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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Ashes of Creation offers an hour-long look at its current gathering and crafting gameplay
Ashes of Creation isn't only an FFA PvP sandbox; it also has some crafting and gathering to do (likely designed to create sheep for...
EVE Online’s winter holiday events return next week with ‘glamorous gifts, games, and glory’
You might not look to the likes of EVE Online for your dose of Christmas spirit, but CCP Games would like to change that...
Mortal Online 2 releases its big Unreal Engine 5 upgrade and gameplay adjusting patch
The time has come for players of Mortal Online 2 to enjoy crispier textures, shinier lights, and nicer-looking skies. The game has fully released...
Unity ejects Weta Digital from its portfolio and lays off 265 more employees
In the frantic race to the bottom in 2023, Unity is pushing hard to cross the finish line first. The former game engine darling...
CCP Games’ EVE Online-adjacent blockchain game Project Awakening confirms a December 6 playtest
Back in March we reported that CCP Games had begun development of Project Awakening, a blockchain game set within the EVE Online universe. The...
CCP Games finally ends official support of the long-neglected EVE Portal mobile app
Longtime fans of EVE Online have likely noticed that the sandbox's official EVE Portal mobile app has been in decline for a number of...
Global Chat: Tarisland is the real deal, folks
As Tarisland winds its way through the beta process on its way to our grubby little hands in 2024, there are more and more...
EVE Online’s FPS module Vanguard will have its first test on December 7 for subscribers
When CCP Games announced EVE: Vanguard, the FPS module that claims to link itself to EVE Online, many people expressed skepticism, particularly since the...
Reign of Guilds targets early access launch in early 2024 and an open playtest in mid-December
Reign of Guilds developer Atlant Games is proudly declaring that it's in the final stretch of its current development cycle as the PvP sandbox...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 446: Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of MMOs
Chris and Justin discuss Tarisland's beta, Perfect New World's beta, Pantheon 247 cancelation, SWTOR's Aussie server, EVE Online's Havoc, World of Warcraft's Seeds of Renewal, WoW Classic Hardcore, and WoW Classic Season of Discovery.
EVE Online’s Havoc release sees player numbers swell over its launch weekend
Sure, a new major update bringing in lots of players could be considered "water is wet" news, but the fact remains that last week's...
Mortal Online 2 calls latest UE5 test ‘a huge success’ and readies another PTR this week
Last week the FFA PvP sandbox Mortal Online 2 ran its third Unreal Engine 5 upgrade test, with a focus on debugging its server...
The MOP Up: How about Final Fantasy XI’s new Vana’Bout?
Final Fantasy XI had a busy week with a November patch, that "includes changes to foes in Normal and Intense Ambuscades, a new battlefield...
EVE Online’s Havoc expansion is live, making players’ space pirate dreams a reality
As promised, EVE Online players are coasting into the sandbox's Havoc expansion today, which offers the life of a pirate to fans of the...
PvP MMO Abyss plans ‘semi-closed’ alpha testing in November and December
Abyss, the PvP sandbox MMORPG originally revealed as the "satire" NFT MMO Metagates and then pivoted to promise no blockchain integration or crypto, is...
Fractured Online’s return to early access sees bug fixing, a small server rollback, and mixed player reaction
It's time to once more take the temperature of an MMORPG's launch and today we're asking Fractured Online to open its mouth, say "ahh,"...
EVE Online posts the full patch notes for tomorrow’s Havoc update
Havoc is coming to EVE Online, and not just the kind created by player shenanigans that encourages CCP Games to write headlines and garbage...
Mortal Online 2 continues to test out its Unreal Engine 5 upgrade with a third PTR November 13
The Unreal Engine 5 upgrade for Mortal Online 2 hasn't been quite the improvement that Star Vault first hyped it to be, at least...
EVE Online releases an updated launcher this week, confirms Winter Nexus holiday for December 5
The holidays are coming to EVE Online, but instead of bringing Santa-faced carbonated belch syrup, they're offering up the annual Winter Nexus event on...
Pearl Abyss Q3 2023: Black Desert’s Land of the Morning Light pulled PA out of its slump
MOP readers might recall that three months ago, the news for Pearl Abyss was looking a bit on the grim side, as the Korean...
