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 Daily Grind: What’s been your MMO highlight of 2024 so far?
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The Stream Team: AQ3D ninjas and pirates and levels, oh my!
If there's one thing that doesn't change, it's that you can't really rush Massively OP's MJ through things -- not even war. But just...
The Stream Team: A long overdue return to the galactic war of Helldivers 2 – with friends
MOP's Chris hasn't played Helldivers 2 in quite a while - not since the game got its big balance improving update - but today...
Global Chat: What’s World of Warcraft Cataclysm’s best zone?
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Fight or Kite: Is Wild Card Football ready to be the new NFL Blitz for 2024?
Ah, the beauty and the wonder of a new season. School is back in session. New episodes are on TV – well, streaming TV....
Casually Classic: World of Warcraft’s delves have real evergreen potential
Ever since World of Warcraft released back in 2004, there's been an tension in this game between casual, solo play and hardcore group progression. It was...
PlanetSide 2’s Nanite of the Living Dead rises from its grave once again for Halloween this year
It's time for the Halloween season to once more cover the battlefields of PlanetSide 2, and regular players of the persistent war MMOFPS know...
Anvil Empires highlights its underground cave system, mining updates, and a stability mechanic
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I can't believe that after we've gone so many different places, at long last, Final Fantasy XIV is going to have Soken do a...
The MOP Up: FFXIV fans party hard at Gamescom 2024
Final Fantasy XIV's European contingent partied hard at the recent Gamescom 2024 -- the first such gathering in five years. The community team reported...
The Stream Team: The pirates vs ninjas war comes to an end in AdventureQuest 3D
AQ3D's war between the pirates and the ninjas is over. And sadly, Massively OP's MJ's team was not the victor. RIP ninjas. And to...
It’s time to blow up houses in Star Wars Galaxies Legends – plus the devs just upgraded PvP and the engine
OK, so you're not really destroying houses with Star Wars Galaxies Legends' housing pack-up event. I mean, yes, you're calling in an airstrike on...
World of Warships teases its next content update as it sells Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cosmetics
Gamers of a particular vintage will probably remember The Hunt for Red October, a naval-based action thriller about a Soviet submarine's attempt to defect...
Black Desert changes clans to guilds on PC, makes several class adjustments on mobile
This week is a bit of a less intense one for Black Desert fans comparatively speaking, but there are still things of interest to...
World of Warcraft data loss fiasco deletes items out of guild banks – and Blizzard can’t fully restore them
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The Stream Team: Party Animals’ first birthday party pits cats against dogs
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Bohemia officially moves Vigor from PC early access to launch as Steam reviews tank
Bohemia Interactive's free-to-play multiplayer looter-shooter Vigor officially launched on PC this week after a console launch and then a run in early access for...
One of Elite Dangerous’ most important star systems is currently under Thargoid attack
Followers of the Thargoid War in Elite: Dangerous likely already assumed some form of counterattack from the alien force was coming, particularly in the...
