gankbox

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.

Gloria Victis is adding a plundered village this week

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The team over at Gloria Victis is slaving away at building a "living, open world," with efforts being poured into a recent patch to...

EVE player uses $28,000 of skill injectors to create max character

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We recently brought you the story of EVE Online player Stromgren who had bought almost $7,000 worth of skill injectors to become the highest-skilled character...

The MOP Up: Anarchy Online opens its Reck room (February 14, 2016)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

Massively OP’s guide to MMO podcasts

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Podcasts are certainly splendid means of feeding one's MMO interests and keeping in touch with the news and community. It's always great to hear...

Massively Overthinking: The best government for an MMO guild

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This week's question comes to us from Das Tal developer Alexander Zacherl, who says his team is in the process of implementing a direct...

EVE Online player buys nearly $7,000 worth of skill injectors

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EVE Online's passive skill training system lets players slowly accumulate skill points over time, and until recently there was no way to actively skip ahead...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 50: Happy birthday MOP!

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On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and Bree discuss MOP's first birthday, DUST 514, H1Z1, DCUO, Hearthstone, Anarchy Online, Diablo III, and TSW, with a mailbag question on the return of MMO subs.
Nope, not illustrating this. Have a spaceship.

EVE Online patches in a new camera and skill point trading

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The developers behind EVE Online work very hard to make sure that the game is pretty to look at. That's important. But you can...
How hard could it be, indeed.

The Daily Grind: Which survival sandbox are you most likely to play?

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Over the weekend, Justin wrote about the deluge of major online multiplayer survival sandboxes hitting us lately. First there was DayZ and its early...

Skill Trading is coming to EVE Online tomorrow, prices revealed

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A few months ago, CCP Games announced its somewhat unorthodox plans to allow EVE Online players to extract and sell their skill points on...
EVE Online

EVE Online login authentication bug leads to ’emergency downtime’

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CCP recently discovered an SSO (single sign-on) bug with EVE Online's test server. The good news is that CCP fixed it. The bad news is...

EVE Evolved: The right way to reboot DUST 514

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This week we heard the news that CCP Games will be officially shutting down PS3 online shooter DUST 514 in May to start work on...
That looks pretty much like the existing world, really.

Leaderboard: MMO RvR versus FFA PvP

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Last month, we did a little post on MMORPG PvP asking about two-faction PvP and whether it was really suited for all the MMO...

Crowfall explains its skill system with an extensive FAQ

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When Crowfall launches, it plans to have upwards of 1,500 skills available for players to choose and train. Before your eyes cross just thinking...
H1Z1

H1Z1 is splitting into two games, landing on consoles this summer

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Daybreak has just announced that H1Z1 is splitting -- "evolving" is the precise word -- into two games. H1Z1: Just Survive is a persistent, open-world...

Massively Overthinking: Old MMORPGs, disco, and pop culture phenomena

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A reader named Rob provides this week's Massively Overthinking topic. It's a really good one! "Why isn't playing an old MMO from a previous decade...

Gloria Victis introduces dynamic events and improved launcher

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Dynamic events: All MMOs are required by law to contain them these days or be subject to the wrath of our digital court system. Wanting...

DUST 514 will sunset on PS3 in May, replaced by new PC FPS

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CCP Games has just announced that it will be sunsetting its EVE-universe shooter DUST 514 on the PlayStation 3 platform on May 30th. The...

Darkfall reboot is a go, starts audit of vanilla code

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You might recall that last October we reported that a group of Darkfall players had formed their own studio for the purpose of acquiring...

H1Z1 announces ‘crate bundles’ for the cash shop

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Last week, Daybreak announced a monetization change for zombie survival box H1Z1 that almost slipped under our radar: The studio is adding bundles of...

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