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.
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Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for EVE Online players
Most of my friends know that I'm into EVE Online and yet they still tell me I'm notoriously difficult to buy gifts for. EVE...
Leaderboard: Are you guilded in your main MMO?
I've been playing Albion's closed beta this week, and if there's one thing I've learned about the top-down fantasy sandbox, it's that soloing is...
H1Z1 warns players of full server wipe happening tomorrow
Can an apocalypse happen after the apocalypse? That's the ironic state of affairs for H1Z1, which will be experiencing a full server wipe tomorrow...
Pathfinder Online is in talks with a new investment company
Pathfinder Online players have been in a cruel state of limbo these past few months following the collapse of Goblinworks. However, the game's fate...
Albion’s closed beta is live for legendary founders
It's closed beta time for Albion, and if you're a legendary founder, you can log in right now. Or not if you'd prefer to...
MMO Mechanics: Three game-changing movement mechanics
In order to create the most truly challenging MMOs that connect players with the specific virtual environments they're traversing, developers have always worked on...
Albion starts closed beta next week
Cross-platform fantasy PvP MMOÂ Albion Online starts closed beta next week. Sandbox Interactive has posted the start times, which are dependent on what sort of...
The Game Archaeologist: Shadowbane
Way back when I used to haunt the corridors of Gamestop and had yet to shun the place due to its stinky evil, I remember...
Now you can save EVE ship fittings from outside the game client
Have you ever wanted to tweak your ship fittings outside of EVE Online's client? If so, the latest CCP dev blog is worth reading....
EVE Evolved: Huge PvP battles and corp wars in Citadel
Huge PvP battles have always been a core part of EVE Online's territorial warfare gameplay, with fleets of hundreds or even sometimes thousands of...
The MOP Up: TERA’s creepy cat mounts (November 15, 2015)
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...
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs contrary to their design?
If you play Final Fantasy XIV, you know that it is not a game that rewards players for playing multiple characters. Quite the opposite, in...
Gloria Victis releases a new gameplay trailer for your viewing pleasure
9So you know someone who would probably really like Gloria Victis as a game. Let's call him Trab. You can't convince Trab to try...
Venture capitalists pour $30M into CCP’s VR plans
If you were worried about the health of EVE Online studio CCP after its recent sale of White Wolf and its associated IP, well,...
The MOP Up: KingsIsle’s new game (November 8th, 2015)
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...
Now you can sign up to test the Darkfall: Rise of Agon reboot
Rise of Agon is one of two fan-driven reboots currently in the works for classic Darkfall. Aventurine's fantasy PvP sandbox has fallen on hard...
New H1Z1 game mode sends community into an uproar
The announcement of a new type of Battle Royale mode for H1Z1 called Green Dawn has the title's early access community in a tizzy...
Sean Bean doesn’t die in the new Life is Feudal trailer
Life is Feudal is fast approaching its official November 17th release date. As such, the dev team has published a new animated trailer designed to...
CCP says EVE’s economy is doing great despite player decline
Do you like EVE Online? Do you like charts and graphs? If you answered yes to both of those questions, the latest CCP dev...
EVE tweaks its scanner interface and solar system map
EVE Online launched its Parallax update this week, but CCP isn't done disseminating information. The firm's latest dev blog covers improvements made to the sci-fi...
