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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Massively OP Podcast Episode 187: The raid in our stars
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's new living world episode, Boundless, EverQuest II, Blizzard, Warframe, EVE Online, SWTOR, the petition to save WildStar, and our big site revamp.
Wargaming is building a new ‘free-to-play multiplatform MMO’ in the UK
It looks as if Wargaming is planning to push even further into the MMO market.
According to GIbiz, the company known best for World of...
EVE Evolved: Two ways that EVE Online’s monetisation could be expanded under Pearl Abyss
When Pearl Abyss bought out CCP Games last week, the overwhelming message to EVE Online players was that it would be business as usual...
CCP Games discusses EVE Online as a forever game, its 300K players, and its mobile and big screen aspirations
Variety has a fresh interview with CCP Games CEO Hilmar Petursson on the sale of the company - and its chief asset, MMORPG EVE...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 186: The perfect storm of MMO news
Justin and Bree discuss WildStar's sunset, Pearl Abyss' acquisition of CCP and EVE Online, the new Lord of the Rings MMO, THQ Nordic's buy-up of 38 Studios MMO Project Copernicus, the Daybreak NantWorks investment/venture, Old School RuneScape, and MMO emulation.
Jukebox Heroes: Star Citizen’s soundtrack
With more money than several third-world nations, Cloud Imperium Games and Star Citizen certainly has the luxury of affording the best for its (undoubtedly)...
EVE Online posts its September patch, econ report, and fundraiser for CCP Mankiller
Whether you think the Pearl Abyss buyout of CCP Games is certain doom or financial security, it's still business as usual in the world...
Zombie MMO Dead Frontier 2 is in early access to scratch the H1Z1 Just Survive itch
I'm not quite sure how we missed Dead Frontier 2, but there it is on Steam, happily calling itself an MMO and an MMORPG...
Global Chat: Why Wizardry Online’s permadeath was a good idea
Here's an MMO and a feature both long since deceased: Wizardry Online and permadeath. Yet as JVT Workshop argues, it was an underappreciated feature...
EVE Evolved: What could the sale of CCP Games mean for EVE Online?
Just a few days ago, we awoke to news so unexpected that it made me check I hadn't time-traveled to April 1st: EVE Online...
The Daily Grind: So how worried are you about Pearl Abyss’ buyout of CCP Games?
The panic over the impending Pearl Abyss buyout of CCP Games has been palpable for the last 24 hours. The EVE Online Reddit was...
Daybreak announces new investment, new H1Z1 and EverQuest mobile titles, and a new esports arena
Today does seem to be the day for big financial bombshells, doesn't it? Turns out Daybreak had a card up its sleeve too. The...
EVE Online developer CCP Games bought by Black Desert Online studio Pearl Abyss
I bet that's not a headline you expected to wake up to! EVE Online developer CCP Games confirmed this morning that it will soon...
H1Z1’s professional league is allegedly struggling in viewers, attendance, and actually paying its players
It looks like H1Z1 is having some problems with its professional e-sports league. This isn't entirely news, as the league faced controversy right from...
EVE Evolved: How would you reboot EVE Online?
EVE Online has been pretty comfortable in its hardcore sci-fi MMO niche for over 15 years now, working its way through dozens of expansions and...
The Daily Grind: What major blunders in MMORPG history should future devs study?
A week or so ago, Justin penned another entry in his long-running City of Heroes historical pieces, and down in the comments, a reader...
The MOP Up: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds lets gamers tattle on each other (September 2, 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...
EVE Online banned almost 10,000 bots and unauthorized RMT participants this summer
CCP Games has made communicating just how it's "coming for the bots" in EVE Online a priority all year, both before and after players...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with the most needlessly obtuse stats
One of my favorite reviewers of tabletop RPGs at one point opined that percentile systems were one of the best tabletop mechanics possible, simply...
H1Z1 on PlayStation 4 will be getting new Arcade modes and new Daily Challenges
While its original focus of building zombie survival has been separated and ultimately sent to live with a nice farm family upstate, H1Z1 is...
