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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NCsoft is making Lineage II’s servers compete against each other for rewards in next week’s summer update
NCsoft has a lot of MMORPGs cooking right now, and among them is the veteran MMO Lineage II, whose next update includes the hilariously...
Here’s how EVE Online gamers can participate in their part of the EVE Vanguard Operation Avalon event
When CCP Games/Fenris Creations launched EVE Vanguard's Operation Avalon open alpha yesterday, we mostly considered it through the lens of the in-development MMOFPS rather...
EVE Frontier plots a new region, more modularity, and community features in a video roadmap
EVE Frontier has plans. Roadmap plans. Plans to make sure the blockchain survival MMO has new things to worry about and look forward to....
Fight or Kite: Holdfast American Revolution was the perfect way to spend the holiday weekend
This past 4th of July holiday weekend was an excellent three-day weekend for many of us in the US. There was food, drinks, and...
EVE Vanguard has begun its Operation Avalon open alpha, and yes you’re invited to try it
EVE Online fans who fancy testing out CCP Games'/Fenris Creations' latest version of an EVE extraction MMOFPS are getting a fresh chance to do...
Former staffer accuses War Thunder studio of Steam review manipulation and data security lapses
It's no secret that discoverability on the Steam platform is a cliff-like climb that might as well be concave, but encouraging positive reviews of...
Camelot Unchained ends spawn camping, balances classes, and applies quality-of-life updates
An RvR MMORPG like Camelot Unchained is almost always going to run into some cheese tactics employed by its playerbase, meaning the game will also...
World of Tanks marks Independence Day and Bastille Day, World of Tanks Heat begins Season 1
"American Independence Day and Bastille Day come from different histories, but both stand for defiance, unity, and the fight for a future worth claiming."...
GTA Online celebrates Independence Day with conspicuous consumption and explosions
The celebration of America's birthday once again gets Rockstar feeling very patriotic, perhaps understandably since the studio is best known for the Grand Theft Auto...
Massively Overthinking: Unbundling the MMORPG genre, 12 years later
Stars Reach boss Raph Koster recently did an interview over on Polygon, and if you've been following Koster as long as we have, you...
Mortal Online II has launched its Sarducaa expansion, but you have to roll fresh to see it
The new expansion for Mortal Online II introduces the continent of Sarducaa, but the developers did have to answer a question right away: In an...
GTA6 devs accuse Rockstar of crunch and pay inequity, Spanish Ubisoft devs go on strike
If you thought that the impending arrival of Grand Theft Auto VI was going to overshadow the treatment of devs at Rockstar, then let a...
Not So Massively: Blizzard’s reckless experimentation on StarCraft II and Heroes of the Storm
Maintenance-moded StarCraft II recently released its most impactful balance patch since the Legacy of the Void expansion, and it's rustled more than a few...
SMITE 2’s open beta is still going as Hi-Rez patches in Chronos and lots of god stat changes
The greatest minds of every generation learned about time from Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, but there was a time when you would learn...
EverQuest Legends begins paid beta for preorder folks this afternoon, let’s gooooo
Rev up your nostalgia engines, folks, because EverQuest Legends is officially opening its preorder beta this afternoon.
"We’re excited to announce that the Preorder Open...
EVE Online’s Fenris Creations just open-sourced the Carbon engine framework it’s built on
EVE Online studio Fenris Games (CCP Games) made a surprising announcement this morning: It's released the game's engine framework as an open source toolset.
"Fenris...
War Thunder introduces more vehicles, missile flight model tweaks, and a new historical battle event
Last week brought something heavy to War Thunder, as its earlier announced Heavy Cavalry update officially went live with another round of new vehicles to control, new...
Albion Online brushes up the Mists and improves navigation ahead of the Keeper Uprising
The Keeper Uprising in Albion Online is just around the corner on July 4th, but if you thought the developers at Sandbox Interactive weren't going...
Riot Games unveils plans for League of Legends Classic after datamining leaks spring forth
One could certainly argue that datamining spoils a lot of the surprises that game developers might have in store, but in the case of...
Camelot Unchained makes texture loading more performative in latest weekend update
The weekly updates to Camelot Unchained's weekend-long early access tests continue on yet again (obviously), and this week is once more focusing on performance with a...
