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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The Daily Grind: What’s the single best way an MMO can keep a newbie playing?
A while back, MOP's own Ben tweeted that during his recent foray into EVE Online, a gamemaster messaged him out of the blue. The...
Massively Overthinking: The curious cycle of MMO refunds, tutorials, and reviews
MOP reader Steve recently posed us an intriguing question about the state of tutorials in MMOs and other games - and how those tutorials'...
EVE Online announces the return of the 10v10 Alliance Tournament PvP event
After a two year-long hiatus, fans of official PvP tournament action in EVE Online as CCP Games announced the return of the Alliance Tournament...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with the noisiest fanbases
In my particular neck of the woods, there are a lot of big fans of the Boston Red Sox. There's also something of a...
EVE Online warps in a ‘community-inspired’ patch
Whether they're the arrogant players who think they know better than the actual MMO developer or the dedicated fans who want nothing less than...
EVE Online has added an early test version of its Opportunities system for new characters
One of the most basic problems of starting new in EVE Online is simply dealing with the fact that there's a whole lot to...
Mortal Online 2 shares its new roadmap and answers questions about crafting, combat, and player politics
The devs of Mortal Online 2 have been pretty active recently, even without taking into account the sandbox's most recent content patch. Take for...
Perfect Ten: Worst MMO expansion names of all time
Back when Daybreak announced that EverQuest's 19th expansion would be titled Rain of Fear, I instantly found myself tripping over the name. I shouldn't...
Mortal Online 2 adds new enemies and improved PvE AI behaviors in newest patch
If the preview video from Mortal Online 2 got you excited at the prospect of being smashed by a giant troll, your moment of...
Mortal Online 2 previews updated AI behavior in a video, updates crafting in recent patch
If you've been underwhelmed by the enemies you've faced in Mortal Online 2's PvE content, perhaps you'll be heartened to know that the devs...
Ultima Online is streaming more New Legacy reveals this afternoon [Updated with summary]
Broadsword has been talking up Ultima Online's incoming New Legacy server since the game's 23rd birthday stream last fall. So far, we know that...
Siege Survival Gloria Victis updates with The Lost Caravan scenario
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis, the survival spinoff off MMORPG Gloria Victis, was fully released only a month ago, but it's already got a big...
EVE Online tests out some new color filters, EVE Echoes introduces exploration
Both EVE Online and EVE Echoes are seeing some new things introduced to their respective games. In EVE Online, there's a new test build...
Starborne dev announces new sci-fi MMORPG called Starborne Frontiers
MMO players know Starborne: Sovereign Space as a space MMORTS, but if you wanted something more MMORPG-like, then I have good news for you,...
EVE Online brings its stealth ship-centric Enter the Portal update online
If you were in the PTS of EVE Online, you already knew about the Enter the Portal update and what it was doing for...
The Daily Grind: Do you like PvP battlegrounds in MMOs?
I know it's cool to hate on battlegrounds in MMOs, but I kinda don't. I cut my teeth on scrappy open-world gankbox PvP, and...
Massively Overthinking: Is ‘layering’ tech actually MMO community poison?
MOP reader ACuriousTanuki left a brilliant comment on a Palia article earlier this month that I thought deserved more discussion. Tanuki wondered about how...
E3 2021: EVE Online talks up the launch of its EVE Academy website
EVE Online promised that it was going to talk about something during the PC Gaming Show portion of this year's E3, and sure enough,...
EVE Online’s upcoming Enter the Portal update features adjustments to the game’s sneaky spaceships
For the cloak and dagger-loving EVE Online player, the variety of black ops ships are some pretty good choices, but they could be better....
MOP’s quick and dirty guide to finding the perfect MMORPG for your tastes
Probably one of the most commonly asked questions both here on Massively OP and in various MMORPG discussions everywhere else too is simply, "What...
