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 begins testing a new deployable that summons rogue drone swarms
The Researching the Rogues event in EVE Online looks to be expanded into a regular form of gameplay for capital-class ships in the game...
EVE Online arrives to the Epic Games Store, lauds 24M players, and celebrates with a new event
EVE Online continues to try to roll out the red carpet for new arrivals once again thanks to the game's official arrival to the...
Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster on why avatars traipsing across the metaverse are a major tech challenge
Virtual worlds... how the eff do they work? Playable Worlds' Raph Koster has an idea or two, and he's dishing them out in a...
Massively Overthinking: Would you play your favorite MMO without its IP?
Nonameplease recently posed us an interesting topic, inspired by a thread on the Star Trek Online subreddit. "It seems most people don't think the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 339: Kitchen sinks and the Tao of MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Funcom, Mortal Online 2, WoW Classic, EverQuest II, Star Trek Online, and Final Fantasy XIV, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on the direction of Guild Wars 2 and WoW and what's going on with LOTRO's dead servers.
EVE Online players speculate at least 110K players are subscribed based on the August economic report
Last month we reported on some number crunching done by a Redditor that took a stat from EVE Online's July economic report to tease...
Global Chat: New World beta pleases some, fails to grab others
The buzz around MMO Town these days is on New World, and specifically, the open beta that wrapped up last week. So far, the...
Mortal Online 2 has shifted its launch to 2022, scraps early access plans
It's the story of 2021 so far, that so many MMOs have seen delays, but hey, here's one more: Mortal Online 2 has bumped...
Stick and Rudder: Gaining traction as a newbie in EVE Online
EVE Online has a reputation for being difficult for new players. The varied, complex systems, some of which are a product of the era...
EVE Online’s Quadrant 3: Gateway launches today, opening the doors for newbie onboarding
Happy patch day, EVE Online: Gateway has arrived. Gateway is basically the third "quadrant" patch of the year, and it's all about the newbies...
EVE Online is running another ‘no-downtime’ experiment this week
Shall we play a game? EVE Online's Senior Live Director Erlendur S. Þorsteinsson aka CCP Explorer would like you to play forever. OK, maybe...
Mortal Online 2 says that 40,000 players have beta tested so far
In advance of a final stress test coming next month, Mortal Online 2 announced that 40,000 players have streamed into the beta so far...
Considering the ‘housing crisis’ in MMOs like Ultima Online, FFXIV, and EVE Online
MMORPGs with limited digital real estate for player housing such as ArcheAge and Ultima Online may be hurting rather than helping the overall game,...
EVE London is returning with a physical viewing party of the Alliance Tournament on November 6
Fans of EVE Online in the UK or those who are able to travel to London have a little something to look forward to...
The MOP Up: Genshin Impact puts on a global concert
There's no doubt among fans that Genshin Impact has an amazing soundtrack, so there should be a whole lot of people happy to hear...
Massively Overthinking: The worst chat in the MMORPG genre
The first rule of MMORPGs is turn off global chat. Think about that for a sec. This is a genre that is expressly multiplayer...
EVE Online is implementing a new plan for ‘skill plans’ this fall
CCP Games isn't finished tinkering with EVE Online's skill system: This week, it announced its plans for your plans - your skill plans, that...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that waved goodbye without ever making it to launch
If you've somehow missed this fact, then I hate to be the one to inform you of it, but it's time you learned: MMOs...
Beta testing of EVE Online’s browser-based EVE Anywhere client expands to more European countries
EVE Anywhere, the browser-based client of EVE Online that we first reported on in March, has been going through its beta testing phases rather...
Mortal Online 2 announces ‘savage’ September 6 stress test
After a goodly while in closed alpha combat testing, Mortal Online 2 thinks that it's ready for the next best step and is proposing...
