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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EVE Online GMs removed at least 25 trillion ISK worth $400,000 from the game
If you've been reading the gaming news this week, you may have heard about the enormous amount of wealth that was recently removed from EVE...
Check out the trailer for Revelation Online’s first closed beta
My.com has just announced that the Revelation Online closed beta has finally begun, after a week's delay.
"Today players can create characters on the North...
CCP opens EVE Fanfest 2017 ticket sales
With EVE Vegas barely over, CCP Games has already announced that it's opened ticket sales for EVE Fanfest 2017 in Reykjavik, which is set for...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon cuts the grind, makes weapon and racial improvements
Is Rise of Agon the Darkfall you've been dreaming of?
If you were turned off by excessive grind and the pace of leveling of the...
EVE Vegas 2016: EVE Online is finally getting a real tutorial
One of EVE Online's developers once described the new player experience with the line "Welcome to EVE, here's a Rubik's cube, go f**k yourself," and he...
EVE Evolved: Alpha Clone economics, bragging rights, and restrictions
Yesterday at EVE Vegas 2016, developer CCP Rise held us spellbound with tales of his recent misadventures in EVE Online recently when pretending to...
EVE Vegas 2016: Bridging the gap between PvE and PvP
While EVE Online is typically thought of as a cutthroat PvP game, players spend a substantial amount of time engaged in PvE activities such...
EVE Vegas 2016: Ascension expansion detailed, new trailer released
While the main event of the EVEÂ Online social calendar is unmistakably the annual EVE Fanfest convention in Iceland, smaller gatherings are held throughout the...
Halloween sinks its fangs into Tree of Life, Fractured Space, and Mortal Online
The avalanche of MMO Halloween events continues to thunder down over us, and we are digging as fast as we can to stay on...
Player fakes a suicide attempt in EVE Online as part of an extortion scheme
One of the most universal facts about most MMO communities is that we band together when one of our own is hurting or in...
Gloria Victis overhauls animations, promises playable female characters ‘soon’
Gloria Victis has a new video out today showcasing its overhauled combat and movement animations, done by one of the animators who worked on...
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...
