pvp

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

H1Z1 lets you put a price on your own head

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We have witnessed many bounty systems in many online games, but how many of these have involved putting a price on your own head...
Oh, awesome, camping!

Darkfall: New Dawn holds another free stress test, boasts 10K community members

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There is no shortage of good news flowing out of Darkfall: New Dawn this week, so let's get right to it. The team announced...
WHY IS STUFF SO HARD?!

Perfect Ten: The worst patch naming in MMORPGs

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Patches should, in all honesty, be the easiest thing in the world for online games to handle. You have a word that means patch,...

Lineage Eternal schedules Korean closed beta for November 30

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It's happening, people. This is not a drill. Lineage Eternal is finally moving into closed beta testing, albeit in Korea. Of course, that won't...
We all began with good intents.

NCsoft Q3 2016: Declines for WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and Blade & Soul

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NCsoft released its Q3 2016 financial results this morning. Here's a quick look at how the major MMORPGs are doing: WildStar's sales have plummeted,...
Pay to do something. Maybe win! Who knows.

Eternal Crusade promises its first major content update next week

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A content update is coming to Eternal Crusade next week, which means that the developers need to explain how this content update (which most...

SMITE’s Thoth comes home to roost

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If you have ever had the fantasy of playing as a bird-god who went about judging the souls of others, well, have we got...
No, no, we're more like sass-sassins.

League of Legends preseason patch highlights and improves assassins

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Another season has come to a close for League of Legends, and that means a preseason patch that can turn everything on its ear....
Ride like the wind.

Albion Online promises better PvE content in response to backer survey

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The final beta for Albion Online rolls on, and it's going to keep on rolling well into next year. But what is the state...
Day, night, whatever.

Is the online pay-to-win situation improving?

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MMO players looking for a hot-button topic often have to go no further than dredging up discussion concerning pay-to-win and its alleged affect on online...

Nexon is bringing a truckload of MMORPGs to G-Star this year

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Nexon's MMORPG catalogue is about to get a whole lot bigger. In a press release issued today, the studio has announced 35 new games,...
Everyone flies free.

EVE Online demos Ascension features, rolls out EVE Portal mobile app

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A week from today, one of the last bastions of the MMORPG subscription model goes free-to-play. I'm talking about EVE Online, of course, and...

Get an early introduction to Lineage Eternal’s character lineup

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There is just oh-so-much we don't know about Lineage Eternal, but the good news is that it appears that the information train is barreling...
Ascent

Ascent: The Space Game’s presidential election and player-run GoFundMe

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Among the fun quirks of sandboxes is the political intrigue they can spawn. One such drama is currently unfolding in indie sci-fi sandbox Ascent: The...
No, be a dude.

Top-ranked League of Legends player is banned from event based on toxic behavior

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The usual trajectory in professional sports seems to be that no matter how noxious you are as a person, it's all ignored if you...
LADY YOU'RE SCARING US

NCsoft sues Lineage II partner over copyright infringement

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Well this will make for awkward encounters in the corporate hallways. Apparently NCsoft is levying a lawsuit against its own business partner, Netmarble, for infringing...

The MOP Up: Amazon Game Studios’ community tools (November 6, 2016)

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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...

One Shots: Postcards from the universe

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I am not above indulging in a little universe window shopping now and then. NASA's pictures of the universe might be touched up with...

Massively OP’s guide to upcoming MMORPG expansions

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If there is one consistent inconsistency among MMORPG studios, it is that teams keep swinging back and forth on pursuing the expansion model. How...

Camelot Unchained gets better visuals, runs weekend alpha test

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Mark Jacobs has lists and lists of progress being made on Camelot Unchained as the game continues its "march toward beta." In this week's...

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