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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Lost Ark’s Art of War March update launches tomorrow morning while you sleep
Amazon is hyping up tomorrow's big patch launch for Lost Ark, the March release dubbed The Art of War. Fittingly, the heart of the...
Elite Dangerous promises more Thargoid War balancing on Thursday and a reopened console copy portal soon
The weekly progress reset is coming this Thursday, March 15th, to Elite: Dangerous - that's expected by players, obviously - but that date is...
Former Trion boss Scott Hartsman illuminates the rise and fall of RIFT
Yesterday, we ran an editorial from MOP's Tyler focused on his reasoning that MMOs are better off showcasing their own special attributes than tearing...
Conan Exiles releases third and final chapter of Age of Sorcery as Funcom turns 30
Happy patch day for Conan Exiles, as Funcom rolls out chapter three of the Age of Sorcery arc to PC and console today. The...
City State says new hires put Camelot Unchained progress ‘ahead of schedule,’ debuts Hamadryad race
A significant hiring push is proving to be a "big assist" in the effort to get Camelot Unchained finished, City State's Mark Jacobs said...
WoW Factor: Everything we know about Embers of Neltharion – so far
So at this point, we actually have a remarkably clear picture of what's going to be in the first major content patch for World...
Lord of the Rings Online wraps up another leg of update 35 testing with revamp of The Last Homely House
Even as the spring festival begins today, Lord of the Rings Online's devs are back on Bullroarer testing update 35: The Return to Carn...
Dark Age of Camelot brings back its speed-leveling event, Catch Up in Caledonia
The "it" MMO from 2001 is looking for a few good souls to put through its medieval meat grinder -- with a leg up,...
Perfect Ten: 10 franchises that deserve another shot at an MMO
Some experiments are attempted once and fail, and it's not hard to figure out why that didn't work. We don't really need to take...
Fight or Kite: Shadowverse is a wildly successful card game, but it takes cash to compete
Next up in the carousel of card game cutouts we're going to look at here in MOP's Fight or Kite column is a tiny,...
PvP MMO ArcheAge War debuts video on its feature set ahead of March 21 Korean launch
Fans in South Korea are ready for some more ArcheAge, believe it or not, as the PC and mobile cross-platform PvP MMO ArcheAge War...
Black Desert console starts a new Node War season, Black Desert PC is free to claim until March 9
We're back with another mid-week news dump from Black Desert, this time featuring updates and headlines from the console and PC editions of the...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft is just coasting down the mountain
In November 1994, Marvel Comics launched a new comic book spin-off from the main X-Men series. Generation X, written by Scott Lobdell, was in...
Lost Ark is getting faction-based RvR PvP content later this month
If you're among those players who are looking for more PvP things to do in Lost Ark, then you're going to enjoy this month's...
Meet Pax Dei, a well-funded open-world social sandbox built to ‘true MMO scale’
Back in 2021, we caught wind of a new Microsoft-backed MMO called Pax Dei from studio Mainframe Industries, which had been busy raising huge...
Choose My Adventure: New tutorials and old habits see Destiny 2’s hooks set in
I'm going to admit it to myself: In spite of my misgivings about what awaits me at the endgame, I can feel myself getting...
The Front is a new survival shooter coming in 2023 with 10 ‘distinct survival indices’ to track
Heads-up, folks, we got a new MMO acronym comin' in hot: survival-open-world-crafting aka SOC. Will it stick? Well, Samar Studio's new "SOC" called The...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Shadowfax server heads toward its final stretch with Minas Morgul unlock
Lord of the Rings Online's fastest progressing (and least populated) server is nearing its final months of existence, as Standing Stone Games has plans...
The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMO you tried super late in its lifetime?
Earlier this month, an MOP reader tweeted about trying Dark Age of Camelot for the first time in 2023 and falling in love, which...
One Shots: That moment when you missed your cruise ship’s departure
The day had started so promisingly. You had docked in a tropical port full of free-flowing wine, endless parties, numerous souvenir shops, and nary...
