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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EVE Online plans to let players buy and sell skillpoints
EVE Online has always been pretty unique in the MMO genre, not least of all due to its time-based skill training system. Instead of...
Albion is getting a tie-in novel and a lore revamp
Sandbox Interactive posted a lore blurb about Albion this week. The piece highlights an NPC faction called the Royal Expeditionary Forces, which the devs...
Bossa Studios boss on Worlds Adrift’s business model, PvP, and more
I've been keeping one eye on Worlds Adrift for several months now, as many of the concepts put forth by developer Bossa Studios are...
H1Z1 adds female zombies and a bloody hospital
H1Z1 has become an equal opportunity undead employer.
The zombie sandbox patched in female zombies yesterday, expanding the variety of the walking dead that players...
Perfect Ten: MMO systems that could be great (but I haven’t seen it yet)
Before I start this column, I want to say two important things. First, my experiences do not extend outward to the limits of the...
Massively Opinionated: Which is the best open-world PvP, WvW or FFA?
It's a real battle to the death when Larry Everett invites Tina Lauro and Brendan Drain to debate WvW and FFA PvP.
Ub3rgames wants to reboot classic Darkfall
The long and checkered history of Darkfall has taken an interesting turn thanks to Darkfall: New Dawn, a project that aims to reboot the...
EVE Online player builds a custom control board for the game
No one would argue that keybindings aren't important, but somehow just hitting X to fire all weapons doesn't feel as satisfying as, say, a...
The EVE Vegas schedule is now available
Only a little time remains before EVE Online players congregate in Las Vegas for the EVE Vegas event. If you don't already have your...
World of Warcraft and RuneScape make Twitch’s top games list for September
Don't put much stock in what people are playing on Raptr? What about what people are watching on Twitch?
The streaming giant recently released its September...
The Daily Grind: So what mystery title is Daybreak working on?
Tucked into Daybreak's announcement letter yesterday about the company's new digs and Jens Andersen's new role was the revelation that Daybreak is "currently working...
Gloria Victis patches in headshots
Just a week after adding combat and fortress improvements into its pre-alpha, Gloria Victis is back with another patch that should make fighting even...
Daybreak appoints Jens Andersen Executive Creative Director, hints at new title
Good news for fans of Jens Andersen's leadership of DC Universe Online over the last several years: He's gotten a nice promotion. Daybreak announced...
The MOP Up: How long would you last in your MMO? (October 4, 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...
Gloria Victis patches for kicks
The latest pre-alpha build of Gloria Victis went live this past week, and it's all about the most deadly attack of them all: kicking.
Scoff...
Albion’s September state-of-the-game covers gameplay and art
Sandbox Interactive posted an Albion state-of-the-game update on its website this week. The info is broken down into art department and gameplay sections, with...
EVE Online lets you buy all the things right away
You don't have the time to carefully price things out at the moment in EVE Online. You need a whole pile of items right...
The H1Z1 Invitational’s prize purse is $173,320
Did you know that the total prize pool for the H1Z1 Invitational is $173,320? I didn't either, but then again, I didn't even know...
Global Chat: The death of hope for Pathfinder Online
Pathfinder Online might not be completely dead, but hope for it has certainly gone down the drain following the announcement of the studio's mass...
Divergence Online’s Ethan Casner on SWG 2.0, open PvP, and edgelords
Star Wars Galaxies-inspired indie sandbox Divergence Online busted out its third alpha and third crowdfunding campaign last week, prompting many of Massively OP's readers...
