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’s PLEX is helping Nepal victims
Have you donated to disaster relief efforts in Nepal yet? If not, and if you're an EVE Online player, you can do so via...
EVE Evolved: Seven years of EVE Evolved
When I started writing about EVE Online for Massively back in 2008, the MMO genre was really hitting its stride, and emerging sites like...
The Stream Team: Finally fighting as a female in H1Z1
Finally! MassivelyOP's MJ doesn't have to run around hunting zombies in the skin of a guy; the first female model is live in H1Z1....
Pathfinder Online details the future of settlements
The War of Towers in Pathfinder Online was always a placeholder mechanic, something to hold players over before the full Settlement system was in...
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A Darkfall developer recently caused a bit of a stir by posting an informal poll on Reddit that asked whether or not fans would...
H1Z1 is getting a full wipe this Thursday
If you're an H1Z1 early access player, I hope you're not too attached to your stuff. Daybreak is prepping for a huge Thursday patch,...
EVE’s Mosaic update is now live
CCP has successfully upgraded EVE Online with today's Mosaic patch. The new Opportunities tutorial system is now available for all newbs, and the patch...
Dev polls community about bringing back original Darkfall Online
Are you unsatisfied with the way that Darkfall Online has progressed after transforming into Unholy Wars? There may be a window of opportunity to...
Daybreak launches new site, triggers week of celebratory events
Daybreak Game Company now has a new home and logo to make its transition from Sony Online Entertainment complete.
"We are so proud of our...
DUST 514 adds EVE Online-themed armor skins
It's no small understatement to say that DUST 514 has failed to achieve the same following and numbers that its big sibling, EVE Online,...
Pathfinder Online pushes for aggressive recruiting on media sites
What do you do when your in-testing MMO isn't drawing in the crowd that you need it to be? Pathfinder Online thinks that the...
EVE Online is scrapping its old tutorial on April 28
Say your goodbyes to EVE Online's current tutorial, because it's being completely removed from the game on April 28th in favor of a new system...
CCP shines a spotlight on EVE Updates
Today's EVE Online website update is about, well EVE Updates. It's basically a new section of the EVE site devoted to what's coming next...
Pathfinder adds holdings and outposts
Goblinworks rolled version seven of Pathfinder Online's early enrollment out to backers last week. The update adds holdings and outposts, though CEO Ryan Dancey says that they...
EVE Evolved: How many subscriptions does EVE have?
Two weeks ago, a mathemagician over at The Nosy Gamer published some interesting calculations showing that EVE Online's subscriptions may have dropped by around...
H1Z1 gets bees, beeswax, and bandages made of honey
Does your MMO have bees? H1Z1 does, thanks to today's patch. The notes posted on Reddit refer to bee boxes that players must craft...
The Stream Team: Joyriding with a purpose in H1Z1
Not only are vehicles useful in H1Z1 thanks to the trunk space and ability to cover large distances fast, but driving around in them...
Raph Koster explains Star Wars Galaxies’ TEF PvP system
A long time ago on a website far, far away, we were having a discussion about modern MMOs and their inability to make sandboxes more than thinly disguised...
Leaderboard: Which style of MMO PvP do you prefer?
MMO PvP comes in a lot of different flavors, and while all of them involve sticking the pointy end into the other man to...
EVE Online re-opens alliance logo submissions
After being placed on hold for further review, the submission process for EVE Online alliance logos is back open and ready for player input....
