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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Battle Bards Episode 122: Happy town
In peaceful villages and bubbly burgs, you just know that there’s bound to be an abundance of happy music! Whenever the Battle Bards regroup...
Albion Online has big balance changes planned for the next season of GvG
Sandbox Interactive has a new dev talk video out on Albion Online's upcoming balance overhaul, specifically for the 5v5 GvG meta, group fights, and...
E3 2018: Fortnite launches on the Switch today
It seems weird to me now that the game we were preciously calling "Crowfall for PvE fans" at last year's E3 has changed so...
EVE Evolved: The expert Gila’s guide to Abyssal Deadspace in EVE Online
EVE Online's new Into The Abyss expansion launched less than two weeks ago and I'm bloody obsessed with it! Players have had great success...
EVE Online player disqualified from CSM elections due to racist comments
They say that the internet never forgets, so if you are planning to run for a player council in a popular online game, you...
The MOP Up: The Black Death improves its profession system (June 10, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Camelot Unchained ‘just barely’ on track for Beta 1
The Camelot Unchained team is racing against its self-imposed deadline to get the MMO's first beta test out the door on July 4th --...
APB Reloaded targets cheaters for elimination
How weird is it that we're talking about APB Reloaded and Fallen Earth in 2018? But it actually seems as though the acquisition of...
Massively Overthinking: Why is no one meeting the obvious player demand for big MMORPGs?
Massively OP reader ichi_san has a burning question about the state of the industry.
"Lots of people seem to be looking for an MMO they...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG vet reward you’ve ever gotten?
CCP Games rolled out a pretty sweet veteran reward for EVE Online vets this week ahead of the game's anniversary: Everybody who's been playing...
The Survivalist: Eight ways to give Just Survive a fighting chance
Do you remember at the beginning of May when Just Survive was talking about "working on a plan to go forward"? I understand if...
Wild West Online pivots away from faction system PvP, plans free trial
Another week, another huge plan change for Wild West Online. Newly installed studio (or maybe the old studio with a new name) DJ2 Entertainment...
Little Orbit on Fallen Earth: ‘There is something special here worth rebuilding’
Could the acquisition of GamersFirst -- including APB Reloaded and Fallen Earth -- be what actually saves these games? Players of these long-abandoned MMOs...
World of Tanks: Mercenaries abolishes loyalties on consoles this month
"No more loyalties. No more rules."
Forget what you might have known about World of Tanks' structure and gameplay format, because Wargaming is about ready...
Star Control Origins includes multiplayer fleet battles
Hands up if you've played Star Control 2 back in the day (and shame on you if you haven't!). This '90s-era space RPG sent...
Crowfall’s team answers design questions about classes, crafting, and mounts
Will Crowfall have mounts? That burning question is one of several that the development team fielded as the MMORPG's creation turned into the summer...
The Soapbox: Do MMOs still fall victim to the copycat curse?
When Radical Heights launched, I was inspired to put together a whole Perfect Ten about why trend-chasing doesn't work for online games. Obviously, my...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 173: The Bless Mess
Justin and Bree discuss Bless Online's launch, EVE Online's Into the Abyss, Fallout 76, Elder Scrolls Online's spyware issue, Path of Exile's Incursion, H1Z1, Star Trek Online, Trove, DDO, and UO, with mailbag questions on the Bless Mess and on open-world immersion.
Wargaming cracks down on fansites with EULA changes
Stealthy changes to Wargaming's North American end user license agreement has some of its games' fansites worried that the company may be overstepping its...
Hi-Rez launches standalone F2P game Realm Royale, a mix of ‘open-world PvP MMO and your favorite hero shooter’
You can't accuse Hi-Rez of not chasing trends: Not only is it introducing a battle royale mode to SMITE, but it's actually just launched...
