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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The Gigantic revival reveals two new maps coming with its April 9 relaunch
You already knew that Gearbox is reviving Motiga's sunsetted MOBA Gigantic, and you already knew that it's coming on April 9th. You knew these...
Black Desert Mobile launches the Drakania awakening as PC continues faction PvP balancing
Black Desert continues its frenzied pace of updating this week across its multiple versions. Let's begin with the splashiest: In Black Desert Mobile, the...
Overwatch 2’s latest patch quietly added a new PvE co-op mode alongside those flashy Cowboy Bebop skins
Overwatch 2, you're being all sorts of surprising these days. First of all, we get this lovely gift of a PvE co-op game mode...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 461: Dune Awakening rises from its slumber
Justin and Bree discuss Camelot Unchained, Final Stand Ragnarok, WoW Cataclysm Classic, Dune Awakening, New World, and Albion Online, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on BitCraft and our thoughts on the merits of early access.
First impressions: Final Stand Ragnarok is not Camelot Unchained, but it’s a fun romp anyway
At the top of 2020, when City State Entertainment's Mark Jacobs first announced Final Stand Ragnarok - called Project Colossus back then - it...
War Thunder previews Tank Football 2024 and more Alpha Strike update content
Are you ready to play some football? In a tank? That doesn't make any sense as a name because tanks famously do not have...
Dune Awakening: Religion yes, player messiahs no
With Dune Part 2 in theaters and Funcom kicking Dune Awakening's hype into high gear, it's hard not to be swept up in the...
Tamriel Infinium: Ranking Elder Scrolls Online’s 10 races from worst to best
One thing that I appreciate about Elder Scrolls Online is that any race can be any class. None of that racial or gender-locking for...
Fight or Kite: Myth of Empires’ early gameplay is classic survival fare, but not as amazing as the trailer
A title like Myth of Empires rolls off the tongue like a turtle running down a flight of stairs: You can’t imagine how that...
Elite Dangerous players successfully destroy the first Thargoid Titan
Update 18 of Elite: Dangerous was subtitled Kill the Titans, so that headline is probably a foregone conclusion, but all the same it's worth...
The Daily Grind: So who thinks Camelot Unchained is really launching next year?
Unchained Games fka City State Entertainment is one of the rare few studios that gets a standard disclaimer in our posts, and for those...
The MOP Up: Lost Skies gets downright cozy inside of its ships
Lost Skies'Â February dev blog showed off some UX work, early prototypes of its weapon damage system, and some super-cozy ship interior concepts. Also, the...
World War II Online seeks more crowdfunding for Unreal Engine upgrade
You know how everyone likes to joke that M*A*S*H the TV show was several times longer than the actual Korean War? Let us pause...
Massively Overthinking: Always-online vs. offline modes in multiplayer games
The Nightingale team's admission that players are clamoring for an offline version of the game - and that Inflexion is now planning to do...
10-year-old Camelot Unchained is launching ‘late next year’ following CSE rebrand and investment haul
So, remember Camelot Unchained? The throwback sandbox MMORPG that was Kickstarted way back in 2013, hit beta in 2018, then added a second game...
Black Desert celebrates 55M registered players and €2B revenue since 2014
It's not every day that we get hard numbers out of MMORPG studios, but Pearl Abyss has brought some big ones for Black Desert...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s The Realm of Dreams, launching today
Can you believe it has been more than half a year since we took our first steps into the mysterious, long-teased Wizard's Tower in...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever gone a long period without playing MMORPGs?
I was thinking about this topic a few weeks ago when chatting with MOP's Eliot about some of our formative experiences in the genre....
Helldivers 2 players decry mission farming and saboteurs as servers stabilize and stealth is hinted at
This past weekend in Helldivers 2 was significantly more stable as far as the game's servers are concerned, which has now opened players up...
Elite Dangerous Update 18 adds new weapon, multiple bug fixes, and the ‘end game’ of the Thargoid War
It is now time for Elite Dangerous players to Kill the Titans. As promised from an earlier roadmap livestream, Update 18 has officially gone...
