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 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...
The Wild West Online MMO officially launches out of early access today – here’s the new trailer
It's been quite a ride for Wild West Online, the survivalish MMO that came out of nowhere last spring to take on Red Dead...
Gloria Victis is dirt cheap thanks to the Humble Bundle now – here’s the new trailer
Cutthroat PvP MMORPG Gloria Victis is currently featured as part of Humble Bundle's War Gamez bundle, so you can snag it and a bunch of...
Perfect Ten: You got your MMORPG in my tabletop RPG
Tabletop games and MMORPGs seem like they would go well together, but remarkably they often don't. That's true for several reasons, but one of...
H1Z1 ditches inventory management for Playstation 4, Just Survive is ‘working on a plan to go forward’
Internal crisis or no, Daybreak is moving forward with plans to bring H1Z1 to the PlayStation 4. When it arrives, however, this version will...
Daybreak update: Renova boss questioned over Columbus Nova’s alleged payment to Michael Cohen
MMOs and politics once again collide this week as last night CNN broke the news that Robert Mueller's FBI team has zeroed in on...
EVE Online celebrates 15 years with a trailer of fan events
An MMO with a trailer for 15 years of operation is not entirely unusual. It's not common, because not many games make it to...
