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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Stick and Rudder: On CitizenCon day two, Star Citizen talked MMO design and full 1.0 release
Sure, we've had one day of CitizenCon, but what about second day? The weekend event for the 12 year-old sci-fi sandbox Star Citizen has...
Fight or Kite: Dungeonborne gives Elder Scrolls vibes with a hint of battle royale
Over the past couple of weeks, my gaming time hasn't been amenable to long sessions thanks to work travel, but I was prepared: I've...
Design Mockument: How might we build a Stormlight Archive MMORPG?
So when I was talking with MOP editor Bree a while back, I mentioned how one of my early ideas for the most recent...
EVE Online outlines Revenant’s upcoming corporation tools and tests damage output code
Tuesday, November 12th, brings the latest update to EVE Online, which naturally means that CCP Games is going to start shoveling out information about...
Vague Patch Notes: MMOs rely on other people – but what does that really mean?
Now that we're done with Leveling Month in Vague Patch Notes, is there another topic I can turn into a month-and-change of column topics?...
Ashes of Creation’s Steven Sharif talks Alpha 2 features, the MMO’s design, and ‘the bite of failure’ in PvX
With just over a week before Ashes of Creation kicks off its Alpha 2 playtest, creative director Steven Sharif has held an interview with...
Design Mockument: How would you make a good mecha MMORPG?
So because I am me, I decided to be on the bleeding edge of topicality and start figuring out how to make a Robotech...
EVE Online reveals Revenant expansion, EVE Frontier wraps up fourth test, EVE Vanguard plans ‘biggest update yet’
Who's ready for a big announcement from EVE Online? CCP Games revealed EVE's next expansion, Revenant, this afternoon. It's set to launch November 12th.
"It...
Sea of Thieves’ Season 14 emphasizes stealth and skullduggery with new weapons and tricks October 17
Most of the time in Sea of Thieves, players are effectively loud and brash pirates owing to the fact that they fire cannons, throw...
Perfect Ten: The complete list of CCP’s weird EVE Online projects and offshoots
CCP Games, like some other studios we could mention, seems to be a place where the team got one very successful MMO off the...
EVE Online’s annual Crimson Harvest Halloween event offers rewards for internet spaceship slaughter
The Halloween season has returned to the universe of EVE Online once more as CCP Games has brought back its annual Crimson Harvest event,...
Mortal Online 2 upgrades its engine and servers, adds a lottery system, overhauls pets, and flags noobs
If that headline didn't clue you in, the latest update to Mortal Online 2 has a lot going on, touching on a wide assortment...
EVE Vanguard drops dev blogs themed around art, lore, and gameplay mechanics
The devs behind EVE Online's FPS module EVE Vanguard have never shied away from talking about the game's wider design philosophy, but now CCP...
EVE Online’s mobile strategy spin-off, Galaxy Conquest, launches in late October
Sure, EVE Online's seen more spin-offs than you can shake a stick at, but that's the great thing about sticks -- there's always more...
Ashes of Creation shares a primer of October 25’s Alpha Two and previews the starting city of Lionhold
Ashes of Creation is very clearly excited for the arrival of Alpha Two on Friday, October 25th, as Intrepid Studios began shoveling coal into...
EVE Online shares further adjustments coming to Equinox’s skyhook buildings
The skyhook is one of the primary features of EVE Online's Equinox expansion, so naturally any adjustments made to it would very likely perk...
Dual Universe marks its second anniversary with a guided tour of player-built locations
Friday, September 27th, will mark two years of operation for the sci-fi building and PvP sandbox Dual Universe, which is obviously cause for developer...
EVE Online tweaks sovereignty costs and refines capital ship production to further fuel territory fights
The Equinox expansion for EVE Online has always been about making battling for territory a central focus, but now CCP Games is looking to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 485: EVE’s blockhead blockchain move
Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert, New World Aeternum, EVE Frontier, Nightingale, and Wayfinder, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on MMOs as spectator sports and the best MMO ambient soundtracks.
Mortal Online 2 prepares to test engine upgrade, pet overhaul, and secret system
The gears of war are grinding ever faster in preparation of testing a big technical and content patch for Mortal Online 2. Star Vault...
