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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The MOP Up: Diablo levels up in Heroes of the Storm (May 13, 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...
Wild West Online’s stagecoach is held up by negative reviews and no female characters
Perhaps Wild West Online is attempting to emulate life on the actual historical frontier. This week's launch has certainly been uncertain, fraught with peril,...
The Daily Grind: Would you like MMORPGs to have seasonal passes?
Between the waves of MOBA and battle royale phenomenons, I've noticed an alternative monetization model that's apparently proven quite successful in these games. Seasonal...
The Stream Team: Wild West Online saddles up for launch
Yeehaw! Saddle up folks, 'cause Wild West Online has launched on Steam. Massively OP's MJ is ready to ride in and poke some cows....
Crowfall’s nights bring a bit of winter to the game
In Crowfall, the days are for partying, but the nights... are for being very afraid. Or at least wary of the many monsters that...
NCsoft Q2 2018: Revenues for all NCsoft MMORPGs are down in Q1 2018 except… Aion?
NCsoft's first quarter 2018 financial results are in, and it's... kinda OK? Guild Wars 2 saw a big drop-off, though that's to be expected...
APB Reloaded and Fallen Earth developer GamersFirst acquired by Little Orbit
It's been exceedingly quiet for a long while when it comes to APB Reloaded, and it'd be easy to think that the game's second...
The Wild West Online MMO officially launches out of early access today – here’s the new trailer
It's been quite a ride for Wild West Online, the survivalish MMO that came out of nowhere last spring to take on Red Dead...
Gloria Victis is dirt cheap thanks to the Humble Bundle now – here’s the new trailer
Cutthroat PvP MMORPG Gloria Victis is currently featured as part of Humble Bundle's War Gamez bundle, so you can snag it and a bunch of...
Albion Online discusses the royal city revamp for its upcoming Merlyn update
The trouble with having one universal hub in Albion Online is that basically no one cares about the five other hubs in the game....
Perfect Ten: You got your MMORPG in my tabletop RPG
Tabletop games and MMORPGs seem like they would go well together, but remarkably they often don't. That's true for several reasons, but one of...
H1Z1 ditches inventory management for Playstation 4, Just Survive is ‘working on a plan to go forward’
Internal crisis or no, Daybreak is moving forward with plans to bring H1Z1 to the PlayStation 4. When it arrives, however, this version will...
Daybreak update: Renova boss questioned over Columbus Nova’s alleged payment to Michael Cohen
MMOs and politics once again collide this week as last night CNN broke the news that Robert Mueller's FBI team has zeroed in on...
Hi-Rez founds e-sports production company Skillshot, preps Chernobog for SMITE
Hi-Rez is going all in on e-sports, founding its own e-sports production outfit called Skillshot Media and lending longtime COO Todd Harris to oversee...
Albion Online is coming to Steam on May 16 – check out the latest trailer
Crowdfunded indie PvP sandbox Albion Online officially launched last summer, finding so much initial success that its servers were hammered and it even suffered a round of extortion-centered DDOS attacks before...
Crowfall talks about the upcoming debut of world clusters and more complex win conditions
This month's developer question and answer video from the Crowfall team is full of exciting steps forward in the game's history, starting with the...
EVE Online celebrates 15 years with a trailer of fan events
An MMO with a trailer for 15 years of operation is not entirely unusual. It's not common, because not many games make it to...
The Stream Team: Celebrating the 15th EVEaversary
Not many virtual worlds (or galaxies, in this case) survive for 15 years, but EVE Online has. And that is definitely worth celebrating! Massively...
Wisdom of Nym: The Alliance Raids of Final Fantasy XIV
When the next major Final Fantasy XIV patch arrives later this month, we'll be staring down the games eighth alliance raid. That might not...
Fractured answers scores of fan questions, plans to compete with Albion Online
Small but ambitious fantasy sandbox Fractured compiled a host of fan questions this past weekend and released an hour-long video in which the lead...
