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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Chaos Theory: First impressions of Funcom’s Hide and Shriek
Have you been hiding and shrieking? I have! Hide and Shriek, the 1v1 Secret World spinoff that pits the much-loved Innsmouth Academy against the...
Superdata’s September report shows Destiny, WoW, GW2, SWTOR, and TERA doing well
Superdata's September games market report is up, and the console revenue rankings have a new old king: Destiny. Yes, Destiny has returned to the...
Blade and Soul turns into Blade and Ghoul for the season
Blade and Soul has rebranded itself as Blade and Ghoul for the Halloween season, celebrating the debut of All Hallow's Eve yesterday.
The game's event...
TERA: Patrick ‘Treeshark’ Sun departs, Halloween arrives
Seattle claims another MMO dev: TERA Producer Patrick "Treeshark" Sun told players that he's leaving En Masse tomorrow.
"In my stead, Matt 'Denommenator' Denomme will...
Gigantic walks through the process of making a MOBA hero
There's a reason why MOBAs don't simply have players piloting featureless gray blobs with names like "Shooty Man" and "Punchy Monster" on their chests....
Creating Crowfall is ‘part exploration and part iteration’
Despite what some players might assume, developers do not begin with a game design document that can and will never be changed. It's a...
Player fakes a suicide attempt in EVE Online as part of an extortion scheme
One of the most universal facts about most MMO communities is that we band together when one of our own is hurting or in...
Grand Theft Auto Online removes ill-gotten currency, GTA5 rumored to be transforming into an MMO
You might be able to steal, swindle, and carjack to your heart's content in Grand Theft Auto Online, but you best not be crossing...
TERA becomes Spellbound with its newest update
Believe it or not, but Karazhan isn't the only major MMO patch coming out today. TERA would like to make a bid for your...
Warframe players can host their own servers for certain game modes
Warframe's PvP scene is about to get even more brutal when The Index arrives in the game. The update, which was tested over the...
The Stream Team: Looking into a Gigantic new MOBA
Do you think Massively OP's MJ needs to try out more MOBAs? If so, you are getting your wish today! Gigantic is finishing up...
Gloria Victis overhauls animations, promises playable female characters ‘soon’
Gloria Victis has a new video out today showcasing its overhauled combat and movement animations, done by one of the animators who worked on...
The MOP Up: Neverwinter brings the thunder to consoles (October 23, 2016)
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...
Guild Chat: Trying out for a hardcore MMORPG guild
Welcome along to another advice-filled edition of Guild Chat, the column dedicated to helping readers solve their guild-related dilemmas with both my help and...
Eternal Crusade on why it’s rolling out ‘intermediate patches’
Eternal Crusade Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson has updated Steam players on what's on the way for the newly launched Warhammer MMO. Next week's patch isn't...
Camelot Unchained reports great progress toward its beta build
Camelot Unchained players must comfort themselves every day with this mantra: Beta is coming. Beta is coming. Beta is coming.
And indeed it is, although...
Massively Overthinking: Real solutions to the MMO toxicity problem
Toxicity. It's plagued online spaces since long before there were MMORPGs and other online video games, as any old school BBS user can attest....
World of Warships ships out a new batch of British boats
The British are coming! Their ships are, at least, in World of Warships. The game's most recent update adds in ten British warships, ranging...
NCsoft begins hyping Lineage Red Knights with Seoul event
NCsoft has finally begun turning on the hype machine for Lineage Red Knights with an English-language website meant for Southeast Asia. Announced last year...
Rockstar releases Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer
Earlier this week, Rockstar formally announced that it is working on Red Dead Redemption 2, due out fall of next year. "Developed by the...