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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Fight or Kite: Deckbuilder Ascension is far better as a video game than as a physical one
I mentioned at the top of the Fight or Kite piece about HEROish that I’ve been hankering for some card games. I haven’t spent...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 408: FFXIV on one side, mods on the other
Justin and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV's great mode debate, WoW's trading post issues, NCsoft's layoffs, Square's and Blizzard's financials, The Crew 3, Quinfall, and Elder Scrolls Online, with adventures in LOTRO and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on MMO beards.
Camelot Unchained shows off scads of St’rm, notes new hires, and continues expanding Extraction
Hey friends, do you like playable lizard races? Then you're going to get a cold-blooded kick out of Camelot Unchained's recent newsletter, which focuses...
WWII Online posts 2023 roadmap, boosted by ongoing graphical and engine upgrades
World War II Online is still alive and barreling toward its 22nd birthday, I'm happy to report, and it's joining the many MMORPGs that...
WoW Factor: The state of World of Warcraft’s Dragonflight, two months in
On Monday, I talked with MOP's Bree about the idea of doing a piece this week about how World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was doing...
Black Desert merges silver storage on console, adds individual war rewards for PC, tweaks Bell of Aal on mobile
This week has once more seen all three variants of Black Desert get their own individual updates, which means another three paragraphs of condensed...
Perfect Ten: 10 dead MMOs that should be revived for a second chance
I have always felt that it's such an enormous waste of everything when a live MMORPG is sunsetted and access to it is gone...
Elite Dangerous brings clearer Thargoid War UI, system reset tweaks, and new frontline content today
A fresh new patch for Update 14 launches today in Elite: Dangerous, and by all accounts it's bringing some features that players have been...
Wisdom of Nym: In praise of Final Fantasy XIV’s Ultimate content
As basically everyone who has read this column for a long period of time knows, I have not done the latest bit of Ultimate...
Warframe blasts off next month to Star Days and the new Citrine frame
While many other online RPGs are slowly revving up for releases later this spring or summer, Warframe is all about delivering the goods as...
‘WELP’: New World leaderboard test event ends with a bellyflop thanks to war mercenary mechanics
Testing is meant to break things and not go to plan, but the devs of New World had a pretty big stumble as the...
ArcheAge Unchained is launching a NA and EU fresh start server on February 9
Stop me if you've heard this one: ArcheAge is preparing another fresh start server! OK, technically it's ArcheAge Unchained this time, and technically it's...
WoW Factor: Brian Birmingham’s ousting and the ever-deepening rot at Blizzard
Talking about this company is always so exhausting, but let's do a quick recap: Brian Birmingham was, up until recently, one of the top...
Star Trek Online has a new executive producer, players have a new hairdo
You might have missed it in the excitement of yesterday's Refractions release, but Star Trek Online apparently has a new executive producer: Jarrod Fisher....
World of Tanks details its new clan battle-centered War Gods event arriving February 13
Players of World of Tanks are probably familiar with Clan Wars, the global map battle mode where clans vie to capture and hold provinces...
Fallout 76 declares war on illegal weapon mods with today’s update
There's a reckoning taking place over in Fallout 76 today, a reckoning that perhaps is long overdue. Bethesda is rolling out a patch to...
Fight or Kite: HEROish is blend of MOBA and card game aimed at both PvE and PvP players
I’ve always wanted to really get into some meaty card games. Swords, sorcery, and high fantasy were always my favorite things. My family knew...
The MOP Up: Apex Legends revamps its matchmaking system
Ever wonder how a competitive online game pairs you up with other people for skirmishes? In a new dev blog, Apex Legends' team went...
LOTRO Legendarium: Reacting to LOTRO’s 2023 roadmap
Do you remember the years of the past when we'd be waiting well into March or even later for a Lord of the Rings...
New World promises ‘more programmatic content’ as leaderboards hit the PTS
As the broader Amazon layoff of 18,000 people across the company's global workforce begins to reverberate across the tech industry, Amazon Games Studio's MMOs...
