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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Interviewing Frostkeep’s CEO as Rend announces July 31 early access
Are you looking for a new way to survive? It's coming. We've watched as Rend wandered down its closed alpha path since May, but...
Ashes of Creation handles world persistence and local economies in its own fashion
With a rapidly expanding studio and Alpha One coming later this year, Ashes of Creation is shaping up to be one of the great...
Interview: ArtCraft’s J. Todd Coleman on prepping Crowfall’s Artisan Engine for the broader industry
Yesterday, Crowfall studio ArtCraft announced it was spinning off a brand-new company dubbed ArtCraft Technologies that would basically turn Crowfall's engine into a marketable...
New Ultima Online book gathers developer and player interviews to document oral history
Old-school MMORPG players, heads-up for you: If you're a fan of Ultima Online or wanted to hear more about the seminal MMORPG after reading...
Crowfall studio ArtCraft spins off new company to license its MMORPG-oriented Artisan Engine
Well now things just got interesting over in the land of Kickstarted Crowfall. ArtCraft announced this morning that it's spinning off a "new division" called...
EVE Online launches the Dawn of Liberation event along with its July update today
EVE Online has a decent-size release up this month - today, in fact, as it's already live. Notably, today's update tweaks Abyss looot drops...
Worlds Adrift works on getting new audio for characters getting injured (and burping)
The little things make a big difference sometimes. You don't necessarily need your character to mutter "ow" in reaction to falling a few hundred...
EVE Online kicks off a new recruitment program on July 11
More pilots are needed in EVE Online. The game has another patch arriving tomorrow, but it's going to wait another day to introduce a...
New Dawn, a survival sandbox set in the 1800s, has launched into Steam early access
New Dawn - not to be confused with Darkfall New Dawn or Osiris New Dawn or Star Trek Online's New Dawn - is hitting...
Trion Worlds offers free MMO goodies for Marvel Heroes refugees
Ever since Trion Worlds announced that it had snapped up all of the remaining assets from Gazillion and Marvel Heroes, we have wondered what...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG deserves way more hype than it gets?
According to Friday's Daily Grind on hype cycles, a lot of folks think they begin way too early for most games. But what about...
EVE Evolved: Improving EVE Online’s organisational tools
Throughout most of EVE Online's lifetime, players have developed their own third-party applications (and yes, spreadsheets) to help organise and enhance their gameplay. We've...
MapleStory 2’s second closed beta begins July 18 with founder packs full of poop
If you're a die-hard Mapler anxious for your next big thing, or someone wondering what the heck a Mapler is, then point your eyeballs...
EVE Online is simplifying missile rendering to improve performance – the July patch drops this Tuesday
Missiles are a big deal in EVE Online. There are a variety of ways in which missiles can be helpful and important as a...
Old School RuneScape’s mobile port is effectively heading into Android open beta today
You might think that people who'd play the "Old School" version of a game like RuneScape might not be the right demographic for a...
Star Citizen offers a speedy look at some of what’s coming in alpha 3.3
Star Citizen's Around the Verse this week is even shorter than the last few weeks' episodes, clocking it at under five minutes as alluded...
ArcheAge is rolling out the next phase of its fresh-start servers with Reign: Part 1 on July 18
Trion Worlds has announced that the next phase of ArcheAge's fresh-start progression servers will soon begin, boosting the level cap to 55 and unlocking...
Former Star Citizen dev refutes fake Glassdoor review made by troll on his behalf
The battle of the trolls in the Star Citizen community reached new lows this week as someone apparently impersonated a former dev on Glassdoor...
Fractured devs discuss planetary travel, stargates, survival, and more in Kickstarter Q&A video
MMORPG sandbox Fractured continues its Kickstarter this week, with just 20 days to go on Kickstarter; as I type this, it's pulled in just...
Black Desert offers new swimwear for players in its latest patch
Based on geography and weather patterns, it is probably hot where you live right now if you live in the United States. Quite possibly...
