the MMO genre?

36
Buried in the comments of a WoW Factor column a while back, MOP reader Nathan expressed skepticism over claims about being able to full...

EverQuest II adjusts ability procs, item effects, and various instances in its latest patch

0
Last week's EverQuest II patch is a big one for those who use items and abilities that engage when there's a damage proc. A...

Lost Skies is bringing back the beloved Worlds Adrift island creator with new features and tools

2
While Worlds Adrift dropped many balls over the course of its shambolic release, one of its features that was generally beloved by players was...
Well, that sounds familiar.

Ethyrial Echoes of Yore merges servers, adjusts its three-month roadmap

0
It continues to be a perceptibly bad time in Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore, as the latest update has confirmed that there will be a...

Dual Universe elaborates on Update 1.4’s PvE mission requirements and PvP adjustments

1
Since the introduction of PvE missions is a big ticket item in Dual Universe's June 20th update, it would make sense that Novaquark is...
It burns, burns, burns.

Wisdom of Nym: Turning a critical eye toward Final Fantasy XIV’s Bozja

11
There's honestly not much for me to say about Eureka in Final Fantasy XIV. I can respect what it was trying to do, and...
NOW KISS

World of Warcraft announces inflation adjustments coming to Dragonflight Season 2

3
PvP ranked ladders are very serious business, especially when it comes to ensuring that matches are balanced correctly. Apparently a correction needs to be...

THE LATEST POSTS

TOP CONTENT