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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Hi-Rez Expo 2017: The future of Global Agenda, Global Agenda 2, and SMITE
Straight from the devs at Hi-Rez Expo 2017: Global Agenda is not dead, Global Agenda 2 is still a possibility, and the SMITE franchise is the studio's immediate future.
Steam sets new record with 14 million concurrent users
It seems like more or less everyone uses Steam at this point, yes? It's fairly ubiquitous? The service managed to hit a concurrency record...
MMOs Chronicles of Elyria, Dual Universe, and AQ3D were among top crowdfunded games of 2016
Fig, the gaming crowdfunding platform that surged in popularity in 2016 thanks to successful Wasteland 3 and Psychonauts 2 campaigns, has released a list of...
EVE Online delays, rolls back today’s patch
CCP took EVE Online's core server, Tranquility, offline this morning for a rare unscheduled downtime and rollback, the apparent result of "several issues that...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon is now four months away from launch
"We are roughly four months away from the official launch of the game."
Darkfall: Rise of Agon laid out its 2017 roadmap this past weekend...
Exclusive: Indie sandbox El Somni Quas on free-for-all PvP, races, classes, housing, and more
Back in December, we published an exclusive dev diary about El Somni Quas, an indie sandbox from a Czech studio that actually cut its teeth...
Hi-Rez Expo 2017: SMITE Rivals devs address copycat concerns and monetization
By now, it might be apparent that I am a bit enamored with the upcoming cross-platform SMITE Rivals. (Hey, it's the only game I...
2001’s Battleground Europe plans Steam debut this summer
One of the MMORPG genre's oldest running 3-D games is planning to join its comrades on Steam by this summer.
Battleground Europe's team announced in...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most intellectual MMORPG?
We got a wonderful "deep thoughts" email from reader James earlier this week that serves as the backdrop for this morning's Daily Grind.
"It could...
EVE Evolved: Five EVE video shows to watch in 2017
Over the past several years, the way in which we receive gaming news and the types of gaming media we follow has changed pretty fundamentally. Today's...
The MOP Up: A marriage forged in hell (January 8, 2017)
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...
Leaderboard: Which Daybreak MMO is most vulnerable in 2017?
In February 2015, following the SOE/Daybreak transition and ensuing mass layoffs, we polled our readers on the security of the rest of the studio's games....
Camelot Unchained starts the year with a pair of weekend tests
Camelot Unchained is back to business as usual following the holiday break. Mark Jacobs reports that two tests are being performed this weekend with...
World of Warcraft’s Zul’jin joins Heroes of the Storm
One of World of Warcraft's iconic warlords is now moonlighting in Blizzard's MOBA. This week, Heroes of the Storm released its first patch of...
Hi-Rez Expo 2017: Hands-on with online card game SMITE Rivals
The cat is out of the bag. Or should I say Manticore? SMITE Rivals was announced at Hi-Rez Expo 2017 yesterday, giving players a...
The Daily Grind: Are you concerned for Daybreak’s other MMORPGs?
Last night's startling news that Daybreak plans to sunset Landmark abruptly in February (while forbidding player emulators) sent the MMORPG community into... I'll call...
Revelation Online details the basic of its PvP options
In Revelation Online, Saturday night is all right for fighting, as is Sunday night through Friday night. There are lots of ways to fight...
Perfect Ten: The best MMORPG updates and expansions of 2016 (that aren’t Legion)
Sometimes you have to exclude something from a list. I could, for example, praise World of Warcraft: Legion for being a really good expansion...
Hi-Rez Expo 2017: SMITE Tactics begins beta testing, founders pack sale
Hi-Rez is expected to have plenty of announcements in store for players during the opening ceremony of its 2017 expo this morning, including the news that SMITE Tactics, its...
Hi-Rez Expo 2017: Paladins announces upcoming Season 1 following the Paladins Invitational
The first Paladins e-sports event will kick off today at 12:00 p.m. EST, with the first Paladins Invitational pitting players against one another in...
