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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EVE Online’s Project Discovery makes scientists out of capsuleers
Wouldn't it be great if instead of playing gems or trolling general chat during your MMORPG downtime, you could be contributing to real-world science?...
Crowfall is tweaking healing, dizzy states, and multiple archetypes
Hopefully you weren't unduly attached to the number-crunched specifics of any of Crowfall's planned archetypes because the in-development MMO is contemplating some minor changes.
In...
Camelot Unchained plans livestreaming through its crunch week
The City State Entertainment offices currently have a clock that has only one time listed on it, and that time is "crunch." The programmers...
League of Legends previews the abilities and strategy for Aurelion Sol
The newest addition to League of Legends has been unveiled in his totality today: Aurelion Sol, the Star Forger, more informally known to people...
EVE Valkyrie shifts from testing to launch this month
Do you all remember betas? They used to be something games went through, back in the days before early access, alphas, pre-alphas, and pre-pre-alphas....
EVE Online delays its March update
Today was going to be the day that EVE Online dropped another monthly patch to its live server. It's not happening, though, and you...
The Daily Grind: Where are all the MMORPG themeparks?
A reader named Rogbarz emailed us toward the end of last year, lamenting the fact that we have a lot of upcoming indie games...
Long-running Korean shooter Gunz is getting a second lease on life
After launching way back in 2003, South Korea's Gunz: The Duel had an impressive 10-year run as an online PvP shooter (it launched in...
H1Z1’s delayed patch arrives this week
The latest H1Z1 producer's letter has arrived, this one focusing on the Just Survive half of the now-split zombie survival sandbox. Daybreak begins by...
Guns of Icarus opens up dynamic PvE battles with Alliance DLC
Dueling airships title Guns of Icarus is sailing into uncharted territory with its recent Alliance DLC: PvE.
If players pony up the $15 to buy...
EVE Evolved: Analysing EVE’s new Economic Reports
EVE Online's massive and largely player-run economy has been a frequent topic of discussion on MMO blogs and gaming news sites over the years. The unregulated...
The MOP Up: Blade & Soul brings in the Warlock (March 6, 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...
Camelot Unchained: Picking flowers, rocking armor, crafting all the things
Camelot Unchained's latest dev update went up last night, and it's predictably dense. Along with the usual list of dev card updates, there's a...
Massively OP’s guide to MMORPG death penalties
In real life, when you die the penalty is... death. You just get that one go at things. But in MMOs, player characters are...
League of Legends’ next character is an evil world-crushing space dragon
You can read headlines, can't you? League of Legends has released a trailer for its next character. It's a dragon. An evil dragon that...
Crowfall looks at the early version of the Ranger’s powers
The Ranger is not a ranged character in Crowfall, but she's also not a melee character. She's a hybrid between the two playstyles, able...
SMITE and Paladins tournaments coming to Dreamhack
Dreamhack 2016 is set to be one of the biggest competitive gaming events of the year, with a 10,000-seat LAN party crammed into the Elmia...
Albion Online devs on next update and test populations
Albion Online Game Director Robin Henkys and Creative Director Jörg Friedrich have posted their first dev vlog. In it, they give an overview of...
Das Tal readies an alpha pre-test for later this month
When is a test not a test? When it's a pre-test, of course! Oh, just ignore the silly terminology to accept the fact that...
SMITE’s PlayStation 4 closed beta kicks off today
Heads up, console MOBA fans: SMITE officially enters closed beta on PS4 today. "All of SMITE’s game modes will be made available," says Hi-Rez, "and...
