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 July economic report may have unveiled the number of active subscribers
EVE Online has kicked out its monthly econ report for July, which has plenty to snare the interest of the industrious Capsuleer, but it's...
Daybreak breaks up with the Wandering Monster studio trademark
Sorry, brain-hungry zombies, it's not going to work out. Just know that it's not you; it's Daybreak Game Company.
Last year we noted that Daybreak...
Mortal Online 2 patches in mail, spells, and a city ahead of September stress test
Mortal Online 2's latest beta patch has landed this week, promising a new round of character content. StarVault says that the 0.1.5.9 update has added...
EVE Online creates the Fleet Up program to support IRL community events, starts testing its Mac client
Some people are starting to feel confident enough to meet up and gather in real life again, whether it's for smaller get-togethers or some...
Mortal Online 2 will launch early access October 26 – apparently with a sub
Yesterday, Mortal Online 2 developer Starvault announced in its Discord that it's planning a final stress test for the beginning of September with an...
Global Chat: How New World and Star Wars Galaxies are linked
New World and Star Wars Galaxies aren't often mentioned in the same sentence together, unless you're reading MMO blog Unidentified Signal Source. The author...
CCP Games is sponsoring a ‘long overdue’ games industry event in the UK
CCP Games, the studio behind EVE Online and several attempts at games that weren't EVE Online which never materialized, is apparently very pleased indeed...
EVE Online dishes out skillpoints for Amarr Foundation Day, EVE Echoes celebrates first birthday
If you're a bit bummed by the de facto end of the World War Bee 2 in EVE Online, CCP Games is offering a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 333: Dragon us back to Guild Wars 2
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons, Pathfinder Online, Crimson Desert, and Week Two of the Blizzard Scandal, with adventures in LOTRO, FFXIV, Albion, Guild Wars 2, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on boycotts in the MMO space.
EVE Online’s record-breaking World War Bee 2 has seemingly come to an end
In an unexpected twist, one of the largest and longest-running wars in EVE Online came to a close with a fizzle instead of a...
Massively Uplifting: Summer goodness from SOLO, EVE, Bungie, Warframe, and Guild Wars
When the news gets filled with dark and horrible things (and maybe you start to be disgusted with companies and people), it is natural...
Mortal Online 2 revamps pet XP, adjusts clade gifts, and adds new monsters in latest update
Mortal Online 2's newest content patch is yet another little cornucopia of different things, whether it's fixes for bugs, adjustments to abilities or pet...
EVE Pulse recounts the Grand Heist, visual updates, and recent events ahead of the series’ fall refresh
Busy followers of EVE Online will be happy to note that the game's latest episode of EVE Pulse is available for viewing, letting players...
Stick and Rudder: Trying EVE Online as a new player in 2021
It’s not often one has the opportunity to step into a bit of MMO history and do so with a fresh set of eyes...
EVE Online’s Grand Heist update goes live as players raise concerns about ISK login rewards for subscribers
Yesterday saw the bank robbing profession come to EVE Online as the Grand Heist update officially went live. Readers will recall that this update...
Pathfinder Online, Kickstarted for $1M in 2012, will sunset in November
I'm sorry to report that Paizo has announced the end of Pathfinder Online. MOP readers know that the MMO was Kickstarted for over a million...
The MOP Up: ArcheAge heads to the beach for sand and surf
Both versions of ArcheAge are urging players to take a break from their usual routine of species extermination to play in the sand and...
EVE Online announces vague plans to end resource scarcity later this year
This one requires a bit of backstory to fully understand, so allow us a moment to recap: Back as early as December 2019, CCP...
Massively Overthinking: Load-bearing playerbases in MMORPGs
Game developer Damion Schubert is known to MMO players for his work on everything from Ultima Online to SWTOR, but as it turns out,...
EVE Online’s bank vault-breaking Grand Heist update arrives to the Singularity test server
Of all of the occupations a player can pursue in EVE Online, "bank robber" might not be one of the first things that spring...
