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 Online saw big bump in players and profits in 2016
Don't count EVE Online as over and out just yet. The long-running space sandbox reported a remarkably good year for 2016, posting an increase...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon launches on May 5
Remember how Darkfall: Rise of Agon's team mentioned last month that the game was roughly four months away from launch? That seemed kind of...
Sparc is CCP’s new non-EVE VR sports simulator, due out 2017
A couple of weeks ago, I was puzzling over the fact that besides a few golfing and racing games, we don't have many sports...
H1Z1’s newest $300,000 tournament will be televised
In April, you won't have to turn to Twitch to see professional teams beat the crap out of each other in H1Z1 -- you'll...
The Game Archaeologist: Earth and Beyond
Personally, I prefer science fiction over fantasy nine times out of ten, even though most of the MMOs that grace my desktop are fantasy...
The Daily Grind: When do ‘offensive’ guild names go too far?
Oh, it just wouldn't be a week without some EVE Online drama, now would it? The latest episode revolves around an alliance whose name,...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that help you get your spaceship on
Sometimes even the most die-hard MMORPG player finds him or herself a little tired of constantly looking at the back of a head and...
EVE Online’s new ‘citizen science’ project will ‘refine the search for exoplanets’
Those of you who've known me a while probably know that my husband is an astrophysicist, which means that astronomy is a passion in...
Mortal Online wants to move you into a brand-new house
It's time to abandon those old Mortal Online digs and check in to an upgrade. The devs unveiled a player housing revamp this week...
EVE Evolved: What do we want from Drilling Platforms?
If you followed our EVE Fanfest coverage last year, you might remember CCP announcing plans to add a whole series of new deployable structures...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone gets ready to banish dozens of cards (February 19, 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: Are MMOs designed for ‘low-skill gamers’?
Ages ago on the MMORPG subreddit, a player made a bold statement: MMORPGs are designed for low-skill gamers.
"I remember being dazzled by EverQuest and...
Perfect Ten: Terminology the MMORPG genre needs
MMOs, like any other hobby, have their own terminology. We have the term "newb" for new players, "noob" for players who aren't actually new...
EVE Online releases Guardian’s Gala update, gives glimpse into its glorious future
A new development update for EVE Online hints at grand and glorious things to come. CCP Seagull posted a three-minute video in which she...
EVE Online deploys ‘Guardian’s Gala’ patch on Valentine’s day
Not everything on February 14th needs to be all about pink lace and floating hearts. EVE Online, for example, is rolling out a nice...
One Shots: The power of pink hair
Wherever there is trouble, Manastu Utakata will be there to fight it with her lightning-fast screenshot button and trademark pink hair. Villains, start running right...
CCP’s VR shooter Gunjack 2 patches in weeklies, competitive challenges
Gunjack moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Ah, there it goes. You...
First Impressions: Struggling to survive in Conan Exiles
I am no stranger to covering survival sandboxes for Massively OP. I wrestled with dinosaurs before ARK: Survival Evolved was a thing. I got kidnapped...
EVE Evolved: Would EVE Online make a good survival game?
EVE Online has practically dominated the sci-fi sandbox MMO niche for nearly 14 years, with its harsh PvP-oriented gameplay and massive single-server universe combining to provide something that's...
Gloria Victis readies major change to character animations
Saying that the it wants to make sure that Gloria Victis' combat "not only looks great, but also feels great," the team at Black...
