Sandboxes are a type of MMO that emphasize player freedom and expression. They frequently include mechanics for building, crafting, trading, character customization and development, roleplaying, destruction, and significant interaction with the world and other players. A sandbox that is dominated by an open-PvP or free-for-all ruleset is sometimes pejoratively called a gankbox. Contrast with the themepark.
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EVE Evolved: A live event threatens to reshape EVE Online’s map
While EVE Online has always focused on the real stories created by players through player-vs.-player conflict rather than on its NPC storyline, its universe...
RuneScape makes changes to the player-owned farm tutorial and Kalphite King in this week’s patch
The weekly update post from RuneScape this week is a little bit thin on things to talk about. That's not to say there aren't...
Vendetta Online adds a hidden star system and its new economy in the latest updates
Vendetta Online has made some pretty significant updates over the past couple of weeks. One of them has added some new dimensions to the...
Gamigo’s tree planting charity drive ends with over 111,000 trees planted
The reforestation charity drive that Gamigo kicked off in April has finally ended with a resounding success. According to a press release, the drive...
Black Desert writes a season server guide and opens character pre-registration, mobile adds New Valencia
If you're among the Black Desert players eager to find out about the upcoming season server type that was announced at this year's Heidel...
Perfect Ten: An entirely accurate and unassailable history of pet classes in MMORPGs
Pet classes! They're a very important part of MMORPGs, the opportunity to not just go into combat alone but to march in alongside a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 274: Greymoor, BlizzCon, and Guild Wars 2
Justin, Bree, and Colin discuss Phantasy Star Online 2, Elder Scrolls Online Greymoor, Guild Wars 2 No Quarter, LOTRO and DDO's new monetization, and BlizzCon's cancellation, with adventures in ESO, Fallout 76, GW2, SWG Legends, LOTRO, and Minecraft Dungeons, plus mailbag topics on international releases and dream MMOs.
Choose My Adventure: Star Trek Online and my hunger for a space MMO
My installation of Star Citizen isn't working right, and Elite Dangerous has some neat things going on but not the right kind of hooks...
Desert Oasis: Black Desert’s Hashashin, new server types, PvP changes, and new regions
I would be lying if I told you that I stayed up late this weekend just so I could hear the executive producer Jae-Hee...
ArcheAge opens Garden of the Gods PTS as XLGAMES’ Jake Song addresses SEA players
With ArcheAge's controversial Garden of the Gods update creeping up on us next week, Gamigo has now opened up the game's public test server...
Star Citizen fans debate monetization, journalism, and the state of the game
This past Sunday, I was invited to join the Sol Citizens community podcast to talk about what it's like to cover Star Citizen. As...
David Braben of Elite: Dangerous sees physical games going away in two to three years
Attention, everyone who ordered a physical copy of a video game within the past year: David Braben is coming for your physical games with...
Population Zero adds the option to play with friends as the survival sandbox’s player count dwindles
Do you have friends that you want to play Population Zero with? Then you're probably in rare company, but more on that later. With...
Life Beyond talks about changes to its tutorial area and brings back its compass in the latest update
Starting out a new life in the survival sandbox Life Beyond is hoping to get a little easier if a preview of the game's...
Star Citizen discusses the steps needed to add salvage gameplay
Miner. Delivery driver. Bounty hunter. Criminal. There are several sorts of loose professions in Star Citizen's alpha right now, but one sort of profession...
PlanetSide 2 player passes one million kills and becomes a ‘killionaire’
PlanetSide 2 recently welcomed its first "killionaire," as player Mentis2k6 reached one million kills on a single character. In honor of the occasion, Daybreak...
Project Gorgon changes its UI, tweaks Fairies, and revises beehive encounters
The most recent update for Project Gorgon has made a pretty broad swath of adjustments overall. One of the first series of changes are...
Phantasy Star Online 2 is a fun treasure buried under antique contrivances and inconveniences
When I first booted up Phantasy Star Online 2, the only way to get to a suite of visual options that included making the...
Desert Oasis: Recapping Black Desert’s Heidel Ball, from backstage to balancing
One of the complications of playing playing Black Desert is that it operates on UTC. Since I live in California, aka the center of...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends shows off Bespin, paves the way for Empire Day 2020
Things are still being updated in the rogue server known as Star Wars Galaxies Legends in 2020, and the latest community transmission newsletter has...
