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Sea of Thieves Season 13 will let players become the villainous world event on July 25
Sometimes it's good to be bad, and that's the opportunity being afforded to players of Sea of Thieves on Thursday, July 25th, which is...
Open Perpetuum tests Patch 29’s adjustments to mechs, items, and sudden onsets of fog
Open Perpetuum continues to motor forward with updates, though the upcoming Patch 29 is not quite as much of a barnburner as some of...
Perfect Ten: What FFA PvP has to offer the MMO space
Before any of you look at the title, the author, and then at your screen again in disbelief, let me disabuse you of any...
Albion Online East server suffers a series of technical mishaps upending invasion mechanics
Last week, Albion Online's newly released Albion East server started causing problems for Albion West, with instability and crashes affecting players of the sandbox...
Mortal Online 2 brings the thunder, fire, ice, and rock with its new Elementalist magic school
It's hard to deny the classic allure of the elements-weaving magic caster in a fantasy setting, and this evergreen trope is now available in...
Fractured Online explains its alignment system for players to segment PvE and PvP play
If you're only just now hearing that Fractured Online will feature a system of player alignment to determine which players are allowed to attack...
Wakfu introduces Demonic Pacts for open PvP in update 1.72
Would you take a big bonus to your experience and loot in exchange for the risk of losing all of it? That's the fundamental...
Open PvP MMORPG A3 gets a new battle royale lease on life as mobile MMO A3: Still Alive
Are you familiar with the PC MMORPG A3? Neither am I, but apparently it's something of a PK nightmare with open PvP the second...
Vague Patch Notes: Why the social penalty for open PvP in MMOs never works
One of the most important things to have when you're thinking about games and their design is reference material. It's one of the things...
There are no more PvP servers in World of Warcraft
It finally happened. After years of people claiming that it was happening whenever any change was made to PvP servers that the complainer didn't...
Deep-diving Gloria Victis’ swordplay and siege warfare
We’re in the midst of a sort of sandbox renaissance, with numerous sandbox titles under development and more seeming to scuttle out of the...
PAX East 2017: Jumping and climbing through Chronicles of Elyria’s pre-alpha
I admit to my weakness: Despite years and years of games using it again and again, I still enjoy the simple gameplay benefits of...
Exclusive: Indie sandbox El Somni Quas on free-for-all PvP, races, classes, housing, and more
Back in December, we published an exclusive dev diary about El Somni Quas, an indie sandbox from a Czech studio that actually cut its teeth...
Tree of Life turns PvP into a factionalized affair
If you're not a fan of open PvP, you'll probably be quite happy that Tree of Life has waved farewell to open PvP as...
The Daily Grind: Is there anything that could get you to enjoy free-for-all looting PvP?
Some of you out there already like free-for-all PvP in which all of your stuff can be taken by whosoever chooses to kill you...
Divergence Online adds consensual PvP server stretch goal
Yesterday, we published a detailed interview with Ethan Casner, one of the devs behind Star Wars Galaxies-inspired Divergence Online. The response was more or...
Divergence Online’s Ethan Casner on SWG 2.0, open PvP, and edgelords
Star Wars Galaxies-inspired indie sandbox Divergence Online busted out its third alpha and third crowdfunding campaign last week, prompting many of Massively OP's readers...
Worlds Adrift gets a full gameplay trailer
Last Friday, Bossa Studios teased a trailer for its new Worlds Adrift trailer. Today, we got a look at the real deal, which turns...
Albion Online’s missions are like quests, but not exactly
Top-down PvP sandbox Albion Online has released a new video highlighting the game's missions and factions. Lead designer Robin Henkys and technical director David...
World of Warcraft’s Ashran expands to a new area in patch 6.2
If you've been taking part in the battles over Ashran in World of Warcraft, it's understandable that you could be a little tired of...
