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 is offering up to 250,000 free skillpoints for attendance this weekend
EVE Online players, you're gonna want to log in three times this weekend. Not, like, right in a row. No, you need to time...
Massively Overthinking: Thoughts on the holy trinity in MMOs
One of MOP's bright new columnists, Tyler Edwards, blogs over at Superior Realities, and he recently brought to my attention his pieces on the...
EVEsterdam 2019: EVE players intercept Triglavian war plans
The EVE Online community was surprised recently when billboards across the game were hacked and displayed a threatening video from the Triglavian Collective, a...
EVEsterdam 2019: EVE Online explorer visits every star system without being killed
When people say that EVE Online is a game that lets you make your own path, they aren't kidding. While CCP Games builds gameplay...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that set themselves up as spiritual successors
As with the larger video game market, sequels aren't unknown in the MMO space. We've seen studios take a stab at following up successful...
GDC 2019: Here’s how CCP’s 10,000 player battle tech demo went down
Developer CCP Games currently holds the world record for the largest PvP battle in gaming history, which was awarded in recognition of January 2018’s...
EVE Online’s 10,000 person ‘Aether Wars’ tech demo battle is about to begin
In January of 2018, EVE Online player shenanigans brought to a head the so-called "million-dollar battle." While we joked about it being a bust...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s storyline is about to go off the rails
The most compelling stories that emerge from EVE Online are usually tales of player-based conflict, dastardly deals, and political intrigue, but the game's core...
The Daily Grind: Does size really matter in MMOs? PvP battle size, that is
Over the last couple of weeks, we've seen a big push for MMO studios to talk up their numbers - and by that I...
Dual Universe counts 30,000 simulated players on the same planet in its latest alpha
If you're gonna be an MMO, we wanna see massive: lots of people on a server, lots of people in a fight. Dual Universe...
EVE Online gets ready for a galaxy-wide capital ship nerf
Don't let words like "balance" and "improvements" blind you from the real truth here: EVE Online's capital ships are about to be hit by...
H1Z1’s PC version, Z1 Battle Royale, sees another leadership reshuffle as Jace Hall steps down
Yesterday, Daybreak and NantGMobile announced that Jace Hall is no longer consulting on the PC version of H1Z1 known as Z1 Battle Royale, having...
EVE Online’s March update is here with skills on demand and nullsec anomaly improvements
The fact is that EVE Online's whole "skills on demand" concept is slightly misleading. It's more like the ability to purchase the skills you want...
EVE Online is heading to South Korea later this year
Hands up if you prognosticated this shocking development following Pearl Abyss' acquisition of CCP last fall: EVE Online is now coming to South Korea.
"We're...
Z1 Battle Royale declares the return of the king with a massive new update
Season 3 of Daybreak's PC H1Z1 (or Z1 Battle Royale now, or Z1BR for you hip kids) is coming back in a big way....
Albion Online sets a date for Oberon, its next content blast: March 20
Albion Online's next big thing has a name and a date: Oberon and March 20th. This round up content updates includes a full rebalance...
Watch the rise and fall of the most popular Steam games of the last four years
For those of us who are visual learners (or heck, bar chart fanatics -Â and you know who you are), there's an interesting animated gif...
EVE Online and CCP Games are losing another key developer: CCP Guard
EVE Online is losing a key dev today as Senior Community Development Lead Sveinn "CCP Guard" Kjarval announced his departure from CCP Games.
"After sixteen...
Global Chat: Off-the-cuff impressions of Anthem
If you like BioWare, high tech eye candy, blowing crap up, or riding the current wave of Hot New Game Releases, chances are that...
The MMO Bookclub devotes March to Tibia, Destiny 2, and Apex Legends
If you haven't been hanging out with the folks at MMO Bookclub lately, you may have missed a shift in the format that's expanded...
