RvR stands for “realm vs. realm,” usually a reference to faction-based player-vs.-player warfare, and frequently (though not always) in the context of more than two realms.
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Video game voice actors and big studios tentatively ink deal to end 11-month strike
Almost a year ago, SAG-AFTRA issued a strike against a round of video game companies following a year and a half of failing negotiation...
Battleground Europe brings vintage WWII warfare to Steam
Even an old dog can find itself a fresh young pup in the right circumstances. Battleground Europe, originally known as World War II Online,...
PUBG dev argues Fortnite spat is about Epic and Unreal Engine’s conflicts, not about owning the battle royal genre
Last week, following Epic's announcement that PvE-centric Fortnite would be getting a PvP-centric battle royal mode its paying PvE players apparently didn't want (but that's...
Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs on guilds, groups, and the social systems that make an MMORPG go ’round
Over the weekend, the studio behind crowdfunded RvR MMORPGÂ Camelot Unchained released a hefty chunk of its ongoing beta one document, revealing extensive insight into...
The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World’s Tokyo reveals (September 24, 2017)
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...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Savage Hunt – Dragon’s Prophet, Ironsight, Until None Remain, and Battlerite
Welcome back to our intermittent series on MMOs and other multiplayer games you you've never heard of! Today we have four fresh titles to...
LOTRO Legendarium: Six places LOTRO could go after Mordor
It always seems a bit unfair, a bit impatient, and a bit premature to be asking that eternal question of an MMO: "What's next?"...
Camelot Unchained explains its guild and group philosophy for beta one
Mark Jacobs and City State Games have a big surprise for Camelot Unchained followers in this week's dev blog: a major update to the...
War Thunder enters the Cold War era with its latest update
While you weren't paying attention, the Cold War crept up on us all. Again. War Thunder entered a new era -- or E.R.A. --...
World of Warcraft audio drama shows what happened to Alleria and Turalyon
The open question of "where are Alleria and Turalyon" was bouncing around in World of Warcraft pretty much as soon as players got to...
Happy birthday to Fallen Earth, Aion, World of Warships, and Warhammer Online
This particular part of September is loaded with MMORPG and MMO birthdays. In addition to ArcheAge, whose corgipocalypse we've been covering already, and Ultima...
Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire launch trailer is hot. One might even say it’s on fire. Because it is.
Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire launch is coming up fast on Friday of this very week, which means today is launch trailer day....
EVE Online thieves produce propaganda music video, auction off ill-gotten gains
If betrayals, heists, coups d'état, and threats aren't enough to pique your interest in EVE Online's metagame, maybe memes will do the trick.
As PCGN...
Hearthstone classic card nerf patch arrives
Get ready to adjust the meta once more, as today's Hearthstone patch pronounces several basic and classic cards guilty of being too useful and...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Stormblood dungeons in review
Have I really not talked about the dungeons of Stormblood yet? That's unexpected. Usually I would have mentioned them by now, I talk about...
DC Universe Online prepares for the Riddled with Crime update on September 20
So for whatever reason, Batman isn't patrolling Gotham City in DC Universe Online. That's a bad thing under any circumstances, but it gets even...
EVE Evolved: How much toxic, antisocial behaviour should MMOs tolerate?
The EVE Online community is aflame this week after alliance leader gigX was permanently banned for making threats of real-life violence against another player...
The MOP Up: PlayerUnknown’s Battleground and the fog of war (September 17, 2017)
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 ‘sprints’ toward beta one sieges, teases group and guild infodump
This week's Camelot Unchained is good news, assuming you want to play the game, and you probably do, else you'd not be reading this.
"We...
EverQuest’s Phinigel progression server moves forward
Thirteen years after initially launching to EverQuest's playerbase, the Omens of War expansion is getting another opportunity for a big splash.
Yesterday, EverQuest's Phinigel progression...
