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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Daybreak has apparently closed its Z1 Battle Royale test server
Hey there, who likes testing out new updates on the Z1 Battle Royale (also known as H1Z1 on PC and a few dozen other...
EVE Online celebrates player generosity with free gifts, prepares a Surgical Strike on April 15
The Plex for Good initiative led by EVE Online is one of the game's most notable and effective philanthropic causes, raising over $570,000 with...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon introduces a land fortress for clans to capture
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Massively Uplifting: Cake, coloring, and EVE Online’s PLEX4Good COVID-19 relief
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The MOP Up: Darkfall Rise of Agon heats up
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EVE Online crowns its Champion of Lowsec, posts Pulse video and charity campaign
Last week, EVE Online challenged player alliances and corps to blow up the most stuff possible in the Champions of Lowsec event and offered...
Massively Overthinking: How are MMO players faring through the pandemic?
This week's Overthinking is going to be a bit different from normal. As we've been covering extensively for more than the past two months,...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that were ahead of their time
Timing is, as they say, everything. A good idea presented at the wrong time (and perhaps in the wrong way) might fizzle hard when...
EVE Online players to face massive invasion in the Eclipse quadrant
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EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s Loyalty to Lowsec update shakes up Faction Warfare
Between the relative safe haven of EVE Online's high-security star systems and the lawless depths of nullsec where alliances play ping-pong with titans, there...
EVE Online details management of the sandbox ecosystem and explains the intention of resource distribution
The one constant in EVE Online is that things are always changing, but sometimes it's not always clear why things are changing. In a...
Global Chat: Is Animal Crossing New Horizons an MMO?
One trend that we have noticed over the past decade or so is the blurring of lines between "regular" video games and MMORPGs. It...
The MOP Up: Naruto Slugfest steps up to bat
Naruto Slugfest, the mobile MMO based on the hit franchise, just activated a soft early access launch, with no wipe to follow. Players can...
EVE Online talks quality-of-life, a Clear Skies marathon, and reduced moon mining materials
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EVE Online details its Champions of Lowsec event and posts another monthly econ report
If the changes to lowsec in EVE Online aren't already enough to get you to fly to that section of space and blow up...
Massively Overthinking: What do you hoard in MMORPGs?
Last week, online gamers made headlines for hoarding toilet paper. No, not in real life - in Fallout 76. Way to embrace the apocalypse,...
EVE Online pledges Loyalty to Lowsec with today’s update
Traveling through the void of EVE Online is about to get significantly spicier, especially if you jump to lowsec areas of space. Today's Loyalty...
EVE Online addresses cheaters, elaborates on tomorrow’s faction war updates
EVE Online has a whole lot to talk about, both on its official site and in the weekly EVE Pulse video series. This week,...
EVE Online rolls out faction war changes for testing
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Fallout 76’s free stuff, Population Zero’s giveaway, and Hearthstone’s private events
A very slight but real silver lining of the global situation is that many game studios are using this opportunity to throw all sorts...
