pvp

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

Crowfall won’t let you buy names or take them away for being inactive

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As Crowfall continues to be developed and fans become more familiar with the game as a whole, interest turns to the nitty gritty details...
All right, the Lopp have some chops here too.

Hacker claims to have made a living cheating in MMOs for two decades

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Motherboard has a fun-slash-depressing piece out this week on an unnamed hacker who claims he's been cheating at MMORPGs to make a living for...

GTA-esque MMO CrimeCraft will sunset at the end of August

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Hey, remember CrimeCraft? I had forgotten all about it, but we covered the Vogster-designed MMO from 2008 onward on Old Massively through its 2009...
Could be going better.

Albion Online updates players on server issues and offers compensation

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Every game is going to have issues when it launches; the good ones acknowledge those issues and keep players updated on the state of...

Camelot Unchained state-of-the-build letter says it’s ‘driving towards Beta 1 at full speed’

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Those who follow Camelot Unchained closely know that the team ends every week with a super-sized update letter on the project's progress. But if...
You either didn't like the last answer or you didn't care then or now.

Australia will play host to awful League of Legends e-sports reality show

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Tear your eyes away from the wackadoodle reality show we're all living in right now: Riot Games has apparently sanctified a reality show for...

MMO researcher Nick Yee is ‘dispeling myths about female gamers’

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Quantic Foundry researcher and long-time MMO academic Nick Yee has an intriguing blog post out this week titled Dispelling Myths about Female Gamers in...
Now I am hidden in the woods until they find me

Albion Online is so popular it had to add emergency teleporters to its main hub

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People are playing Albion Online, which is a good thing for the game. However, it's less good when Caerleon has more than a thousand...

The MOP Up: Skyforge investigates the Cradle of the World (July 30, 2017)

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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’s big bot battle boasts benefits for beta-beseeching backers

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What does a battle between hundreds and hundreds of bots have to do with fans eager to access Camelot Unchained's long-awaited beta? Plenty, it...

Whatever happened to PlanetSide 2, A Tale in the Desert, and Istaria?

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Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, "What ever happened to that game?" With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it's surprisingly...

Massively multiplayer wargame Foxhole hits early access

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MMOs these days shy away from calling themselves massively multiplayer, so it's always strange when a game that we wouldn't assume is an MMO...
And now everything will be better forever!

Darkfall: Rise of Agon is at a ‘pivotal’ design moment

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From the sound of things, it doesn't appear that Darkfall: Rise of Agon is doing quite as well as its indie team was hoping....
No, I don't want no bugs.

Crowfall announces the ‘mur-deerous’ Elken race

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MMORPG players are no strangers to anthropomorphic races, particularly of the cat, lizard, and rat varieties. Leave it to Crowfall to explore some of...

Tencent buys into Frontier, recruits Batman to give its MOBA western appeal

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Two MMO forces are now bound together in will and purpose -- or at least in stocks and finances. Tencent, the world's biggest games publisher...

Hades’ Star puts a 4X MMO into your pocket

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When it comes to mobile MMOs, it really is best if games are designed from the ground-up to function on these devices instead of...
My expectations weren't that I would be jumping into this right away, but...

Ultima Online starts testing its fall update while Dark Age of Camelot continues its Dragon’s Curse campaign

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Let's check in with the Broadsword MMOs to see what's happening in its part of the online world, shall we? Ultima Online has kicked off...

CCP’s VR sports game Sparc launches August 29

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First announced back in February, CCP's multiplayer VR sports sim Sparc was all set for a summer launch as of E3, and now the date...
The world needs heroes willing to put up with SO MUCH crap.

The Soapbox: Getting to the heart of toxicity in MMOs

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So we've gotten another post from a developer saying that they're going to really 100% be better about rooting out toxic players from their...

SMITE’s Bear Goddess Artio reveal, Hand of the Gods’ Mayan pantheon, and Paladins’ Jenos

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Hi-Rez is busy doing all the things, with hoopla in all three of its modern games today. (Sorry, Global Agenda and Tribes.) Over in SMITE, the...

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