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PvP stands for player-vs.-player. PvP can take the form of virtual combat, economic trade, political machinations, or other competition.

Theoretically there's a non-jerk version of this out there, but...

ASUS throws its weight behind League of Legends in China

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Battle royale? Team shooters? League of Legends scoffs at these pretenders to the online throne, sitting on top of an e-sports empire that spans...

Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Hands-on with Paladins Battlegrounds, the game’s new battle royale mode

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Paladins got not one but four announcements at this year's Hi-Rez Expo. There's a brand-new team death match mode coming as well as new...

Camelot Unchained is in the middle of a big hiring push ahead of beta one

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Camelot Unchained has been teasing a slew of big announcements coming over the next few weeks, and finally one of them is here. No,...

Raph Koster on MMO ecosystems, the balance of power, and tennis

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Most MMORPGs have the core sandbox problem: Whoever gets there first, controls all the toys and has the power to drive everyone else away....

EVE Online sunsets legacy APIs, delivers December economic report, and talks next week’s patch

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May 8th, 2018. This date is important for players and community developers who are using older versions of EVE Online's API, as those legacy...

League of Legends unbans ‘reformed’ toxic player called a ‘humunculus’ by fired employee

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Among last year's toxicity-in-gaming stories was the one that taught the internet an important lesson: how to spell homunculus. No, that wasn't it. It...
Guns and ships.

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO hopes and wishes for 2018

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One of the frustrating bits about our end-of-the-year content rollouts is that sometimes predictions and story roundups can come across as negative. It’s way too easy...

A look back at the MMO industry’s law dramas of 2017

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In all our many roundups at the turn of the year, we've never done one on the legal dramas that have affected the MMO...

Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Hi-Rez announces 1v1 mobile game Bot Smashers

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Hi-Rez devs surprised players with the announcement of a brand-new game during the Hi-Rez Expo 2018 keynote address, and no, it's not a MOBA,...

Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Paladins introduces battle royale mode, new champion Moji, and battle cat mounts

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Big brother SMITE isn't getting all the attention at this year's Hi-Rez Expo 2018 - Paladins is definitely seeing some love too. The team-based shooter got...

Hi-Rez Expo 2018: SMITE Season 5 heralds art update, gameplay overhaul, and new god Cerberus

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Hi-Rez Expo 2018 is kicking off this morning with a big announcement for SMITE. More than just introducing a new god (Cerberus, the three-headed...

Massively OP’s Weirdest MMORPG Stories of 2017: A big bag of what?

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Today we're finishing off our countdown of Massively OP's weirdest MMORPG stories of 2017! And the weirdest MMORPG story of 2017 on MOP was... An EVE...
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Heroes of the Storm previews the upcoming hero Blaze

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Considering the pedigree of StarCraft II and the MOBA genre in general, you would think that Heroes of the Storm would have featured heroes...
Never over.

Perfect Ten: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2017

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Last year was positively stuffed with updates, expansions, and cool stuff. A lot of years I struggle to remember which major updates happened in...
Oh, Mr. Ross, always a pleasure.

Massively OP’s Weirdest MMORPG Stories of 2017: Happy little trees

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Today we're continuing our countdown of Massively OP's weirdest MMORPG stories of 2017! Coming in at #2 on our list is... SMITE honors 'painting god' Bob...
Far in the distance

A look back at the MMO and gaming science topics of 2017

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Over the last couple of years, we've redoubled our efforts on our science-related articles, as you may have noticed from our roundups in 2016 and 2015....

Exclusive: Ship of Heroes’ Casey McGeever on the superhero MMORPG genre

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Ship of Heroes is super-jumping right into 2018 with two documents of note. The first is a retrospective of what the Heroic Games team...

Sumo Digital picks up CCP’s ejected EVE Valkyrie studio

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Good news for anybody out there worried about the future of EVE Valkyrie: CCP's Newcastle studio, the one that runs Valkyrie, has been acquired...

Steam’s best-selling 2017 games include ARK, Warframe, and H1Z1

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With 2017 officially over and done, Steam's taking a moment to report on its best-selling games over the course of the whole year. While...
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MMO Year in Review: Lockboxes, CCP, and Destiny 2 (October 2017)

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We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into...

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