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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H1Z1 lets you harvest zombie blood
We know what you're thinking: "Zombie survival games are all well and good, but they don't really go far enough in allowing me to...
Gloria Victis has sold 30,000 copies in early access
The early access switch was flipped on for Gloria Victis a month ago, which has been a big transition for the team. It's been...
EVE Evolved: What went wrong with the Shadow of the Serpent event?
Last week's EVE Online patch added the massive Shadow of the Serpent event, a game-wide storyline arc that pits players against the Serpentis and Angel...
The MOP Up: Path of Exile’s Q&A bonanza (July 10, 2016)
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...
Perfect Ten: The 10 components of a ‘fair’ MMO PvP fight
I spend a lot of my time thinking about MMO PvP. You might not realize it, but I'm actually a really big fan of...
H1Z1: King of the Kill got a major combat patch today
Daybreak's Garrett Fern is blessed with an epic RPG name. He's also the H1Z1 combat and gameplay designer on deck to tell King of...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon is handling item issues and meditation for is next update
The team behind Darkfall: Rise of Agon has been hard at work with more features for the game once the servers come back online....
Darkfall: New Dawn launches its public InDev server
One of the two Darkfall reboots has sort of won the race to release, as New Dawn announced this past week that it has...
Perfect Ten: MMO novel tie-ins
When I was a kid and only slightly more nerdy than I am today, I used to read movie novelizations like crazy. I don't...
CCP grants EVE Online players skins, skill injectors for Iceland’s Euro 2016 soccer victories
Iceland-based MMORPG studio CCP Games is getting in on the football/soccer hype this week with an in-game EVE Online promo tailored around the success...
EVE Online drops new feature patch and Serpentis event
Lo and behold, the galaxy shuddered with terror and awe when EVE Online unleashed Update 118.6 across the cosmos. Historians later said that the...
NBA champion Rick Fox partners with Daybreak’s H1Z1 for e-sport initiative
Multitime NBA champion Rick Fox has his sights set on H1Z1 as the next big e-sports field, so much so that he has partnered up...
EVE Online prepares for Alliance Tourney XIV
Are you the best of the best when it comes to ship-to-ship combat in EVE Online? You'll have your chance to prove how good...
EVE Evolved: Can EVE be played casually?
We've heard a lot recently about huge territorial wars raging in EVE Online with thousands of pilots taking part, which some consider to be the ultimate endgame...
The MOP Up: Ingress players show love for Orlando (June 26, 2016)
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...
One Shots: When magick met wizardry
When magic meets magic, does it shake hands? Give each other a hearty fist bump and catch up on old times? Or does it...
Darkfall: New Dawn readies test server launch for next week
The night is always darkest before a new dawn, or so they say. Happily, antsy Darkfall players won't have long to wait until they...
EVE Online will discontinue its in-game browser in October
Do you enjoy the option to just read ridiculous stuff on the Internet during the blander periods of EVE Online play? It's hard not...
Darkfall: New Dawn’s next patch will increase performance, clarify meditation system
Darkfall: New Dawn's load lag and subpar performance will be nipped in the bud with the game's next patch -- or so the developers...
Crowfall’s seventh class is the mighty minotaur
One of the neat aspects of Crowfall's archetypes is how the team is scouting a wider range of fantasy races for its inspiration. Move over,...
