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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Hacker claims to have made a living cheating in MMOs for two decades
Motherboard has a fun-slash-depressing piece out this week on an unnamed hacker who claims he's been cheating at MMORPGs to make a living for...
The MOP Up: Skyforge investigates the Cradle of the World (July 30, 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...
Whatever happened to PlanetSide 2, A Tale in the Desert, and Istaria?
Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, "What ever happened to that game?" With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it's surprisingly...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon is at a ‘pivotal’ design moment
From the sound of things, it doesn't appear that Darkfall: Rise of Agon is doing quite as well as its indie team was hoping....
Hades’ Star puts a 4X MMO into your pocket
When it comes to mobile MMOs, it really is best if games are designed from the ground-up to function on these devices instead of...
The Soapbox: Getting to the heart of toxicity in MMOs
So we've gotten another post from a developer saying that they're going to really 100% be better about rooting out toxic players from their...
EVE Online delivers ‘sneak preview’ of winter release
Wouldn't you like to be a fly on the walls of EVE Online's offices, buzzing to and fro and learning all about what the...
Gloria Victis’ patch this week adds desert-themed region and crafting changes
Gloria Victis is gearing up for a big patch tomorrow: The indie hardcore sandbox will debut a brand-new desert-themed territory packed with a new...
RuneScape is a massive hit on Twitch
Time and again, we here at Massively OP have noted how RuneScape seems to be incredibly underestimated by the larger MMO community. For how...
EVE Evolved: The Agency could become a great daily reward system in EVE Online
A new event named The Agency kicked off this week in EVE Online, and it looks a bit like the daily quest systems you...
One Shots: Hail to the victor!
Have you ever been able to capture a truly victorious moment in your MMORPG journeys? Rees Racer did, and he is not above showing...
Massively Overthinking: Building a better MMORPG economy
We are on a roll with the epic questions for Overthinking lately! "The recent article about monetization got me thinking about just how much most...
Next Day Survival debuts, plus H1Z1, Hellion, Black Death, and Life is Feudal survivalbox news
ARK and Conan aren't the only survivalboxes in town -- in fact, several of the modern contenders in the subgenre have updates and videos this week demonstrating...
EVE Online previews changes coming to mining moons
Mining makes the world go round for EVE Online. You need those resources to construct space stations, to build ships, and to barter with...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 127: EVE walks no more
Justin and Bree discuss Secret World Legends, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, EVE, SWTOR, Black Desert, Albion, and Citadel, plus a mailbag question on class and character investment in MMORPGs, with a special interview segment featuring ARK: Survival Evolved composer Gareth Coker.
The MOP Up: Crash Force offers arena fun at a discount (July 16, 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: Consumer protections in the MMORPG industry
Veteran Massively OP reader Miol says he's exhausted by a recent string of stories in which MMO companies screw gamers over, one after another:...
EVE Online is killing off the last remnants of walking in stations
Hey remember EVE Online's walking in stations, the talk of the genre a decade ago? Remember when all we really got was a captain's...
EVE Online’s July release furthers exoplanet research, revamps T3 strategic cruisers
Happy July patch day, capsuleers! Yep, EVE Online's July release is now live. The patch includes "one of the most extensive and largest rebalances...
Check out Revelation Online’s Eternal Chasm dungeon
Revelation Online has a new dev blog up today on the Eternal Chasm, one of its level 59+ multiple-mode instanced dungeons.
"Shinji – after the...
