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Gankboxes are sandboxes that place such an emphasis on unrestricted free-for-all PvP that ganking comes to dominate the entire game, to the detriment of the rest of the world design.

The Daily Grind: Is there an MMORPG you think shouldn’t be classified as an MMORPG?

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We have the MMORPG subreddit to thank for this morning's Daily Grind: At the beginning of January, some bright spark over there posted a...

Black Desert talks up 300v300 War of the Roses PvP and today’s 15v15 Guild League

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Black Desert is taking a page out of EVE Online's playbook and promoting its mass-PvP systems - specifically, the War of the Roses pre-season...
He's a bit ouchy.

Mortal Online 2 opens up its test server for a new balance patch

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It's frankly upsetting when you think of players on Mortal Online 2 who for too long have cowered behind shield, resolute and confident in...

Open Perpetuum is bringing land mines, new weapons, and T4 balancing sometime in ‘Marchish’

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Markish your calendarsh because the Perpetuum emulator Open Perpetuum is going to be releasing Patch 31 sometime in "Marchish." When is Marchish? We're notsh...

Ashes of Creation showcases how PvP will work for caravan runs in latest preview video

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Last November, Ashes of Creation highlighted the act of moving goods from one place to another in a caravan, which was certainly an illustrative...

Reign of Guilds recounts its December playtest and shares patch notes for its next no-wipe test

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This past December saw the PvP sandbox Reign of Guilds hold its sixth playtest. That naturally means that developer Atlant Games has gotten some...

Interview: Survival MMO Age of Water on monetization, sandbox play, and the Q1 early access launch

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Way back at the end of 2020, we first caught wind of a new sandbox called Age of Water: Developed by Three Whales Studio...

EVE Vanguard resumes playtesting, EVE Echoes changes ship insurance costs

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This weekend brings a couple of news pieces from the world of EVE Online, both in the PC and mobile versions of the game,...

Mortal Online 2 opens the Undercroft dungeon in latest patch

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When you hear a place called the Undercroft, a few things come to mind: an underground delve, some form of fancy stonework, maybe impossibly...

Dark Age of Camelot brings back its Ghost Keep event with RvR boosts and spooky rewards until February 20

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Regular players of Dark Age of Camelot probably don't need to be given too many reasons to engage in RvR PvP, but it never...

EVE Online’s board game Kickstarter is live – and it met its funding goal in under an hour

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Apparently there are plenty of EVE Online fans who would like the board game version of the spaceship sandbox to be a thing. Yesterday...

EVE Online plans two expansions, Vanguard tests, returning events, and a 21st anniversary in 2024 roadmap

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The content roadmaps continue to flow freely from our corner of gaming, as CCP Games has put out its full-year plan for EVE Online,...

EVE Online tweaks Havoc insurgencies, preps monthly EVE Vanguard tests for subbers

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This week's EVE Online patch builds on the Havoc expansion CCP Games dropped before the turn of the new year, with both graphical and...

Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2024?

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Every year when it comes time to update this poll for January, I consider tossing it out. But the last few years of Daybreak...

Mortal Online 2 player polls prompt combat polish and new dungeons as devs talk F2P Haven and armored horses

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The beginning of this year saw Mortal Online 2 approach its update roadmap a bit differently, as developer Star Vault asked players to vote...

Massively Overthinking: The slowest and fastest combat in MMORPGs

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During a recent podcast discussion about City of Heroes' official revival, the MOP writers were talking about its combat, which - let's be honest...

Ashes of Creation officially makes good on its plan to stop selling Alpha Two backer packs

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August of last year saw Ashes of Creation's Intrepid Studios announce its plans that it would stop selling pre-order packs of the gankbox MMORPG...

Sea of Thieves Season 11 brings quick travel, shiny rings, and revamped trading company loot January 23

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The next season for Sea of Thieves is on the horizon, and with it comes a significant focus on quality-of-life, as it adds a...

The MOP Up: Magic Awakened deepens the mystery of Hogsmeade

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Harry Potter: Magic Awakened rolled out its January patch with a new seasonal chapter, Luna Lovegood card, and a gauntlet mode to try. "Continue the...
Something fell.

The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v7.0

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Once again we put a wrap on another year of MMORPG news, opinions, and -- most pertinent to this column -- history. In a...

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