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Blizzard Slashes PvP to Make Sure Diablo III Launches on Time

The development team at Blizzard has announced that it has decided to cut the Players versus Players Arena system from the initial release of Diablo III in order to make sure that the hack and slash title is launched on time. The Blizzard developers say that both the campaign and the core single and cooperative mech...

10 March 2012
04:55 GMT

Problems Reported with PvP Ilum Quests in Star Wars: The Old Republic

A number of players who are engaged with the Player versus Player aspect of the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic have reported a number of issues with the planet Ilum, saying that kills are sometimes not registered and that daily and weekly quests requirements cannot be met and no rewards are offered. It seems that t...

9 February 2012
05:57 GMT

Facebook Avengers Alliance Will Use PvP to Draw in Hardcore Comic Fans

Marvel will make headlines when it comes to multiplayer gaming in the coming year with the high profile Gazillion MMO project set to arrive during 2013, but until then gamers are able to get their superhero fix on Facebook, where an Avengers social game will try to bridge the gap between hardcore and casual players. ...

3 February 2012
09:21 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Gets New Patch to Fix PvP Exploits After Update 1.1

BioWare has just deployed a brand new patch for its Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO, this time to fix the variety of exploits related to its Player versus Player mechanics, which appeared after the recent release of update 1.1, also known as Rise of the Rakghouls. Star Wars: The Old Republic had a pretty smooth laun...

20 January 2012
04:30 GMT

PvP Starcraft Universe Playable Through Battle.net Until October 30

The development team behind the Starcraft Universe MMO project have announced that the Player versus Player mode of their game will be playable by all those interested via the Battle.net service from Blizzard until October 30.On that date the mod will be taken down and the team will work on it some more before launch...

20 October 2011
09:30 GMT

Magicka Developers Prepare PvP Updated, Think of Sequel

The developers at Arrowhead Studios that have created the surprise early year hit Magicka are already thinking about a sequel to the video games, which will probably be created using all-new technology and will aim for a bug-free launch. Speaking to video game site Joystiq, Fredrik Wester, who is the chief executi...

4 May 2011
08:45 GMT

Gangs of Tarantia Invading Age of Conan

Funcom is announcing that it has released Gangs of Tarantia, a new content update for the Age of Conan MMO. It adds one fresh area, called Tarantia Commons, with a new storyline, enemies and, of course, enticing rewards. Funcom is saying that high level players will get the most out of this.Craig Morrison, who is the...

26 June 2009
03:54 GMT

World of Warcraft Players Will Get Experience from PvP

Blizzard is getting ready to make some pretty sweeping changes in World of Warcraft in the coming Call of the Crusade patch. The company has already announced that it would introduce a new area called the Isle of Conquest, which is set to allow as many as 80 players to go head to head trying to capture the area for t...

22 June 2009
05:23 GMT

Blizzard Announces 2009 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament

Blizzard has just announced that registrations would be opened for the 2009 edition of the World of Warcraft Arena Tournament on February 17. Players who are interested in taking part will need to complete a registration form, pay up a 20-dollar fee for entry in the tournament and then get to work planning strategies...

11 February 2009
17:41 GMT

PvP Consequences Coming to Age of Conan

Craig Morrison, the game director for Funcom's Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, hopes that the game will get the Player versus Players consequences system as soon as it's done, which probably means this week.While talking to Eurogamer, Morrison stated that “It's very, very soon. It's been ...

28 October 2008
00:46 GMT

Crafting Update for Age of Conan

Funcom is working hard to make sure that its Age of Conan players stay with the game while also trying to attract new gamers to its MMO title. Part of the effort is a fresh overall direction for the Player versus Players aspect of the game and a new crafting system which should be coming via a patch.All the recipes r...

6 October 2008
05:30 GMT

Age of Conan Consolidates Servers

You know one MMO has hit trouble when it announces that it plans to merge servers. Funcom, the developer and operator of Age of Conan: Hyperborian Adventures announces that it plans to merge some of its game servers in an effort to create “healthy” player populations required to make the game progress in ...

30 September 2008
04:16 GMT

Blizzard Is Opening Up Character Transfer

The guys at Blizzard announce that they are opening up transfers from the Player versus Environment servers to the Player versus Player servers in World of Warcraft. The move is bound to be controversial as the company initially stated that such transfers would never be allowed to take place in its MMO.The idea is th...

12 September 2008
15:41 GMT

Join Fury League to Battle for Cash

It's no longer a secret that more and more online games are offering real prizes in real cash and now Fury League has been created in order to join the already existing titles and try to reach the status of "best of the best". However, this will probably matter the least for you, since your job will be the same:...

9 May 2008
15:06 GMT

MMO - Evolutionary Business Plan for Auran's Fury

Auran Games have finally revealed their new business model for the upcoming PvP MMO, Fury. The developer claims that all users of its free-to-play MMO, regardless of their subscription status, will have access to the most powerful items and abilities in the game. Fury will boast regular free content updates, plus an ...

10 August 2007
09:17 GMT


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