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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PSA: The E3 Humble Bundle is full of online gaming goodness
Is your favorite MMO going to be at E3 this year? There are some games there and many that aren't, so it's a bit...
EVE Evolved: Four PvE improvements EVE needs
EVE Online is typically thought of as being a heavily PvP-oriented game, and for good reason. Players can attack each other anywhere in the...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with distinct visual styles
Given the choice, I am always going to pick a game with stylized graphics over realistic ones. This is for many reasons; it's partly...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 68: Dark and light
Justin and Bree discuss Darkfall, Landmark, Marvel Heroes, ArcheAge, Neverwinter, and ESO, with mailbag questions on community negativity, streaming, and commenters.
Gloria Victis comes to Steam early access this week
Since orange is the new black and early access is the new MMO launch, we must change with the times and celebrate Gloria Victis'...
Lifeless is staggering toward a June 16 early access launch
There's one thing that we know about zombies: Fast or slow, they will keep on coming with a determination and a hunger that can't...
The MOP Up: EVE Online phases out DirectX 9 (June 5, 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...
Chronicles of Elyria’s Kickstarter has successfully funded
Indie FFA PvP sandbox Chronicles of Elyria has officially been Kickstarted for over $1.36 million dollars, well exceeding its original $900,000 goal in spite of...
Chronicles of Elyria releases world interaction tech preview video
Following its announcement yesterday that Chronicles of Elyria will make use of the SpatialOS platform for handling the massively multiplayer scope of the game,...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Why wave-ban Guild Wars 2 cheaters?
Last week, our very own Bree Royce summed up a response given by ArenaNet's Chris Cleary to a self-confessed hacker on the game's subreddit...
Getting perspective on Chronicles of Elyria’s planned PvP and PvE featureset
Anyone on the MassivelyOP team will probably tell you that I won't shut up about Chronicles of Elyria. There's so much to like about...
EVE Evolved: How are citadels actually being used?
In the build-up to EVE Online's Citadel expansion, there was a great deal of speculation from both players and the EVE developers about how the...
Darkfall has gone… dark
Darkfall -- the official version, not its up-and-coming player-run spinoffs -- has gone offline indefinitely, according to a new post on the official forums.
Dear friends,...
EVE Online war update: The Imperium loses its territory
Last month we brought you several war reports from the massive EVE Online conflict that's come to be known as World War Bee. After years of...
Survival sandbox Lifeless demos PvP, weapons, and grouping
Move over, H1Z1: Green Man Gaming, the company behind medieval survival sandbox The Black Death, is also working on Lifeless, a modern survival sandbox......
Check out H1Z1: King of the Kill’s Ignition trailer
Daybreak's H1Z1 King of the Kill version saw the introduction of a new game mode with its latest patch: Ignition.
"Ignition is a high-intensity, frenzied...
Darkfall: New Dawn developers outline rewards for players on the InDev setup
The ultimate goal of the Darkfall: New Dawn team is not just to relaunch the original Darkfall with no alterations, hence the subtitle. However,...
H1Z1 preps Ignition mode for tomorrow, shows off its new map
Heady times are upon H1Z1, especially if you're playing the PvP version (that's King of the Kill, in case you've lost track). The good...
EVE Evolved: CCP Games on the future of EVE Online’s PvE
It's no secret that EVE Online has always been a primarily PvP-focused game, with thousands of players smashing fleets of ships together on a daily basis....
The MOP Up: Blizzard’s mobile prospects (May 15, 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...
