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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New World rebuts ‘pay-to-win’ accusations from PvPers eyeing Rise of the Angry Earth’s item level bumps
Amazon's Scot Lane, David Verfaillie, and Katy Kaszynski are back with a new video for New World, its 50th Forged in Aeternum, and because...
Fight or Kite: Harry Potter Magic Awakened’s housing might impress even die-hard housing fans
For the last several weeks, I’ve taken you through so many different activities available in the recently released Harry Potter: Magic Awakened mobile MMO...
The Daily Grind: What’s the smallest MMO you actively play?
Smallest in terms of playerbase size, that is.
I wondered about this the other day when I was writing up a piece that included mention...
The MOP Up: World of Warcraft’s mighty banhammer strikes once more
World of Warcraft announced that it banned 145,566 accounts in August, saying, "All of these actions were for cheating or exploitation, which primarily result...
WoW Factor: MMO raid design and the antagonistic GM
Last week's column about World of Warcraft prompted some really interesting comments that I think are worth talking about; in fact, I very nearly...
Black Desert PC ends one-sided guild wardecs, tinkers with Great Ocean content
Black Desert PC's latest update clocks in at over 1GB, so you know it's worth your while - especially if you're a guild PvPer....
Trove’s Battle of Fire and Ice event pits yetis against dragons in tomb-raiding combat
Yetis doing battle with dragons in a bid to win the Battle of Fire and Ice. It sounds like delightful young adult fantasy novel...
Stick and Rudder: Chronicling CIG’s naked hostility toward Star Citizen’s long-time backers
Earlier this week, Cloud Imperium creative content lead Jared Huckaby stopped the focus of a Star Citizen Live showcase to very grumpily look through...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s exhausting constant hype cycle
When I saw that there was an event happening on Thursday for World of Warcraft's next patch, I had to do a double-take. I...
The Stream Team: Neverwinter War Machines
Troubles with elemental evils involve cultists? You don't say! Massively OP's MJ never would have guessed -- especially not after eradicating the cultists causing...
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s 7.3.1 update and Season 5 launch today
After a long and arduous battle, Kai Zykken has been removed from the fleet stations for numerous offenses including writing bad checks, causing issues...
Fight or Kite: Harry Potter Magic Awakened is going to school you too
Continuing my hotly anticipated column covering everything PvP, we’ve gathered together again here in Fight or Kite to discuss dancing and school work.
You read...
New World’s devs detail mount trinkets, Edengrove changes, artifact perks, and ‘influence v2’ in latest video
It's probably no surprise that the devs of New World are talking about the forthcoming Rise of the Angry Earth expansion in this month's...
War Thunder’s Sons of Atilla update features new Hungarian armor and several other new vehicles
Vehicles are the name of the game in War Thunder, and there will be a whole bevy of them arriving in the September Sons...
WoW Factor: What would World of Warcraft ‘Classic Plus’ even look like?
So before I start this column, I want to make something very clear: I do not for one moment, in my heart of hearts,...
Perfect Ten: Times when MMOs brought about world-shattering cataclysms
The notion of an in-game cataclysm is hardly the sole domain of Activision-Blizzard; on the contrary, large-scale apocalypses pop up all the time in...
NCsoft and Amazon are planning a big western Throne & Liberty technical test in September
NCsoft's Throne & Liberty may be a tangle of delays, but some lucky testers are going to get a sneak peek, as Amazon and...
Eternal Tombs promises September gameplay demo following fan reaction to its reveal trailer
Eternal Tombs, aka the game formerly known as War of Dragnorox, put out a reveal trailer as well as a sprawling and aspirational overview...
Warframe’s Whispers in the Walls adds new narrative, hub, and Tenno ‘skin’
What is TennoCon but the opportunity to debut something big for Warframe? Every year Digital Extremes introduces players to new and exciting content that's...
TennoCon 2023: Warframe cross-save launches this year, mobile pre-orders are live
At TennoCon 2021, cross-platform play was first revealed for Warframe, though it was TennoCon 2022 that gave us the 2022 launch info. Cross-play arrived,...
