PvP stands for player-vs.-player. PvP can take the form of virtual combat, economic trade, political machinations, or other competition.
pvp
GTA Online sees 8 million players per week, freemode events coming soon
Grand Theft Auto Online is getting "new advancements in open world gameplay" next week, according to the Rockstar news wire. Freemode events are exactly...
Crowfall raises another million, previews collector’s edition
While the central narrative of Crowfall focuses around an all-consuming Hunger that demolishes everything, Crowfall's development studio seems to be on the upswing rather...
Camelot Unchained’s procedurally generated terrain build runs for over 100 hours
This evening's Camelot Unchained update has some good news regarding the recently concluded "100 hours of glory." In a nutshell, the fantasy RvR title's...
The Stream Team: H1Z1’s bad-news bears
Life after an apocalypse is hard, and even more so after a wipe! H1Z1 reset all the servers again, meaning MassivelyOP's MJ has to...
Dark Age of Camelot’s Otherworlds campaign hits halfway mark
Dark Age of Camelot's multi-month Otherworlds event is halfway finished as it enters chapter 5 this week.
As with the other parts of the campaign,...
Albion Online previews a learning point rework
The original purpose of Albion Online's learning point system was to create a balance mechanism for players with varying amounts of time to spend...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 29: Pathfinder fading
Justin and Bree discuss WildStar, Ultima Online, Little Healer, Pathfinder, WildStar F2P, ESO's Imperial City, EQ Next's playtest, and the people in the magic box.
Eternal Crusade starting closed alpha testing on September 14
It may not be as big or as soon as Behaviour Interactive originally wanted, but Eternal Crusade's closed alpha test is finally ready to...
SMITE is now available on Steam
Increasingly, there's no reason to not just run every conceivable game through Steam, aside from the fact that it's another program on top of...
Albion introduces crafting shrines and treasure chests
Albion Online is currently focusing on preparations for its upcoming closed beta, but that didn't stop Sandbox Interactive from posting a dev blog that...
Check out more than half an hour of Crowfall’s current test version
Crowfall is transparent. Not in the sense that you can see right through it, but in the sense that the development process is open...
The Stream Team: Creative car procurement in Grand Theft Auto Online
What's a night in Grand Theft Auto Online without stealing a few cars? Or, as MassivelyOP's MJ prefers to say: creative procuring. Tonight she returns...
Not So Massively: Grey Goo’s $75k tournament, Nexon’s LawBreakers
Valve announced that Dota 2's Reborn update will be released to the live servers in the next few weeks. Online RTS Grey Goo launched...
EVE Evolved: The war for Providence
In the previous edition of EVE Evolved, I looked at how the state of PvP in EVE Online has changed since the Aegis Sovereignty...
The MOP Up: Blizzard belongs in a museum!
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...
Hi-Rez Studios’ COO Todd Harris on Paladins, Tribes: Ascend, and e-sports
It was kind of a surprise when Tribes: Ascend fans were told this week to expect new stuff for the game after it sat...
GTA Online is having a Labor Day sale plus bonuses
Rockstar has announced that Grand Theft Auto Online is having a Labor Day sale. No, it's not a cash shop sale, but an actual...
Leaderboard: What’s the greatest MMOFPS of all time?
Yesterday's Heroes & Generals post got me to thinking about MMOFPS titles. Heroes & Generals really isn't one, in my opinion, despite its developers...
ESPN is hiring an e-sports editor
Remember a year or so ago when ESPN CEO John Skipper created a minor stink in the nerdosphere by pooh-poohing e-sports and intimating that...
Crowfall answers community questions on development
A small number of players are getting their first taste of what Crowfall is going to be, and that's a good thing. The result...
