gankbox

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.

What you are chasing and will not get.

Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the best value at the start of 2018

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Let's talk about value. A couple of weeks back, I did an article on the healthiest games at the end of the year; today,...

EVE Online has a galactic-sized economy dump for you

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Do you miss the feeling of being in school and staring, cross-eyed, at all sorts of graphs and charts in your classes? If so,...
This guy, though... he didn't get it.

Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG articles of 2017

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For this week's Massively Overthinking, I've asked the writers to do something most of them hate: brag! We've tried to isolate our favorite personal...
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

The developer of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds laments the lack of video game IP protection

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Did you know that there's no real IP protection for video games? We didn't know that either; we seem to recall a lot of...

Perfect Ten: 20 upcoming MMOs to watch in 2018

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It has become a long-standing tradition as Massively OP and our former site that we like to end the year by creating a list...

H1Z1 preps first-ever free week and holiday outfit

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Ever been curious about original-flavor H1Z1 and its battle royale sauce? You can try it out without having to drop any money during the...
Tough luck, no buy.

CCP honors fallen EVE Online developer with fundraiser ship skin

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As if CCP Games isn't struggling enough right now, the studio announced today that it's lost one of its own: an EVE Online developer...

EVE Evolved: Calling time on EVE Online’s five-year vision

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When Andie "CCP Seagull" Nordgren walked onto the stage at EVE Fanfest 2013 and delivered her long-term vision for the future of EVE Online,...

H1Z1 will be called King of Survival when Tencent ports it to China

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This week's rumor that Tencent may be porting Daybreak's H1Z1 eastward has proven true, as the Chinese megacorp and Daybreak announced late last night...
Nope, not illustrating this. Have a spaceship.

EVE Online uses city urban planning in its design

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Who would have ever thought that something so mundane and everyday as city urban planning would be of immense inspiration to a game like...
Look in my eyes, what do you see? Creative bankruptcy.

Tencent may be bringing H1Z1 to China

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The easiest way to ensure that no one is really fighting over who gets to be at the top of the battle royale genre...
Oh look.

Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMORPGs at the end of 2017

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As Counting Crows told us, it's been a long December, although the fact that it has also only just started being December speaks to...
Boom?

EVE Online’s Arms Race update offers more ships to free players today

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Before you get too excited, let's note that today's update for EVE Online is not simply handing out ships like space travel-shaped candy. Free...

Darkfall: Rise of Agon adds magical teleporting billboards

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Progress continues to march in Darkfall: Rise of Agon, with a smallish content patch added to the game last week that added a special...

Massively Overthinking: Taking risks in MMORPGs

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Last weekend, Brendan wrote a great column on how to stay safe from gankers in EVE Online, noting that the newbies are commonly given...

Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO stories of 2017

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One thing you can say for the MMO industry: It never ceases to surprise all of us. No matter what predictions we may make...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 146: World of Warcraft’s fun police

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Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes' death, Darkfall New Dawn, LOTRO 2018, Neverwinter Nights, WoW's fun police, DDO, Hearthstone, and Trove, with mailbag discussions on Disney the lockbox villain and the max we'd pay for MMO subscriptions.
Gay ship.

EVE Online patches in more alpha skills on December 5th

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The next patch for EVE Online arrives on December 5th, and it's going to give Alpha players (or "free-to-play players" for those not down...

EVE Evolved: Three top tips for staying safe from gankers in EVE Online

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EVE Online is renowned for its cold, harsh universe and relatively few rules, and we've all heard the horror stories over the years of...
There is no 'enough.'

Gloria Victis expands its map and adds some hidden treasures

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There's even more land in Gloria Victis now, enough space that everyone has all the reason in the world to spread out and never...

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