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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Perfect Ten: The 10 saddest MMORPG stories
Every MMO tells a story through the run of its life. A lot of those stories are pretty happy, too. Ultima Online may not...
The MOP Up: State of Decay 2’s multiplayer mayhem (August 27, 2017)
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...
Massively Overthinking: The survivalbox vs. the MMORPG
A few weeks ago in Massively Overthinking, the team discussed the resurgence in popularity of small-scale co-op games and whether that has impacted the...
Darkfall: New Dawn releases state-of-the-game roadmap, says it’s 76% done
Darkfall: New Dawn, one of a pair of indie-led player efforts to keep MMO sandbox Darkfall going after original studio Aventurine abandoned it last...
EVE Evolved: The strategy and narrative of EVE’s revenge war
At the start of this month, we reported on a massive new war that was kicking off in the north of EVE Online. The...
The Daily Grind: What MMO would you like to see dump its branding or IP?
On Tuesday, Daybreak formally announced that the neglected PvE half of H1Z1, Just Survive, would be shedding its H1Z1 branding once and for all. The...
PlanetSide 2 plans huge ‘Critical Mass’ revamp update to fix factional point system
Daybreak is a whirlwind this week: First it broke up the H1Z1 party and got Just Survive its own apartment, and now it's bringing...
EVE: Valkyrie allows players to ditch the VR headset
This is just your weekly reminder from CCP that EVE: Valkyrie wasn't a figment of your imagination, it still exists, and please for the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 131: Just surviving
Justin and Bree cover Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire, LOTRO's Mordor, Final Fantasy XIV's playerbase, Dual Universe's investment, and NCsoft's financials, then interview H1Z1: Just Survive Creative Director Ben Jones.
EVE Online pushes back its August patch until August 16
There was supposed to be an EVE Online patch here. It's not here now, though; instead, it's being pushed back by a day until...
Interview: Daybreak’s Just Survive drops H1Z1 branding for massive revamp and relaunch today
Remember the survival version of H1Z1? If not, we can't say that we blame you: Since Daybreak split the game in two, the bulk...
EVE Online revenge war update: The war machine stalls
Last week we brought you the news of a massive new war brewing in the north of EVE Online, and The Imperium's threat of revenge...
The PAX West City of Heroes and Ashes of Creation panels are a go
A few weeks back, we reported on the City of Heroes-themed panel coming to PAX West in Seattle at the beginning of September. With the...
H1Z1: King of the Kill is due for a major combat upgrade
Did you forget H1Z1 is still in early access? We did not! The King of the Kill half in particular is still getting heavy...
EVE Evolved: A massive war for revenge is brewing in EVE Online
Just over a year ago, the largest PvP conflict in gaming history kicked off in EVE Online as war erupted between the game's most prominent...
But seriously, how is stream honking actually a thing
So here's a term Eliot couldn't possibly have dreamed up for our terminology columns: stream honking.
So imagine you're MJ playing a gankbox on a...
EVE Online engineers a patch full of quality-of-life improvements
Maybe it's a sign of age or maturity as a video gamer when you start to rejoice over less flashy "quality of life" patches....
EVE Online is making guided void bombs weaker in its structure revamp
It's not as much fun to attack a structure in EVE Online when there's only one way to do it correctly. That's one of...
Dean Hall’s Stationeers don’t want no scrubs
DayZ's Dean Hall says his new sci-fi survivalbox Stationeers is launching early access in September, and he isn't sugarcoating the game's difficulty.
You might remember...
H1Z1 Invitational returns to TwitchCon with a $500,00 prize pool
Daybreak's stream darling is starting down the road to another grand tournament, as the H1Z1 Invitational was announced to be returning to TwitchCon this...
