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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Multiplayer survival sandbox Earth: Revival plans closed beta this weekend
If you just can't get enough survival sandbox, Chinese studio Nuverse has another one for you to die in. It's called Earth: Revival, and...
PlanetSide 2 releases a ‘pre-war patch-up’ that fixes some issues for PC players
The bug fixing patch. We all know that it's something of a staple and necessary evil for MMOs, MMORPGs, and multiplayer gaming. Such a...
Black Desert PC adds new monster zones, Node War quality-of-life, and Arena of Solare events
Whether it's hunting monsters or hunting other players, the PC version of Black Desert has got you covered with today's update, as it launches...
Perfect Ten: The MMO studios that keep whiffing on new projects
Everyone makes mistakes, and that's all right. That's not necessarily a big deal. Yes, this is true when it comes to MMO studios too....
Fractured Online releases live-action trailer ahead of its freebie weekend
Ahead of this weekend's Fractured Online free-play event, Gamigo and Dynamight Studios have dropped a live-action trailer following survivors of brutal demonic attacks training...
Atomic Heart teases a Bioshock-like journey through an alternate USSR
In Atomic Heart, a new first-person shooter from Mundfish, the clock is rewound back to the 1950s and players are shuttled into an alternate...
War Thunder’s Age of Drones update introduces modern UAVs in September
We've got whole MMOs revolving around tanks, war planes, spaceships, and boats - how about drones? Well, you're not getting that, but you are...
LOTRO Legendarium: Will Before the Shadow evade the mini-expansion stigma?
With the announcement this week at Gamescom's Devcom of Lord of the Rings Online's "mini-expansion," Before the Shadow, we now have a pretty good...
Fallout 76 on console has a high-end item scamming problem, and players are using private worlds to solve it
Players at the top end of Fallout 76 on console have been running into a problem: They want to get certain high-level items and...
WoW Factor: Why trying to draw back former MMO raiders doesn’t work
World of Warcraft has gone harder on its raiding focus in recent years in a lot of ways, starting with Warlords of Draenor and...
XLGames ties down another ArcheAge trademark, this time for ArcheAge WAR
XLGames' ArcheAge is once again pinging the trademark radar, with Redditors reporting yet another new filing made by the developer last week for something...
Fight or Kite: I had a MultiVersus hole in my heart all this time and never knew it
I honestly can’t get enough of MultiVersus. It’s completely consumed my nightly game time, almost in its entirety. Maybe it’s just been too long...
WoW Factor: Optimal choices in MMO talent trees don’t justify removing them
So there's this funny persistent thing that goes around when it comes to talent trees in World of Warcraft. A certain coalition of players...
QuakeCon 2022: Fallout 76’s Expeditions The Pitt rolls out September 13
If you haven't been keeping an eyeball on this summer's QuakeCon offerings, you have missed out: Not only has Bethsoft offered up deets for...
Massively on the Go: Everything multiplayer fans need to know about Splatoon 3
So we've all gone through the recent news about Splatoon 3, right? No? Well, don't worry. A lot of the presentation seemed to be aimed...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that took aim at World of Warcraft
The fact that we currently have a Big Five in the MMO space is a big change from not so long ago, when the...
Sci-fi MMO Dual Universe is officially launching next month, six years after its $630K Kickstarter
It's been a long strange trip for the Kickstarted sci-fi sandbox MMORPG Dual Universe, studded with unusual monetization and the ousting of its founder...
World of Tanks celebrates its 12th anniversary, War Thunder celebrates the summertime
I've never been inside of one, but I have to believe that the interiors of war vehicles are pretty darn warm. For fans of...
The Game Archaeologist: MegaWars, the Star Trek online sim from the ’70s
When we look at the early days of online computer gaming, it shouldn't be a surprise that the geeky crowd that was working on...
WoW Factor: The problem with borrowed power was never new systems
There's a bit of cognitive disconnect that I notice is still tripping up some particular fans of World of Warcraft even at this point....
