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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Massively Overthinking: What are your MMO character customization dealbreakers?
Back in February, when BlizzConline was at its height, part of the World of Warcraft community lost its mind over the revelation that Blizzard...
ArcheAge’s Akasch Invasion patch is live with the new Gunslinger skillset
As promised, ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained are getting a blast of new content today in the form of the Akasch Invasion. "With the new update...
Desert Oasis: The problem with Black Desert’s season servers – and how to fix it
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The Daily Grind: Do MMOs need ‘friction’ for social bonding?
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Kickstarted Civil War game War of Rights adds big guns, infantry flags, and anti-trolling measures
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Fight or Kite: Project Winter plays like Among Us mixed with survival mechanics for a unique experience
What do you get if you take the Among Us crew and traitor system, MMO staples like gathering and crafting, survival games' hunger and...
The MOP Up: The Day Before’s romantic apocalypse
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The Game Archaeologist: The online world of Diablo II
Most of us probably weren't expecting to see Diablo II once again propelled into the spotlight in the year 2021, but the BlizzCon announcement...
Chronicles of Elyria outlines the basic gameplay beats of the colony sim Kingdoms of Elyria
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Star Citizen plans additional Theaters of War testing, discusses FPS tools and asteroids in video
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Simutronics’ new mech hero shooter Galahad 3093 plans an open beta for March 19
It's a mech game! It's a hero shooter! It's from the company best known for GemStone IV and DragonRealms, a pair of MUDs which...
Blade and Soul Revolution introduces a large-scale Faction War PvP battleground in latest update
It's only been a week since Blade and Soul Revolution debuted on mobile devices, but that isn't stopping the game's devs from kicking out...
EVE Online introduces new landmarks, spaceship racing, and an Abyssal Proving Ground event
On your marks, get set, tap in the coordinates of a location into your nav computer, spool up the warp drives, and go! Admittedly,...
Dark Age of Camelot’s leveling event draws ‘thousands’ of characters
It's Fast Times at Dark Age High these days, as DAOC is in the midst of a 10-day "Catch Up in Caledonia" event to...
Lord of the Rings Online’s 2021 roadmap includes Wildwood, Bilbo, Blood of Azog, Gundabad, and the LI revamp
Lord of the Rings Online's Rob "Severlin" Ciccolini just posted a new letter from producer for the community, through if you've been watching the...
The Daily Grind: Where’s the love for MMO Engineers?
If you announce that your MMO is going to have an Engineer class of some kind, then congratulation: I'm going to play it. In...
ArcheAge announces Akasch Invasion patch coming March 25 – with some paid content for Unchained
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Fight or Kite: Crowfall’s Transformation added necessary polish to bring us closer to launch
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LOTRO Legendarium: How much value does a VIP subscription offer these days?
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