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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Not So Massively: Blizzard’s $1.2 million tourney; X-Wing successor hits Kickstarter
In a bizarre coincidence, four separate MOBAs announced new champions this week. SMITE revealed an adorable Norse squirrel god named Ratatoskr and officially launched...
Wargaming is running a wacky World of Warplanes contest
How would you like to shoot down DonnieWahlberg in World of Warplanes? Perhaps you can, assuming that Wargaming didn't just make up the gamer handle...
Master X Master Online is an NCsoft MOBA with a twist
Are you curious about NCsoft's Master X Master Online? Steparu's put the game through its paces and has nice things to say about it, concluding...
Albion Online’s newest dev answers community queries, snaps at EVE trolls
Albion Online is surely milking its acquisition of Game Designer Matt Woodward for all its worth. After Albion heralded his arrival with a level...
Mortal Online opens the doors to Sarducaa
If you are a Mortal Online player, you were probably in heaven this past weekend, as the game patched in a whole new continent...
CCP Games buys back $20m in bonds, drops Legion trademark
News is circulating in the EVE Online blogs and forum that developer CCP Games has just bought back $20 million in publicly traded bonds....
EVE Evolved: Building your own empire
When CCP announced its far-reaching plans to overhaul EVE Online's territorial warfare gameplay, players were cautiously optimistic but understandably guarded. EVE's old sovereignty system...
How Crowfall deals with changes to player purchases
What do you do when you've already sold something that hasn't been fully built yet -- and might need to be changed from its...
One Shots: Nothing to see here, move along
Do you ever stop to realize just how much weirdness we see and dismiss every day as MMO gamers? If a fraction of the...
Make My MMO: May 16, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Gloria Victis developer Black Eye Games let us know that it's in "the home stretch" in terms of...
The Stream Team: Racing for riches in GTA Online
There are plenty of ways to make money in GTA Online, from missions to heists to nabbing cars and selling them to the shops....
Mortal Online is getting a new continent this weekend
Mortal Online is getting a new continent this Sunday. It's called Sarducca, and it's home to a bunch of soldier fanatics who are loyal...
Camelot Unchained’s Friday update talks blowing stuff up
Mark Jacobs has posted Camelot Unchained's traditional Friday update. In it, he thanks a couple of backers for their gifts to the team, and...
Gloria Victis prepares to pull the trigger on Unity 5
Those anticipating Gloria Victis' glorious transformation into the new Unity 5 game engine won't have long to wait at all. Black Eye Games said...
Quick tips for maximizing your GTA Online fun
I've been playing GTA Online for 50-something hours now, and while I'm by no means an expert, I'm a lot smarter about the game...
Das Tal demos skill-based combat and posts Kickstarter FAQ
What does skill-based combat mean to you? We can't tell you that, but we can tell you what it means to the makers of...
The Daily Grind: Do you crave night-and-day cycles in MMOs?
Earlier this week, Daybreak's John Smedley told H1Z1 fans about a metric that startled me: An awful lot of post-apoc gamers are annoyed with night...
The Daily Grind: Would you try a Darkfall reboot?
Yesterday's news regarding the possibility of a classic Darkfall server was pretty great. I loved Aventurine's 2010-era fantasy gankbox, and I'd resubscribe or even repurchase the client...
Raph Koster used MMO design to help revitalize a bar trivia game
You might know Raph Koster from his MMO legacy as a designer on Ultima Online or Star Wars Galaxies, or perhaps from his current...
Heroes of the Storm devs talk Kael’Thas and character design
Wondering how Blizzard's developers choose from the studio's incredible roster of characters and then crafted those selections into Heroes of the Storm's champions? Then...
