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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Mortal Online revamps all of its racial textures
Rebuilding a game's models is hard and somewhat grueling work. Luckily, you can get some of the same impact at times by just providing...
Gloria Victis enlists Witcher animator for weapon overhaul
Have you ever picked up a class in an MMO, only to find yourself disenchanted by the lackluster or wonky way that the class...
EVE Online improves the new player experience further
The free-to-play option in EVE Online brought with it a revamp to the starting player experience, so new free players would be able to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 95: Rising from the ashes
Justin and Bree discuss end-of-the-year coverage, ArcheAge, Ashes of Creation, Elder Scrolls Online, CCP, Cold Iron, The Secret World, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on MMOs we wish we liked and the New World's timeline.
The Daily Grind: Are you worried for EVE Online’s safety if CCP is bought out?
Following the Bloomberg-floated rumor last Friday that CCP Games might be up for sale, we've had nothing but silence from CCP on the topic, so bloggers...
H1Z1: Just Survive gets a dedicated team and fix-it leader
New H1Z1: Just Survive General Manager Landon Montgomery is attempting to show that his leadership will see a more open and forthcoming Daybreak with...
EVE Evolved: The Siege of M-0EE8, the new largest battle in gaming history
In the political sandbox of EVE Online, colossal player-run military coalitions frequently war over territorial conflicts, in revenge for past transgressions or just for...
Rumor: EVE Online’s CCP Games is considering selling itself off
Bloomberg is reporting this morning that CCP Games is "exploring strategic options including a sale of the business after receiving interest from potential bidder"...
CCP has launched EVE-franchise Gunjack 2: End of Shift on the Daydream
Announced just two months ago, CCP Games' Gunjack 2: End of Shift has officially launched today for the Google Daydream, on which platform it...
Exclusive interview with Ashes of Creation’s Jeffrey Bard, formerly of Daybreak
Yesterday we covered a tip about a new MMORPG in the making: Ashes of Creation. Apparently we caught wind of this title before it was...
Gloria Victis promises faster town creation, improved character models
Speed is picking up with Gloria Victis' development. The dev team reports that it is close to finishing a new building system that will...
H1Z1: Just Survive producer’s letter assures players that the game is still moving
There's a certain irony in a zombie game's producer assuring fans that the game is not dead, but that's one of the central points...
EVE Online’s massive Battle at the M-O Keepstar has cost gamers over $7000 so far
Another massive battle has taken over EVE Online, this one likely to go down in EVE history as the Battle at the M-O Keepstar,...
H1Z1 wants to put a bag over your head
H1Z1 doesn't think that you're ugly, per se, but... well, it thinks the world would be much better off if it didn't have to...
Vets can now play through EVE Online’s new player experience
Following the Ascension expansion -- and the free-to-play conversion that seems to have been a success for getting warm bodies back into EVE Online...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMORPG stories of 2016
As we start to come to grips with the fact that we will be turning over the calendar into 2017 in one short month,...
Global Chat: Evaluating the latest MMORPG expansions
This week in our tour through MMO blog posts, we're going to witness a lot of evaluations of recent update and expansion launches that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 93: Free-to-EVE
Justin and Brendan discuss EVE Online's recent free-to-play transition, the Ascension patch, the need for the newbie experience overhaul, playing as a casual, surviving as an alpha clone, what's in it for vets - and what's next.
EVE Evolved: Getting started with EVE’s free-to-play
Just under two weeks ago, EVE Online launched its new free to play account option with the introduction of clone states. Subscribers are now given the...
Darkfall: New Dawn shows a stress test from the devs’ point of view
What does an MMO stress test look like from where the developers are sitting? You can satisfy your curiosity in this area by watching...