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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Guild Wars 2 overhauls WvW guild objective system
Guilds will have a lot more to do in world vs. world encounters when Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns launches next month. ArenaNet...
PAX Prime 2015: Don’t hate me because I don’t like Gigantic
If you've not heard of the game Gigantic, then I'm going to have to ask where you've been because Motiga's cross between a MOBA...
World of Warships launches September 17th
If you've been waiting until the official release to launch your naval career in World of Warships, mark your calendar: In two weeks, the...
Free-to-play WildStar ‘Reloaded’ arrives September 29th
No, that isn't a typo in the title: WildStar fully converts to free-to-play on September 29th. Carbine and its crew are calling this significant change to...
Pathfinder Online lays off almost entire staff
Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens has announced to Pathfinder Online supporters that the majority of the Goblinworks team working on the game has been laid off.
We...
Eco’s proposed death penalty doesn’t mess around
Eco, the global ecosystem survival game that recently blew through its $100,000 Kickstarter goal, has added a player-run criminal justice PvP system as a...
This is how Crowfall has evolved over the past 16 weeks
Crowfall's latest video is a 25-minute affair that shows you how the crowdfunded PvP fantasy title has progressed from stacks of Post-It notes, index...
SMITE tweaks the old gods and the new
SMITE's latest patch is here, and it features a new god (Xing Tian), new skins, new voice packs, new emotes, new avatars, and new...
History of EVE Online book rolls first copies off the printing press
EVE Online's player history is a massive, ever-shifting entity, and one man is making good on his dream and promise to put it into writing.
A...
Camelot Unchained’s newsletter recaps August, looks to DragonCon
Camelot Unchained fans, I hope you have a caffeinated beverage and a lot of free time, because the 13th edition of the game's newsletter...
Lord British’s death captured for posterity in Shroud of the Avatar PvP event
Shroud of the Avatar fans recently witnessed a bit of history: the in-game death of Lord British! During a 12-hour livestream event and pledge...
Crowfall kicks off pre-alpha testing in the Hunger Dome
Yes, the day has come for Crowfall fans when the game stops just being an idea and becomes reality. The first round of pre-alpha testing kicked...
Mortal Online has landed on Steam
Do you enjoy the concept of Mortal Online but have a long-standing vow to not play any MMOs you cannot purchase and play natively...
Not So Massively: HOTS’ ranking woes, LoL’s server move problems
League of Legends finished setting up its new North American server in Chicago, reducing ping times for east coast players but dramatically increasing them...
Gloria Victis is now twice as large
Gloria Victis has updated and now boasts a game world that's twice as large as before, including new locations to capture and upgrade. The...
Camelot Unchained’s weekend alpha sounds pretty successful
Did you check out any of Camelot Unchained's alpha test over the weekend? If not, you missed a solid round of testing, according to...
Hi-Rez really is working on Tribes: Ascend again
Shelve your snark, Hi-Rez detractors: It looks as if Tribes: Ascend isn't dead after all.
Following rumors last week that suggested the studio might be turning...
The MOP Up: Another stab at Game of Thrones
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...
PAX Prime 2015: Guns of Icarus breaks ‘preconceived notions’ of naval combat simulation
There are always some games that you look at and think that it would be great to try when you have the time. My...
Dark Age of Camelot’s fourth installment of the Otherworlds Campaign is out now
Have you been walking through Dark Age of Camelot recently and found someone whose pants were suspended by means downright otherworldly? That person may...
