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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Why Eternal Crusade can’t do a global megaserver
The dream to create a PvP-centric game on a single global megaserver might be just that -- a dream.
Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade Senior Producer...
Massively Overthinking: The return of ‘consequences’ to MMOs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes to us from Kickstarter donor Antonia "Toni" Phillips aka ToniLyran, who's hit on a sore point with our writers, it...
New EVE dev blog details nullsec and sov changes
If you've got an interest in EVE Online's upcoming changes to nullsec and sovereignty mechanics, and you've got a lot of time, you'll probably...
Rockstar: ‘No one has been banned for using GTA single-player mods’
If you've been visiting any GTA V or GTA Online forums this week, you've surely heard about the modding brouhaha that cropped up with...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMOs still going after ten years
It struck me, very recently, that a decade is a long time for MMOs.
If we're going to count Ultima Online as the first proper...
The Stream Team: The dangers of H1Z1 city supply runs
The new H1Z1 fortifications are almost finished, but MassivelyOP's MJ needs more materials. The good news is there is a city next door to...
ArcheAge outlines the battles in the Sea of Graves
So what sort of nautical nonsense can you get up to in the most recent ArcheAge update? How about beating back a leviathan of...
Daybreak’s John Smedley: EverQuest Next isn’t ‘vaporware’
Even though the big SOE-to-Daybreak transformation happened three months ago, the entire ordeal still feels fresh to many fans. An air of uncertainty permeates speculation...
Everything you need to know about Crowfall’s combat testing
As nifty as Crowfall's mechanical goals are, they're not going to help the game much in the long run if the fundamental combat engine...
This World of Warplanes video diary outlines the 1.8 update
Wargaming has dusted off its World of Warplanes video diary for a new episode focused on the aviation battler's 1.8 update. Primary features include the new...
EVE Online previews 12th anniversary presents for players
Did you know that tomorrow is EVE Online's 12th anniversary? It's pretty old! And as is the tradition these days, the developers are celebrating...
Portions of the tribunal system are returning to League of Legends this month
Remember Riot's Tribunal? Back in 2011 it was put forth as a possible antidote to toxic player behavior in League of Legends. Three years later,...
Singapore-based Garena buys out S2’s Heroes of Newerth MOBA
Heroes of Newerth has a new owner, but Michigan-based Garena subsidiary Frostburn Studios says that the five-year old MOBA's 30 million registered players will be...
Crowfall’s store is (partly) up and running
You have not played enough of Crowfall to form an opinion on how it plays. You haven't. It isn't playable yet. But that doesn't...
Not So Massively: HoN’s fifth anniversary update; Dota 2 rakes in millions of dollars
Heroes of Newerth received a colossal patch this week to celebrate its fifth anniversary, introducing a new intelligence carry hero, a capture the flag...
EVE Online’s PLEX is helping Nepal victims
Have you donated to disaster relief efforts in Nepal yet? If not, and if you're an EVE Online player, you can do so via...
EVE Evolved: Seven years of EVE Evolved
When I started writing about EVE Online for Massively back in 2008, the MMO genre was really hitting its stride, and emerging sites like...
Wargaming is celebrating National Military Appreciation Month
World of Tanks and World of Warplanes developer Wargaming is celebrating National Military Appreciation Month by giving a portion of its cash shop proceeds to...
Here’s what Civ Online’s industrial age looks like
XLGAMES and 2K have released some new screenshots of Civilization Online (you know, that Civ title that currently has no plans to release in...
The Stream Team: Finally fighting as a female in H1Z1
Finally! MassivelyOP's MJ doesn't have to run around hunting zombies in the skin of a guy; the first female model is live in H1Z1....
