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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Hardcore sci-fi MMO Nebula Online leaves early access for launch in November
Back at the beginning of 2015, a plucky "old-school hardcore sci-fi" MMORPG called Nebula Online put forth a Kickstarter to build "the perfect MMO"...
Crowfall on its player-driven economy as inspired by classic MMORPGs
If you've been keeping an eye on Crowfall's recent crafting updates and are wondering how exactly everything fits together in the PvP-centric MMORPG, then...
EVE Online previews its revamped new player experience
If you've tried to get into EVE Online in the past, maybe it's time to give it another shot. Not just because the game's...
EVE Evolved: Controversy over gambling bans and charities
It's been a crazy, drama-filled week in EVE Online, starting with a controversial change to the EULA that will ban all gambling sites using in-game currency or assets...
The Game Archaeologist: Classic PlanetSide
Unlike fantasy, the sci-fi genre has had a rocky relationship with MMORPGs. While studios have tried just as hard to make and promote them,...
Try out Darkfall: Rise of Agon for free starting this Friday
One of the Darkfall reboots, Rise of Agon, is seriously stepping up its game this week -- in more ways than one.
The fantasy MMO...
EVE Online player promises $75,000 reward for thwarting enemies
If yesterday's CCP crackdown on gambling and RMT in the EVE Online universe wasn't enough drama for you, order some more popcorn for this...
CCP outlaws gambling in EVE Online, bans RMT organizations
Changes to EVE Online's EULA coming in November with the launch of Ascension and the free-to-play conversion will effectively outlaw gambling, which has been a...
EVE Online’s free-to-play switch, engineering complexes arrive with Ascension on November 8
EVE Online's world-changing Ascension update has been formally dated: November 8th. That just a week after the company will close out the EVE Vegas convention...
H1Z1: Just Survive’s new general manager offers greetings and hope
It's no secret that H1Z1 has been strongly favoring its PvP edition, King of the Kill, in development and publicity ever since the game split...
Massively OP’s guide to the best upcoming indie MMORPGs, part three
Over the last couple of weeks, we shared with you part one and part two of our guide to the best upcoming and current indie MMORPGs...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for Amazon’s New World
The announcement of a new sandbox MMORPG last week -- New World, by none other than Amazon Game Studios itself -- has had both...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with vehicle avatars
When you take a step back and look at the broad MMO genre, you see some common threads that run through most games. One...
Darkfall: New Dawn is halfway through its InDev period, mothballs old characters
Darkfall: New Dawn is making good time as it barrels through its "InDev" testing period. The team recently posted an update in which it...
EVE Online details the major changes coming to being a mining foreman
For larger mining operations in EVE Online, you need a foreman. Not just because you need someone to complain about to your fellow mining...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 85: A whole New World
Justin and Bree discuss New World, WoW, Elyria, Firefall, SMITE, FFXIV, and Destiny 2, with mailbag letters on Star Wars Galaxies' PvP and explorable MMOs.
Daybreak is cutting out game cards
If you're a big fan of buying game cards for Daybreak's various online offerings, you should go snap them up now before they're gone....
H1Z1 hands out over $267,000 in tournament prize money
Killing zombies is just the warm-up; killing fellow survivors of a zombie apocalypse is where the real money is at.
H1Z1: King of the Kill...
EVE Evolved: What else is coming to EVE Online in November?
Recently I've been looking at how EVE Online will be affected by the introduction of free-to-play "alpha clone" accounts in its upcoming November expansion, but there's a...
Here’s how EVE Online’s new player experience is going to flow
Andie "CCP Seagull" Nordgren has a new development video out for EVE Online players this afternoon. She explains that as part of the free-to-play...
