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: The many ways today’s MMOs are failing PvPers
Last week, the MassivelyOP writing crew released its award for the best PvP MMO of the year - yet I couldn’t bring myself to...
Massively Uplifting: A season of gains and losses in the MMO world
Where has the year gone? Fall has wrapped up, winter is beginning, and the end of the year draws nigh. Today, many will be...
One Shots: The best player-submitted MMO screenshots of 2022
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World of Tanks teases 2023 plans including new modes, system reworks, and more vehicle updates
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Warhammer Online’s Return of Reckoning server brings back Keg End and introduces a new scenario
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Camelot Unchained details the Vox Messoris and siege changes with its latest newsletter
So Camelot Unchained got an infusion of $15 million of investment back in November. Were you hoping that this would mean the monthly newsletters...
WoW Factor: Chris Metzen’s uphill road with World of Warcraft
So, last week there was a bit of unusual timing. I had finished my column about World of Warcraft's Trading Post, and on the...
Corepunk has suffered yet another delay but says beta is finally ‘close’
Despite previous promises that it would have a closed beta test running by the end of 2022, Corepunk and its team announced that it's...
Dark Age of Camelot celebrates the Midwinter Festival once more
The true meaning of Christmas in Dark Age of Camelot is that you stop fighting over a castle for like five minutes to have...
New World on how tax changes and leaderboards are changing its PvP scene
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Wurm Online’s newest update brings an in-depth and involved new cartography skill
Most of the time, mapping out the land in modern MMORPGs is a matter of moving a character into a portion of some UI...
The MOP Up: Chimeraland heads to the Epic Game Store
The unholy, unnatural, unbelievable Chimeraland has its sights set on a new conquest: the Epic Game Store. The studio announced that it's releasing on...
Epic MMO Battles of History: Azeroth vs. Final Fantasy XIV antagonists
Not every single game is comparable to every other game. That's just the reality of things. Comparing every Mega Man game to every Castlevania...
EVE Online brings back the Winter Nexus event today
"My friends," you ask your corporation in EVE Online, "what is the real meaning of Christmas?" And to that they all laugh, because Santa's...
Massively on the Go: Splatoon 3’s Big Run is fun, but it’s no Splatfest replacement
Big Run has run its course in Splatoon 3, and while it was enjoyable, it was no Splatfest. In fact, it felt more like a long,...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s proposed Trading Post actually sounds good so far
I could, in theory, spend today's WoW Factor talking about the launch of the first endgame season in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, but quite...
Fight or Kite: A new season and character advancement for Conqueror’s Blade
The game of tactical warfare has continued to grow on me the past couple of weeks. I really can’t overstate just how much there...
Lost Ark invites you to Wreck the Halls as it fights bots with tomorrow’s update
Why deck the halls when you can wreck 'em in Lost Ark's holiday update tomorrow? "The road to Brelshaza concludes tomorrow, when the cunning and...
Diablo Immortal adds a new zone, more Hell Difficulties, and a holiday event in latest update
Terror's Tide is crashing across Diablo Immortal, and with it comes a large-scale update for the mobile MMO, with new content, updates to existing...