PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s Hoenn Tours had the lowest value of all tours to date
While I thought Pokemon Go's Las Vegas Hoenn Tour was bad, the Global one was somehow worse.
Now, to be clear, there is a difference...
Destiny 2’s Lightfall and Season of Defiance are officially live
It's finally here: Destiny 2's Lightfall expansion is officially live as of this afternoon, on every dang platform the game works on, along with...
Not So Massively: Impressions of Century Age of Ashes’ new PvE mode
Back in 2021, I took a look at an early version of dragon-riding arena shooter Century: Age of Ashes. I found that its core...
Embers Adrift’s patch trailer previews this week’s new zone and content
It's hard not to be grudgingly impressed with the can-do spirit of Embers Adrift's dev team. Since its launch last fall, the indie title...
Embers Adrift lowers its box price and subscription price, maps out content for 2023
Over the course of the last few months, Embers Adrift has held sales for its brand of PvE MMORPG gaming, including free-to-play weekends and...
Warhaven discusses maps and modes, cross-platform aspirations, and its PvP focus in interview
Warhaven is continuing to make its interview rounds - including one with us - and Nexon game director Eunseok Yi has once more offered...
The Stream Team: Healing for actual humans for the first time in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris has achieved a fairly large number of things in his time in Final Fantasy XIV. He's beaten stories, cleared raids, managed to...
Wayfinder begins closed beta next week, plans no-wipe early access for May
MMO-inspired but smaller-scale co-op PvE hack-and-slasher Wayfinder wormed its way into our hearts last year with its familiar visuals and splashy combat, and now,...
Massively on the Go: Preparing for Pokemon Go’s Global Hoenn Tour
Pokemon GO's Hoenn Tour is swiftly approaching, and as usual for the POGO regional tours, we have a nice little checklist for you global players out there....
Tencent’s survival shooter Undawn opens closed beta signups for April test round
Almost two years ago, Tencent's Lightspeed & Quantum announced Undawn, a UE4 post-apoc multiplayer open-world survival game, which promised everything from PvE and PvP...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Vegas Hoenn Tour was Absol-utely bad
Prior to Pokemon GO’s recent in-person Las Vegas Hoenn Tour, a few people in my community joked about what could go wrong. Obviously lag...
Perfect Ten: 10 things I really dislike about Final Fantasy XIV
Sometimes, when I have a series of columns planned, I start off by saying, "Hey, here's a series of columns I plan." And sometimes...
Vitae Aeternum: Previewing New World’s first season and updated 2023 roadmap
Last week, Amazon Games invited members of the press to a presentation where it unveiled its plans for a new seasonal content model for...
Old school pixel art MMORPG Tales of Yore adds more cosmetics, treasure maps, and procedural missions
Last month we cast a spotlight on Tales of Yore, a 2-D pixel art sandbox MMORPG that promised a "lightweight" but rich world full...
Choose My Adventure: Returning to Destiny 2 was both bumpy and engaging
As we close out this random whim of mine to enter shooter MMOs for this month's Choose My Adventure, we clear out our list...
Design Mockument: In which we do not design World of Warcraft 2
Over the course of my professional writing career on this site and that site we used to run before AOL screwed us all over,...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the ideal content cadence for an MMORPG in 2023?
Earlier this week, Guild Wars 2 revealed a major shake-up of its content delivery cadence. Studio ArenaNet suggested that the traditional living world cadence...
The Daily Grind: How long is your average MMO gameplay session?
Mine's one hour, in case you were curious about my situation. On average, I play an MMO for about an hour at a stretch....
War of Dragnorox talks UE5 upgrade, monetization, and ‘dangerous’ and ‘highly intellectual’ combat
Back in December 2021, we reported on War of Dragnorox, a developing sandbox MMORPG from Triune Studios that hung its hat on having "dynamic...
Tamriel Infinium: 18 activities to do at max level in Elder Scrolls Online
As they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder, and so it's been with the past six months between me and Elder Scrolls Online....
