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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Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO surprises of 2018
Everyone loves surprises, right? Not always. Even good surprises can be a disruption of our comfortable routines, and bad ones can downright ruin a...
The Daily Grind: What MMO had the best player community in 2018?
One of the informal award type articles we've done every year for the last couple of years is this one: the one sussing out...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v2.0
While The Game Archaeologist columns take up the most time of any project I do here at Massively OP, I absolutely love doing them...
CCP announces event schedule for 2019’s EVE Online World Tour
Not satisfied with their massive yearly Fanfests, the folks at CCP Games are taking EVE on a world tour, and they've just announced the...
Hands-on: Dipping into Ashes of Creation’s Apocalypse battle royale
The first question we need to ask is: What am I, the sheepiest of all PvE sheep, doing in a PvP battle royale game?...
Pathfinder Online adds enchanting, runs a major multi-week event
So what is going on with the struggling-yet-still-somehow-alive Pathfinder Online? It turns out that this fantasy title has been chugging its way along in...
Gloria Victis updates to be more festive amidst the clanging of steel
Amidst the devastation and frenzy of combat in the hardscrabble world of Gloria Victis, you can unlock the greatest reward by having a festive-looking campfire....
Interview: New World’s Rich Lawrence on solving PvP problems and defining the sandbox
I think it's fair to say that New World is the biggest MMO currently under production in the west, at least among those games...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the best value going into 2019
Here we go, here we go, here we go again. This one is always an interesting column to write because there's a certain amount...
Daybreak’s offering a $300 lifetime sub for its stable of MMOs, and it’ll probably sell out
You had to figure Daybreak was gearing up for some sort of big sub thing, what with SSG doing it for LOTRO and DDO...
‘Apocalyptic sandbox MMO’ Fear the Night is Snail Games’ new zombie survival title
Remember back when zombies were all the rage? Now even H1Z1 has decided zombies are passe, but here we are with the launch of...
Mortal Online devs will launch Mortal Royale to Steam early access today
So here's a thing that did not exactly make my list of favorite trends this year: MMOs transparently courting the battle royale market with...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2018
We've got a lot of awards going out over the next couple of weeks about the "best" and "biggest" of this and that. But...
EVE Online updates players on its efforts in fighting against bots
Even in the cutthroat world of EVE Online, there are things you can't get away with, and one of those things is botting. The latest...
Daybreak’s new game is PlanetSide Arena, and yes, it’s a battle royale
Earlier this week, Daybreak began sending emails to players and former players teasing a new game being worked on within the studio's walls and...
Perfect Ten: MMOs to watch in 2019
The MMO genre is in a strange and uncertain place right now -- but also one that is quietly thrilling. We've long passed the...
EVE Online’s December patch brings in wardec changes and continual login rewards
It's time for the last big update of the year for EVE Online, but it's a big one. The previously discussed changes to war declarations...
EVE Online: Operation Permafrost, the Alaska cruise, and getting your wardec on
EVE Online is a hoppin' place right now, in spite of the Project Nova downer. For starters, holiday login gifts start rolling out today, while...
EVE Evolved: How could Project Nova live up to its true potential?
I think it's fair to say that EVE Online developer CCP Games hasn't had much success when it comes to avatar-based gameplay. The studio's...
Daybreak has suffered another round of layoffs, between 60 and 70 people
It's Friday afternoon, which often portends bad news. Tonight, we're looking at more Daybreak layoffs. Massively OP understands that between 60 and 70 people may have been affected.
Former SOE/Daybreak President John Smedley acknowledged the news on Twitter with a little bit of shade thrown in for good measure. The H1Z1 team working through NantWorks also tweeted its condolences.
