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Star Wars: The Old Republic Factions Learn To Work Together To Exploit The PVP System

11:30AM January 20, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Now that BioWare has instituted fixes limiting the number of Republic and Imperial players taking part in each instance of player-versus-player planet Ilum an uneasy truce has been formed. Now both sides can take turns killing each other for credit! More »


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What’s Coming For Star Wars: The Old Republic

8:30AM January 20, 2012 | Mike Fahey

With yesterday’s patch 1.1 player-versus-player debacle stemming a flood of threatened account cancellations, BioWare has released a video showing off what the coming months have in store for Star Wars: The Old Republic, in case you choose to stick around. More »


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Star Wars: The Old Republic Patch 1.1 Breaks High-End PVP

6:30AM January 19, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Before Star Wars: The Old Republic‘s 1.1 patch went live early this morning, player-versus-player combat on the level 50 world of Ilum was slightly broken, with more players focusing on completing non-PVP goals than fighting. After patch 1.1 the zone has been transformed into an Imperial PVP wonderland. More »


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Witness The Intense PVP Combat Of The Old Republic’s Voidstar Warzone

10:30AM November 1, 2011 | Mike Fahey

It’s Republic versus Empire, good versus not-so-good, and most importantly, player versus player onboard the legendary prototype Imperial ship, Voidstar. Sabres up, everyone! More »


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Won’t World Of Warcraft’s Neutral Race Cause PvP Pandemonium?

8:20AM October 25, 2011 | Mike Fahey

With Pandaren players able to choose either Horde or Alliance in the Mists of Pandaria expansion pack, World of Warcraft‘s arenas and battlegrounds will soon see an outbreak of panda-on-panda violence. I asked the game’s senior game producer Ray Cobo how players will tell Pandaren apart once the fur starts flying. More »


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Warhammer Online: Wrath Of Heroes’ Bright Wizard Is One Hot Little Number

12:00PM August 27, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes mixes the player-versus-player combat of Warhammer Online with the champion system of games like DOTA to create a unique free-to-play competitive online experience. Meet Felicia. She’ll be your Bright Wizard today. More »


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Guild Wars 2 Makes Player-Versus-Player Debut At Gamescom

5:00AM July 30, 2011 | Mike Fahey

This year’s Gamescom in Germany will play host to a bevy of firsts for ArenaNet’s eagerly anticipated MMO sequel Guild Wars 2, including the playable world premiere of PvP combat. Exactly how jealous should I be? More »


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Kill Your Magicka Buddies On June 21

1:34AM June 7, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Up until now, Magicka has been a pretty friendly game, but that’s all about to change. On June 21, everybody dies when player-versus-player comes to town. More »


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A Brutal Initiation To PvP — But One I Chose

2:00PM February 25, 2011 | Owen Good

I was adjusting my costume atop a skyscraper in Gotham City when a tour bus soared up into view and hovered there. There was a red diamond on my mini-map, meaning an enemy human player. If Had I created Wile E. Coyote here in D.C. Universe Online, I would have cowered under a tiny umbrella, or a sign that said “Yipe!” More »


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This Is Why You Should Sign-Up For The Darkspore Beta

3:00AM February 15, 2011 | Mike Fahey

In case our hands-on with Darkspore’s action-packed single-player and competitive multiplayer battles weren’t enough to whet your appetite for the game, perhaps the full beta trailer will do the trick. More »