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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The Daily Grind: What MMO is never ever gonna launch?
I have a bad feeling about some of the MMOs and pseudo-MMOs we have on the way in 2016.
The Division? That thing has been...
Watch 100 naked H1Z1 players take on an elite strike team
As part of Daybreak's ongoing H1Z1 Showdown festivities, Twitch broadcaster CDNThe3rd recently hosted an amusing H1Z1 Battle Royale match that pitted a hardcore team...
EVE Online’s winter events are all about players fighting… with snowballs
You've been playing EVE Online long enough to know that it's rarely good news when another ship arrives nearby and starts heading toward you...
Darkfall developers considering freemium model
When Darkfall opened up its doors to community discussion, one of the major points mentioned by the developers was that free-to-play was completely off...
Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: MMO Expansion of the Year
Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for best MMO update or expansion of the year.
Last year was a bit heavier on MMO updates...
EVE Online modifies its trial program
Earlier this year, CCP expanded EVE Online's free trial program from 14 to 30 days. Now it looks as though EVE is in for...
EVE Evolved: Operation Frostline patch and event guide
Practically every MMO does some kind of event for the holidays, but how do you bring the holiday cheer to a dystopian sci-fi universe...
The MOP Up: GTA Online makes every bullet count (December 13, 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...
Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Most Likely to Flop
Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our most likely to flop in 2016 and beyond award.
Last year, Star Citizen took home this dishonor, leading to...
One Shots: Underground wonders
Spelunking isn't just a fun word to say but an exciting activity in its own right. Players who take the time to explore under...
H1Z1 gets comfortable with food
What does H1Z1 and The Sims have in common? Other than being gruesome torture boxes for innocent video game characters, both games are focused...
Rokh offers a persistent multiplayer survival sandbox set on Mars
If H1Z1's zombies and ARK: Survival Evolved's dinos aren't your kind of survival sandbox, how about one set on the planet Mars?
Darewise Entertainment and...
Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Biggest Disappointment of 2015
Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the biggest MMO disappointment of 2015.
Last year, we gave this "award" to WildStar and ArcheAge in...
EVE’s ‘ISIS’ ship browser gets a rename
EVE Online's Operation Frostline patch yesterday brought to light an intriguing change: a new name for the game's ship browser, the Interbus Ship Identification System, otherwise...
Darkfall requests community feedback; F2P is off the table
It's not exactly a secret that Darkfall Unholy Wars isn't a darling of the entire Darkfall fandom, considering that there are two separate attempts...
EVE Online releases its December patch with Operation Frostline
The winter holidays are very different when you are in space and literally everyone is threatening to blow your ship up. That's hardly the...
Gloria Victis revises combat mechanics and more
Alpha-state fantasy sandbox Gloria Victis pushed out a press release late this week touting "massive" amounts of polish and bug-fixing for the latest build....
H1Z1’s booby traps look fairly painful
Have you ever trapped an actual booby? It seems like that would be pretty difficult. I won't get into the hows and whys and...
EVE Online welcomes back lapsed accounts to test its new server hardware
You remember that EVE Online is testing out some new hardware for its live servers, yes? Awesome. Because you're invited to take part in...
Albion’s Aurelius update to add PvE dungeons, usability tweaks, and more
Sandbox Interactive says that Albion's closed beta launch has been "very successful," and as such the firm is now giving fans a glimpse of its near...
