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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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...
H1Z1: Just Survive tests out quality-of-life update, conducts community survey
Could Daybreak be making good on its promise to give some love to H1Z1: Just Survive? It certainly seems so now that there's a...
Massively OP’s 2016 gift guide for the MMO internet spaceships fanatic
While some of us are toiling away on the ground in plate armor while fighting furry monstrosities, there's a whole world of internet spaceships...
Massively OP’s 2016 gift guide for the MMORPG bookworm
Hey you! Yeah, the player who actually reads quest text and lore entries when all of the other hooting madmen are furiously clicking past...
Global Chat: Recapturing the MMO magic
I suspect that much of the willingness of players to pour money into MMO Kickstarters is out of a strong desire to see games...
The Daily Grind: What’s the friendliest PvP encounter you’ve ever had in an MMORPG?
Not long ago, my little family detoured from our weekend road trip to have lunch with MOP's Eliot and his wife. Video games were...
EVE Online hits 50k concurrent users with its free-to-play shift
Players who want to jump in on EVE Online without paying for it now have the option to do just that; the game's most...
Darkfall: New Dawn kicks off free-play stress test through the holiday
Darkfall: New Dawn is currently in the middle of a free stress test, so if you're looking for a brutal sandbox to call home...
The MOP Up: Wurm Online cooks up a hearty Thanksgiving meal (November 20, 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...
The Stream Team: Checking out EVE as free-to-play
Here's something you may not have expected to ever see: Massively OP's MJ in EVE Online! It's not because she has never played (she...
