PvE

Ahead of the release of Destiny 2's upcoming Into the Light story event, Bungie showed off a new PvE activity debuting inside of it next month. Onslaught is a new three-player mode with a defensive flavor, as players will establish a beachhead in the Last City before they journey into the Traveler in The Final Shape expansion. With every Guardian preparing to take on The Witness, humanity and its allies will be left defenseless against the hostile forces inside the Sol system. That's where the…

The hustlin’ and bustlin’ MultiVersus crew is back with new features on the horizon, as the latest developer update unveils the next step in the action-packed journey. The fighting game has certainly gone through some highs and lows, especially with its open beta shutting down prior. But after a year out of the arena, Multiversus will be released on May 28, 2024. During the developer update, Tony Huynh, Game Director and Co-Founder of Player First Games, discussed new characters and maps. In it, he states, “I’m happy to…

I rise and study the land before me. The waves of the ocean behind are a soundtrack, a salty rhythm accompanying my own heavy breathing. Running was not on my agenda today. The wind sticks to the sweat on my forehead, cooling my face and tussling my hair like a breezy aunt. Looking down, I see the tatters of the clothes I’m wearing. I don’t know how I escaped death. I don’t know when my luck will run dry. All I know is the long road ahead, winding round the coast and disappearing behind a crest. Then, a surprise sight…

Change is on the horizon for Destiny 2, as a mid-season patch will tweak several weapon archetypes and fine-tune some of the game's Exotics. Right now, Bungie has Graviton Lance, No Time to Explain, and Fighting Lion prepped for an update, one that'll scale back the effectiveness of these weapons in certain scenarios.Graviton Lance received a major overhaul--alongside several other Exotics--this season, shifting its design to provide a more even spread of damage across its two-tap build. "While it is nice…

Blizzard has recently opened up about the cancellation of Hero Mode and has teased an unannounced co-op mode for its shooter Overwatch 2. This comes just days after it was announced that it would be scrapping its PvE Hero Mode.Thanks to a Blizzard blog post, we know Blizzard plans to add Story Missions to Overwatch 2. These missions are described as "fast-paced, co-op gameplay, as well as story, cinematics, and cutscenes that expand the world of Overwatch." The blog post also says that these missions will…

Game director Aaron Keller published a blog in which he apologized for the seemingly sudden cancellation of a portion of Overwatch 2’s PvE content. The blog also shared some detail about the origins of Overwatch PvE, the shifting vision for the content, and why the team decided to axe it.Earlier this week, in a developer livestream that shared the rest of Overwatch 2’s 2023 roadmap, Keller and executive producer Jared Neuss made the shocking announcement that highly anticipated Hero Mode — one part of the game’s PvE…

Overwatch 2’s long-awaited co-op player vs enemy (PvE) game mode has been scrapped by Blizzard. The “cooperative, narrative-driven game experience” was first announced in 2019 alongside details of the sequel to Overwatch. In 2022, Blizzard confirmed it would be releasing PvP and PvE as separate updates in order to ship sooner. However, during a developer livestream earlier this week (May 16) executive producer Jared Neuss told fans (via VGC) that “development on the PvE experience really hasn’t made the progress that we…

Overwatch 2's long-awaited PvE Hero mode has been scrapped. During a developer livestream detailing the roadmap for the game, executive producer Jared Neuss confirmed that the work on the PvE Hero mode — involving talent trees and long-term power progression — is no longer in their plans. Understandably, it's disappointing for the fans since that PvE mode, announced in 2019, was the main draw for the switch to Overwatch 2 — in addition to the adjacent multiplayer casual and competitive modes. The former was meant to push…

When Overwatch 2 was first announced, I had good reason to be excited. I always enjoyed the series’ first installment, but I always wished there was more to it. As someone who’s not a skilled competitive player, I wanted more ways to interact with the shooter that didn’t just involve me going on big losing streaks. So I was elated when Blizzard announced it would bring a full PVE mode to the sequel. Finally, I’d have a way to get invested in the world and characters of Overwatch and progress through a solo campaign…

The Overwatch 2 team is taking PvE in a seasonal direction Blizzard is changing its plans for the long-awaited Overwatch 2 PvE mode. In a developer update today, the company confirms that it’s scrapping its original plans for the mode, pivoting its PvE side into the seasonal content structure of the game. Back in 2019, Blizzard Entertainment officially unveiled Overwatch 2, a follow-up to its 2016 hero shooter. Alongside updates to the PvP multiplayer side, there was a PvE mode shown off. Players would choose a hero,…