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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Heroes Evolved holiday gold, points, and skin giveaway, courtesy of NetDragon and MOP
Heroes Evolved is one of multiple NetDragon games celebrating Christmas and the turn of the new year this week, and it's doing it with...
CCP Games maps out six months of EVE Vanguard patches, feature updates, and testing
Did you miss out on the Vanguard FPS testing that was held in EVE Online? Worry not because CCP Games has a whole lot...
MassivelyOP’s 2023 Golden Yachties: Best Worst MMO Transmedia Synergy
Welcome back to MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards as we present our award for Best Worst MMO Transmedia Synergy. Yes, it's the Golden Yachties series,...
A look back at the MMO and gaming science topics of 2023
This month marks MOP's ninth consecutive year covering science-related news specific to MMORPGs and MMOs, but like last year, there wasn't nearly as much...
The Stream Team: Experiencing a new season of pigeon dance battling in Headbangers Rhythm Royale
The second season of the rhythmic battle royale game Headbangers: Rhythm Royale is well underway, which means that MOP's Chris has another reason to...
Albion Online recaps 2023 and looks ahead to January 8’s Crystal Raiders patch
It's been a jam-packed year of updates for Albion Online, which is being laid out before fans in Sandbox Interactive's customary year in review...
End-of-year Eleven: The best value MMORPGs at the end of 2023
I have been told that if I start another one of these columns musing on the abstract meaning of "value" as I have for...
Z1 Battle Royale, formerly H1Z1, kicks back to a semi-charmed kind of life
Some failed online games die virtually overnight, while others linger on as shuffling zombies that refuse to quit moving. H1Z1 certainly isn't the former,...
Choose My Adventure: All of the MMOs you made us play in 2023, from Guild Wars to Gorgon
Well here we are, my friends. It's always such a pleasure. Remember when your votes killed me twice? OK, maybe that's being overdramatic, but...
The Daily Grind: What was the most painful MMO sunset of 2023?
At the end of the year, I always start rounding up things like patches and dramas, and that always means sunsets too. Last year,...
MechWarrior Online Legends adds two more legendary mechs and offers two free chassis in December event
Last week was another patch week for the team vs. team 'Mech battler MechWarrior Online Legends, which brought along with it another pair of...
Camelot Unchained heralds the start of its next beta and hints at ‘good news’ in 2024
A short holiday address from Camelot Unchained pretty much continues the trend of vaguely promising forward momentum on the PvP MMORPG, which hints at...
The MOP Up: Warhammer Online’s Return of Reckoning ‘chickens out’
Return of Reckoning's rogue server changed how combat buffs worked and added a new level 40 quest that pays out in, er, a "Chicken...
The Stream Team: Spending Christmas Eve with family and friends in Final Fantasy XIV
This Eorzea Sunday is going to be pretty similar to others; it will have MOP's Chris, he will be doing roulettes, and there will...
APB Reloaded launches holiday events, adds a new vehicle, and checks in with matchmaking progress
Ever since Little Orbit CEO Matt Scott appeared online with news about the long-dormant Fallen Earth, it got us to thinking about the studio's...
Fight or Kite: Multiplayer games to play over the holidays with friends and foes, 2023 edition
Tis the season, everyone! Grab your loot and get ready. I hope you have a little bit extra time to yourselves or at least...
War Thunder fans leak yet more ‘restricted’ military info
What is it about War Thunder that attracts military hardware fanatics with no discernment in their discussion? Maybe there's something gone bad in their...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MOP articles of 2023
Every year, we pick out a bunch of narrative arcs and stories that dominated the headlines and emotions of the MMORPG genre, and it...
From the Depths: World of Warships teases key mechanics changes to subs and aircraft carriers
World of Warships is a title that seems to be under constant scrutiny for community interactions, aggressive monetization, and the deployment of random mechanics...
War Thunder player goes undercover and busts cheating source code and scripts
So we all know of War Thunder as a game where military secrets are leaked to win forum arguments, which means that it's reasonable...
