PvP stands for player-vs.-player. PvP can take the form of virtual combat, economic trade, political machinations, or other competition.
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Sea of Thieves brings on the boars, buffs the spear, and removes a long-standing movement exploit
It's patch day for Sea of Thieves, and at long last, players will get to face that most ubiquitous and dangerous form of fauna...
Albion Online unleashes a small balance patch for its Rogue Frontier update
The downside of how patches are named in Albion Online is that with an update name like Rogue Frontier, you would expect that even...
NCsoft is hiring for another next-generation UE5 Lineage MMORPG project
So let's start with a history lesson. NCsoft originally hit the MMO world with Lineage in South Korea, which was a huge hit there....
Hardcore PvP MMO Warborne Above Ashes begins predownloading for its month-long playtest
If you signed up for Warborne Above Ashes' large-scale PvP playtest earlier this month, you woke up to a happy surprise: a steam invite...
The MOP Up: Villagers and Heroes celebrates 11 years on Steam
A very happy birthday to Villagers and Heroes, an underrated MMORPG that's pushing 14 years old - 11 of them on Steam: "Throwback to...
Grand Theft Auto Online celebrates 4/20 with extra weed rewards and a special mission
While the name of the game is Grand Theft Auto Online, it is not exactly a surprise that the game involves players doing a...
Fallen Earth’s been offline over two months now, but Little Orbit isn’t giving up on its return
So here's an out-of-nowhere thought for the day: Did Fallen Earth ever come back online since its abrupt closure in early February? And it...
Fight or Kite: I discovered a whole new side to Myth of Empires on custom servers
I told you all in my previous column that I was going to get to the Persian DLC in Myth of Empires or die...
Mortal Online 2 previews the mechanics of its upcoming Tagmaton Invasions
In the time between Mortal Online and Mortal Online 2, something really bad happened. In the game world, we mean. It was called the Tagmaton...
The Daily Grind: How many people do you have on ignore in your core MMORPG?
I have mentioned in a few places now that the new Glamdring server in Lord of the Rings Online is fairly dreadful in terms...
Multiplayer extraction shooter ARC Raiders schedules a multi-platform technical test for April 30
Back in 2019, Nexon bought out Patrick Söderlund’s Embark Studios, which then started work on a then free-to-play PvP shooter known as ARC Raiders....
Perfect Ten: Early versions of MMOs that were rougher than you remember
Despite our nostalgia goggles and cries for legacy versions of MMORPGs, the real truth is that most 1.0 versions of our online games were...
Albion Online releases on the Epic Game Store with free gifts – including a Mistbison mount
Albion Online's march toward universal MMO domination progressed this week as the PvP MMO officially launched on the Epic Game Store as of this...
EVE Online’s Capsuleer Day event rips open new wormhole activities and login goodies
What better way to celebrate the playerbase of EVE Online than to have them fight enemies and each other for unique goodies? That's right,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG zone has the most notorious reputation?
I haven't played World of Warcraft in a good long while now, but back in the long long ago, all the best trashtalk went...
After going dark for months, Camelot Unchained will preview its progress in an April stream
MMO players have been worried and frustrated over the state of Camelot Unchained for ages now, but we're finally getting some movement.
Readers will surely...
World of Warships launches new vehicles on PC and console, World of Tanks celebrates 14 years
The military battlers of World of Tanks and World of Warships are just bursting with stuff for players to do in the springtime, so...
EVE Online details its April 15 Capsuleer Day event and its focus on fighting the Drifters
This year's Capsuleer Day event in EVE Online is going to be looking a tiny bit different. That is to say, the fight against...
The MOP Up: Path of Exile 2 figures out how to respec Ascendancy classes
Path of Exile 2 finally is responding to the demand for respecs with this week's update, although it will be done in a structured...
Blockchain MMORPG EVE Frontier opens a free trial for everyone until April 21 as its latest reset begins
This week, the floodgates for blockchain sandbox MMORPG EVE Frontier open, as this past Friday brought on a free trial for the game running...