PvE stands for player-vs.-environment, where environment is generally taken to mean the world, NPCs, and AI.
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Why I Play: Returning to Guild Wars 2 and exploring elite specs after nine years
I have a strange history with Guild Wars 2. I fell hard for the pre-launch hype, and when it finally arrived, I loved it...
WoW Classic allows some free character transfers on legacy shards
Player characters who decided to stay on WoW Classic's "Classic Era" realms after Burning Crusade Classic came out this past summer knew they had...
Fractured fires out patches left and right for its fall alpha
If you were expecting a quiet and calm fall alpha test for Fractured, this sandbox MMO is bound to disappoint. Nearly every day since...
Nexon announces plans to globally publish PC and mobile MMO Heroes of Incredible Tales 2
Do you remember a game known as Heroes of Incredible Tales? It was a mobile multiplayer ARPG from developer NAT Games that made its...
Hands-on: Does New World hold up in the midgame and beyond?
You know how you're granted a look at a new game, whether it's through an open beta or a demo or a preview event,...
Lineage II Aden raises the drawbridge for castle sieges this week
It's time for Lineage II Aden players to batten down the hatches, heat up the boiling oil, and prepare the diseased cattle for catapulting,...
RuneScape applies extra Treasure Hunter changes and releases the Croeseus Front
The weekly update for RuneScape has once more arrived, but this time around there are some pretty sizeable changes going on. At the top...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Fate of Gundabad launches November 10 – preorders have begun
Standing Stone Games has finally taken the wraps off the Fate of Gundabad expansion for Lord of the Rings Online in today's big preorder...
Ship of Heroes shares a postmortem for its summer beta and future development plans
The summer beta test for Ship of Heroes has officially wrapped up, and it's time for the devs at Heroic Games to take stock...
Here’s how to join the beta test for BetaDwarf’s ‘friendshipping’ MMO Project F4E
Earlier this year, we covered a new game then dubbed Project Haven, a "cooperative PvE MOBA where you play as tight-knit groups of heroes...
World of Warcraft nerfs several Legion raids for solo play
Let's take a moment to close our eyes and think back to several years ago when Legion was the current landscape of World of...
Survival MMO Fractured Veil just hit $100K funded on Kickstarter
Remember Fractured Veil? We covered it earlier this year when developer Paddle Creek was hunting for testers. The game is being billed as an...
World of Warcraft brings Brewfest around once more in both retail and The Burning Crusade
Do you feel like celebrating right now in World of Warcraft? No, not so much? Can't imagine why. Let's try a different question: Do you...
Revelation Online’s Demonic War update shifts to an October release window
Wait, didn't we hear about the Demonic War update for Revelation Online before? Yes, yes we did; back in May 2021, when the update...
The Stream Team: A return to raiding in Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers
It's been a long time -- a number of years to be precise -- since MOP's Chris has done any of the raid level...
Hearthstone promises a mix of RPG and roguelike when Mercenaries arrives October 12
There's a new game mode coming to Hearthstone on Tuesday, October 12th, which seeks to blend the CCG's characters with RPG and roguelike elements....
DokeV dev talks about world size, finding Dokebi, multiplayer features, and the pivot away from an MMORPG
There are a great number of us who are intrigued by DokeV, the colorful multiplayer open world game being crafted by Pearl Abyss full...
Age of Empires IV’s stress test is open to all this weekend
There are few titles more anticipated in 2021 than Microsoft's Age of Empires IV. Fans of the series are crossing every digit they have...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Update 32 aims to tackle combat and power creep
ZeniMax Online Studios is already looking ahead to Elder Scrolls Online's Update 32, which is set to bring major combat changes to the game...
Stick and Rudder: Gaining traction as a newbie in EVE Online
EVE Online has a reputation for being difficult for new players. The varied, complex systems, some of which are a product of the era...
