PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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World of Warcraft adds the option to place more Fated modifiers onto raids if you want
Some people just like making things harder on themselves. They see games like Dark Souls 3 and say, "Yeah, this is pretty hard... but...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s restored S1E4 Tower of Nightmares
Here we are at the penultimate episode of Guild Wars 2's restored and retooled Season 1 content! The pieces are finally starting to fall...
Albion Online details changes to the Roads of Avalon and a new single-player environment
Albion Online is ready to talk its next upcoming content update, which is making some changes to the Roads of Avalon based on player...
One Shots: A line-up of champions
You know that you've finally made it as a bona fide hero when you are asked to line up in a dramatic group pose....
Lord of the Rings Online is about to give soloers a way to earn raid gear
In an hour-and-a-half Q&A video this past Friday, Standing Stone Games' Allan "Orion" Maki took the center stage to field numerous questions from the...
Broken Ranks works on mobile edition, delays some features to revamp PvP and PvE balance
Only those with the longest and most attentive of minds will recall that Broken Ranks launched back in January this year -- and enjoyed...
ArcheAge launches the Feastival and previews an upcoming PvPvE instance arriving this month
I'm going to share something with you fine folks that probably won't surprise those who know me: I like to eat. I like to...
Blade and Soul’s Autumn Overture arrives September 14, followed by a shift to bi-monthly updates in October
The next content update for Blade & Soul has a date and a name: Autumn Overture, arriving on Wednesday, September 14th. The new patch...
Global Chat: How can MMOs help us navigate better?
Contains Moderate Peril recently tackled a subject that is very near to my heart, which is the tools, difficulty, and art of navigating around...
Massively on the Go: Splatoon 3’s Tricolor demo makes double trouble
As Splatoon 3's release swims ever closer, I keep thinking back to the recent Splatfest demo we had. Splatfests aren't new to veterans of...
Modders are transforming Mordhau into an open world multiplayer survival sandbox
Most are familiar with Mordhau as a "multiplayer medieval slasher" that pits teams of players against one another in first-person or third-person melee combat;...
Last Oasis outlines changes to map rarity coming to the game very soon
At the start of the newest Last Oasis season, one of the big changes was a revision to make the game more PvE-friendly and...
Fight or Kite: First impressions of Dysterra, a cybernetic post-apoc survival sandbox
In the future, our home Earth is beset by a host of economic and environmental disasters. It got so bad that people with resources...
Old School RuneScape outlines another series of tweaks to the Tombs of Amascut
Old School RuneScape's recently released Tombs of Amascut raid has reportedly been getting a lot of player feedback and requests for adjustments, and while...
World of Warcraft Classic reconsiders earlier proposed changes to Wrath’s Ulduar raid
The devs and community council members of WoW Classic addressed several matters related to the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King expansion earlier in...
Riot’s new League of Legends head honcho discusses updating old content and experimenting with PvE
Longtime veteran character designer Andrei Van Roon has been promoted to the head of Riot Games' League Studios, the subsection of the company that's...
Skull and Bones’ latest dev blog talks about plundering settlements, outposts, and forts
Sure, you can attack a ship and get its goods in Skull and Bones, but the true buccaneering loot goblin knows that plundering locations...
WoW Factor: When your MMO design is hooked on a feeling
To start this off, I want you to summon up a feeling. I want you think back to the first time you can remember...
Massively Overthinking: Who’s really paying for MMOs?
Two years ago, we did a piece on dark patterns in MMO design, and in the comments, a reader named Shadex De'Marr penned a...
World of Warcraft announces two new esports events for September
Those who love their PvE or PvP esports events and World of Warcraft are going to be getting more of what they crave this...
