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.

The MOP Up: TERA’s creepy cat mounts (November 15, 2015)

Bree Royce - November 15, 2015 14

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?

Eliot Lefebvre - November 15, 2015 69

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...

Yeah, that's the opposite of what you think it is.

Gloria Victis releases a new gameplay trailer for your viewing pleasure

Eliot Lefebvre - November 13, 2015 13

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

Bree Royce - November 12, 2015 70

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)

Justin Olivetti - November 8, 2015 6

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

Jef Reahard - November 7, 2015 16

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

Justin Olivetti - November 7, 2015 86

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

Jef Reahard - November 6, 2015 21

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

Jef Reahard - November 5, 2015 10

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

Jef Reahard - November 4, 2015 7

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...

Battle Bards podcast listens to MMO character creation music

Justin Olivetti - November 3, 2015 5

Battle Bards, the world’s first and only MMO music podcast, returns to listen to the oft-neglected character creation themes. What music do composers create for...

EVE Online launches its Parallax update

Eliot Lefebvre - November 3, 2015 2

The latest update for EVE Online isn't quite the show-stopping update that some players might wish for, but it's still substantial. Parallax contains a...

The MOP Up: Free Tribes for all (November 1, 2015)

Justin Olivetti - November 1, 2015 15

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...

Steam’s Halloween sale includes The Secret World, ARK, and more

Justin Olivetti - October 30, 2015 18

This week sees a big Halloween sale over at Steam, which includes several MMOs that you might want to pick up while they're at...

Overpriced or underpriced? Remember, they think they're really cool.

Darkfall hosts a Halloween event, a free weekend, and a subscription sale

Eliot Lefebvre - October 29, 2015 10

There are many different sorts of fear. There's the sort of fear that comes from being absolutely certain that something horrible is lurking around...