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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Trace the history of the battle royale genre from inception to now
It all started with a new mode for DayZ. No, it all started with Minecraft. Wait, maybe it started with deathmatch games. There's a...
Gloria Victis has overhauled its arena and large-scale factional PvP
Grumpy about the state of PvP in that other MMO? Gloria Victis has arrived to bolster its own version of the classic MMO competitive...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 172: Delays and do-overs
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Dauntless, Trove, H1Z1, Bless, RuneScape, Echo of Soul, Wargaming, FFXIV, hyper-realism, wacky MMO jobs, and Solo (but no spoilers!)
EVE Online dives ‘Into the Abyss’ with today’s update
Ready to dive into a new style of PvE gameplay in EVE Online? Today's patch for the Into the Abyss update sends players into...
H1Z1 zooms past 4.5 million downloads on PlayStation 4 and hands out free weapons
Remember how H1Z1 was riding high last Thursday off of the 1.5 million downloads on the PlayStation 4? The battle royale game has actually...
PUBG Corp sues Epic Games, claiming Fortnite plagiarized its UI and items
Last autumn, Bluehole and PUBG Corp locked horns with Epic Games over PUBG's assertion that Fortnite had all but ripped off PUBG's battle royale...
EVE Evolved: Last-minute advice on Abyssal Deadspace in EVE Online
There are just two days to go before EVE Online's Into the Abyss expansion lands on May 29th, introducing its new Abyssal Deadspace solo...
EVE Online’s newest ships look like cel-shaded beauties
The Triglavians are coming! The Triglavians are coming! OK, we'll admit that that catchphrase needs some work, but nevertheless, EVE Online players should get...
H1Z1 has a huge debut on PlayStation 4 with over 1.5M downloads
Could H1Z1 be saved through the PlayStation 4? There is no doubt that Daybreak is banking heavily on the battle royale title striking big...
H1Z1 launches open beta for PS4, is swarmed with over 200K concurrent players
It's been a long time coming, but H1Z1 finally hit open beta on the PlayStation 4 last night. If you forgot the game was...
EVE Online explains the terrors and thrills of Abyssal Deadspace
Succeed or die trying: That's the attitude you've got to have when heading into EVE Online's new Abyssal Deadspace instances this summer.
CCP explained what...
Daybreak promises a patch for Just Survive – but it’s also ending lockbox sales
When Daybreak's Columbus Nova fiasco and layoffs were hitting last month, most of the company's MMORPGs resurfaced without missing a beat, reassuring their playerbases...
Bless outlines its new box price and sub plan, which it does not want you to call a sub
Bless Online's media event and pricing reveal last week may not have gone entirely to plan. You'll recall that Neowiz announced at the time...
Returning to Conan Exiles: Praise for Funcom’s progress on PvE and PvP
As some of you may remember, I wasn't terribly impressed with Conan Exiles when it first went into Early Access last year. It wasn't exactly that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 170: Mild West Online
Justin and Bree discuss Conan Exiles, Wild West Online, LOTRO, NCsoft's financials, Gamersfirst's acquisition, H1Z1, the Guild Wars franchise, WoW, DDO, and Trove, with mailbag topics on offensive in-game titles and too-fast MMO combat.
Global Chat: The MMO expansion lifecycle
With the ever-developing, ever-growing nature of MMORPGs, the expansion truly has a life of its own. By now we are well acquainted with the...
Amazon Game Studios’ Greg Henninger hints about big news coming soon – is it New World?
Is Amazon Game Studios finally about to take the lid off of New World? Maybe, maybe not, but this might be a clue:Â AGS' Greg...
A real-life lobbyist is running for the EVE Online CSM
Want politics out of your games? What about politicians? And do you mean it literally? Because... they walk among us.
Kotaku put out a piece...
EVE Evolved: Getting new players to stick with EVE Online
EVE Online has the odd distinction of being one of the most impenetrable MMOs on the market today and yet also one of the...
The MOP Up: Diablo levels up in Heroes of the Storm (May 13, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...