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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How Daybreak thwarts H1Z1 cheaters
Getting screwed over by other players cheating in H1Z1 isn't a fun feeling, even though the game is still in early testing and has...
Gloria Victis upgrades to Unity 5 engine
Forget what you think you know of Gloria Victis' looks, as the devs announced that they've switched up the game engine to Unity 5....
H1Z1 adds grouping system and zombified players this month
Your secret dream of becoming a zombie -- yeah, we read your diary -- will get a virtual assist from this month's H1Z1 updates....
The Daily Grind: Would you play a Game of Thrones MMO?
Did you watch Game of Thrones last night? I didn't. I'll get around to it eventually, though, I'm sure. How about a Game of...
MMO Mechanics: How strong communities are barriers-to-exit
MMOs occupy a unique position in our game libraries because they include a wide range of clever mechanics that keep us logging in day...
Crowfall unveils the badass lady Champion
Crowfall unveiled the concept art for the female Champion today, and... well, it's pretty great. She's huge, she's visibly powerful, and she's intended to...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that let you turn real money into MMO money
Two days ago, World of Warcraft launched the WoW Token service, which will kill the game forever. It thus joins the list of every...
The Stream Team: Building an H1Z1 fort
It's survival of the fort-est! A huge part of succeeding in H1Z1 is having a safe place to stash all your survival needs. MassivelyOP's...
EVE Online fan calculates an 18% drop in subscriptions
There used to be a time when CCP would eagerly release every new subscriber milestone that EVE Online hit, but that era has passed....
EVE Evolved: Four lessons sandbox MMOs can learn from EVE
The past few years have seen a resurgence of support for sandbox MMOs, both of the trying-to-be-minecraft creative kind and the hardcore nuke-it-from orbit...
The Stream Team: Hunting down a set of wheels in H1Z1
Thanks to H1Z1's big patch, MassivelyOP's MJ can finally play someone with hair -- albeit still a male -- and she's going to take...
‘Big damn patch’ arrives in H1Z1
There are patches, there are big patches, and then there are big damn patches. H1Z1 updated with the latter today, adding in several significant...
Sword and Bored: Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof!
Realizing that open PvP servers are wretched hives of scum and villainy, Mo decides to reroll.
Pathfinder Online launches head start access on April 1st
Early Enrollment players are now playing Pathfinder Online. Explorer Enrollment players, too. Starting on April 1st, Head Start players from the game's second Kickstarter...
Make My MMO: March 28, 2015
This week's crowdfunding news was all about Crowfall. Seriously, we must've written about Crowfall like 76 times or something. In the end, the most relevant...
H1Z1 publishes development roadmap
Wondering where H1Z1 is going to go after its successful pre-pre-launch? Well now there's a handy way to tell that game's future, as the...
Worlds Adrift explains why it can’t disable PvP
Worlds Adrift has updated its website with a new design-focused blog that sheds quite a bit of light on how the game will play....
Pathfinder’s early enrollment version six is out today
The sixth build of Pathfinder's early enrollment phase goes live today, according to the notes on GoblinWorks' website. If you missed designer Lee Hammock's...
The Stream Team: Watch H1Z1 zombies and win a mouse
There's nothing quite as important as gathering all the essentials for living in a post-apocalyptic world -- assuming you want to live, that is!...
Here are a whole bunch of H1Z1 news links
This H1Z1 news roundup is brought to you by MassivelyOP reader Kinya, who dropped so many links in our tip box that the usual...
