PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Multiplayer survival sandbox Earth: Revival plans closed beta this weekend
If you just can't get enough survival sandbox, Chinese studio Nuverse has another one for you to die in. It's called Earth: Revival, and...
V Rising delays its first major content patch into 2023
Vampire survival MMO V Rising dominated the gaming landscape back in early summer, with 2.5M copies sold and 150,000 peak players. So you might...
Global Chat: How is WildStar’s rogue server doing?
Plenty of people both here on Massively OP and out in the MMORPG community continue to hold a torch for the late, great WildStar....
Massively on the Go: September brings Pokemon Go’s Season of Light and winds of change
Hoo boy, trainers, we have a lot to unpack after that Pokemon GOÂ Go Fest Finale. September to November will be The Season of Light,...
Kickstarted indie MMO Genfanad will formally launch on September 27
MMO players are uncomfortably comfortable with the idea that Kickstarter MMOs linger in unfinished states for years, but that will not be the fate...
Hell is Others is a top-down online multiplayer survival horror shooter launching October 20
What if you lived in a city that was full of shadowy monsters and you had to roam into its streets every night to...
Old School RuneScape elaborates on speedrunning worlds and tweaks Amascut, RuneScape launches a new Yak Track
Fancy yourself a speedrunner? Do you love playing Old School RuneScape? Soon you can experience both with the release of the sandbox MMORPG's speedrunning...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Standout moments from 10 years of Guild Wars 2
Time sure flies when you're slaying Elder Dragons, doesn't it? Is it really possible that it has been a decade since our characters first...
Vitae Aeternum: Previewing New World’s Brimstone Sands, leveling revamp, greatsword, and more
New World is gearing up to unleash its largest patch since launch, and members of the press were recently invited to a virtual event...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO system you just do not understand no matter how hard you try?
Today's Daily Grind is inspired by a blog from friend of the site Ocho over at Casual Aggro in which he chronicles his attempts...
Minecraft-powered MMORPG Wynncraft enters open beta for its 2.0 update before its full release
It's been five years since we peered in on Wynncraft, the MMORPG that runs on Minecraft (just in case any of the other voxelbox...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go Fest’s Finale was a blend of comfort content and bad bugs
Pokemon Go's yearly Go Fest was fairly rocky this year - so rocky that some of us old trainers had to remind people that we've...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Buried Memory content
Everyone, you need to remember something very important about this patch. Something that it's possible you didn't even know until just now, something that...
World of Warcraft devs discuss raids, PvP, and faction populations for Wrath Classic
WoW Classic is back in the headlines again, looking forward to some of the server's next steps in a group discussion with devs and...
Global Chat: Will World of Warcraft ever give up its raiding fixation?
MMO blog Kaylriene posted a lengthy article recently examining the state of the non-raiding scene in World of Warcraft while comparing it to Blizzard's...
Destiny 2 hypes up the Season of Plunder and today’s King’s Fall raid
"We have a lot to talk about," opens the weekly address from Destiny 2. With the looter shooter hot off the heels of its...
WoW Factor: Why trying to draw back former MMO raiders doesn’t work
World of Warcraft has gone harder on its raiding focus in recent years in a lot of ways, starting with Warlords of Draenor and...
Lost Ark launches the pet ranch, adds new water park content, and brings back event guardians in tomorrow’s update
It's time for players of Lost Ark to bask Under the Arkesian Sun, aka the ARPG's latest patch, which is bringing some more fun...
Destiny 2 begins the Season of Plunder today, readies a new raid August 26, unveils Lightfall expansion for February 2023
The showcase presentation for Destiny 2 is well underway and Bungie has been absolutely flooding fans with video previews, update plans, and (sure enough)...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most boring type of content in MMOs?
A few weeks back, I read a thread on the MMORPG subreddit that posited people quit MMOs because they're boring, and that trying to...
