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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Gloria Victis carves itself out a bloody Halloween update
Did you really think that Gloria Victis would be too caught up in its faction war to break for some spooky fun? The early...
Vague Patch Notes: Defining classic servers and progression servers for MMOs
Something that I've been thinking about a lot over the past few days - for no particular reason - is the idea of classic...
EVE Online previews Uprising’s navy issue ship tweaks and opens a Frontlines testing event
EVE Online has already promised that November's Uprising update is bringing plenty of new and updated things along for the ride, and now that...
EVE Online’s latest patch makes new tweaks to its dynamic bounty system and opens more spooky space
The dynamic bounty system (DBS) of EVE Online and its related dynamic bounty multiplier (DBM) is seeing some further adjustment in the game's latest...
EVE Online brings Halloween to outer space with Crimson Harvest
Do they trick or treat in space? If they do, it's probably a cumbersome process with a lot of airlocks and spacesuits and freeze-dried...
Mortal Online 2 plans another large scale battle test and promises ‘small surprises’ in this week’s update
Earlier this month, Mortal Online 2 put out a call for players to join in on a large scale battle to stress the sandbox's...
EVE Online’s latest update improves sound, graphics, and UI performance, promises more in November
EVE Online has evolved. You could say it EVEvolved, but that would be stupid; nobody intelligent would make that joke. The point is that...
The MOP Up: Embers Adrift’s soundtrack swells prior to launch
With less than a week to go before Embers Adrift becomes the newest launched MMORPG on the block, the studio pointed out that its...
EVE Online introduces new multi-month Omega subscription plans
Remember back in April when EVE Online announced that it was raising the price of its monthly Omega subscription plan? Remember how angry people...
Massively Overthinking: Do you take vacation time to play MMOs?
Back when Amazon was busy merging several dozen Lost Ark servers, I saw a comment thread where people were grousing about being locked out...
Mortal Online 2 puts out a call for players to join a server-stressing large scale battle October 6
Would you like to get into a big ol' fight in Mortal Online 2? Then you're cordially invited to one this Thursday, October 6th,...
One Shots: Hey Hobbit, what’s ursine?
Lord of the Rings Online's recent loosening of class/race restrictions is either the greatest or the worst thing that's happened to the game, depending...
A GM of Mortal Online has passed away, and devs are planning an in-game memorial
We have some unfortunate news to share out of Mortal Online 2 as developer Star Vault announced the passing of one of its devs,...
Stick and Rudder: Venturing into EVE Online’s nullsec
EVE Online is a game that offers many experiences, from NPC faction warfare to harvesting, refining, and building to market speculation. But the one...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs push players through different content types?
MOP reader Slava recently wrote to us with an interesting question about wildly different content types and the MMOs that either nudge or force...
Global Chat: Warming up to story-driven MMORPGs
Do you play MMOs for the narrative or ignore the story altogether? There's a sharp line dividing the community on this issue, but MMO...
One Shots: Postcards from the galactic rim
While most of you toil and adventure away in the gravity well of a single planet, some daring MMOstronauts (is that a term? It...
Stick and Rudder: ‘Robin Hood’ scammer claims he robbed rich EVE Online corp of $100 billion ISK
EVE Online is a game that will certainly go down in MMO history as one of the most fascinating studies on human behavior to...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Second Extinction, State of Survival, and Path of Titans
Welcome to a quick roundup of some MMO and MMO-adjacent titles that have been hanging out in our newsroom waiting for someone to write...
Global Chat: Torchlight Infinite’s infinite challenges
The upcoming Torchlight Infinite is starting to build some positive buzz for this multiplayer ARPG, and Battle Stance was on the scene to check...
