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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Crowfall talks up plans to add new player improvements, social UI features, and hot zones
Yesterday saw yet another ACE Q&A livestream from Crowfall's J. Todd Coleman and Thomas Blair, which offered up a short-term development roadmap that promises...
EVE Online’s Foundation Quadrant celebrates the game’s 18 years and four empires with challenges and gifts
If you thought that a call for player footage for a video montage was all that EVE Online was planning to do for its...
EG7 addresses the Daybreak buyout, says EG7 is ‘evaluating’ H1Z1 and Just Survive
As promised, Enad Global 7 has released a community update specifically to address the future of games under Daybreak - something lots of folks...
EVE Online releases the second half of its industry update, asks players for footage for an anniversary video
It's one part work and one part celebration in this EVE Online news posting. On the work side of things, the second part of...
The MOP Up: Why did Fortnite go dark for a day?
Earlier this month, the ever-popular Fortnite went dark for the better part of April 6th. So what happened? We finally have the full scoop...
Open Perpetuum players mark three years by blowing each other up as Patch 21 content is promised for April
Cast your minds back to about three years ago, when Perpetuum Online, aka EVE Online but Robots, was being shut down by developer Avatar...
EVE Online highlights how industrial players provide the fuel for the sandbox MMO’s wider wars
As any player of EVE Online will tell you, waging galactic-sized wars in the game requires a lot of resources -- especially when those...
Interview: Mortal Online 2 CEO on stress testing, persistent plans, and the MMO market
It's not every day that I actually get an answer, let alone a number, when I ask an MMORPG developer how many people showed...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most unique experience mechanic in MMOs?
Bhagpuss over on MMO blog Inventory Full recently penned a piece about an experience mechanic in EverQuest II that I had completely forgotten existed:...
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis gets a new trailer and developer-narrated gameplay footage
Remember Siege Survival: Gloria Victis? Well, you should; it's the spinoff to the eponymous Gloria Victis that focuses on managing your way out of...
EVE Online plans testing for its native MacOS client tomorrow and releases its industry update
Players of EVE Online on a Mac are one step closer to getting their own native client for the game. The devs at CCP...
MMO Business Roundup: Roblox prank, Hi-Rez, Wargaming, Epic’s funding round, CCP’s metaverse
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
A Roblox player from a goofy political meme group apparently pulled quite a stunt...
Gloria Victis has shifted all early access players to upgraded client-side engine
For a few months now, Gloria Victis has been splitting its attention. Some players have been using the upgraded engine client while others have been...
Darkfall Rise of Agon launches in China as the western version revives player cities
Remember back in February when the two devs working on Darkfall Rise of Agon announced they were making a huge move: partnering with an...
Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster on the player-driven economies at the heart of virtual worlds
Playable Worlds' Raph Koster is back with another blog post that serves as a tip-off for what kind of MMORPG he and his team...
Mortal Online 2 extends its stress test a few more days and checks in with a tech report
A Discord post shared on Reddit has provided an update regarding Mortal Online 2's ongoing beta stress test, announcing that the test will be...
EVE Online outlines plans for a major manufacturing shakeup in April and beyond
Some big changes are coming to the industry side of EVE Online starting in April. The current plan is to reorganize and change the requirements...
Mortal Online 2 adds tutors, fixes mount murdering guards, and makes several Haven adjustments
One of my new favorite pastimes when looking through update notes for Mortal Online 2 is trying to pluck out some of the crazy-sounding...
The Stream Team: Checking out Mortal Online 2’s beta stress test (plus some extra keys!)
Have you been curious about Mortal Online 2? Are you interested in taking a sneak peek? Massively OP's MJ is on both counts --...
Grab a Mortal Online 2 key for this weekend’s beta stress test! [Added more keys 3/26/21]
So, who wants to play some Mortal Online 2 beta this weekend? Yep, the folks behind MMO sandbox Mortal Online have been working on...
