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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One Shots: That’s a whole lot of WD-40
Let's be real: A giant, city-destroying robot is going to require lubrication by the tankful. And some poor sap is going to have the...
Sea of Thieves is introducing shark hunts, mega stashes, and treasure-hoarding wild boars
While the next season of Sea of Thieves won't be live until May 22nd, there are still plenty of things going on within the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best combat sound design?
Way back when I first dipped into MMOs with Anarchy Online, I remember being vastly underwhelmed by the lackluster sound design of that game's...
ARK: Survival Ascended debuts its Eggcellent Adventure event for Easter
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Pantheon Rise of the Fallen opens a fresh start server, rolls back other servers over a duping bug
It's a weird, woolly, and odd set of headlines coming out of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen early access, and there's really no way...
Black Desert wrestles with node war problems on console, drops a new Atoraxxion: Orzekea trailer
It's Black Desert news time again, and this week we're going to be leading off with BDO Console, but not necessarily for particularly happy...
Fallen Earth’s been offline over two months now, but Little Orbit isn’t giving up on its return
So here's an out-of-nowhere thought for the day: Did Fallen Earth ever come back online since its abrupt closure in early February? And it...
Lost Skies officially enters Steam early access as Bossa teases new content on deck
Worlds Adrift refugees can finally come home today as Bossa Games' Lost Skies officially enters early access. It's not an MMORPG as Worlds Adrift...
Star Citizen kicks off an alpha 4.1.1 stress test this weekend and showcases digital hair design
If you have no plans this weekend, are a Star Citizen fan, and are among the Wave 1 and Wave 2 testers that get...
Sci-fi sandbox SpaceCraft confirms multiplayer focus, offers vague closed alpha plans
Last December we were all introduced to SpaceCraft, a sci-fi sandbox about building, exploration, and eventually growing an interstellar trading empire with - or...
Dune Awakening talks combat, guild features, and gameplay in latest livestream
Do you like videos? Funcom likes videos. Dune: Awakening really likes videos. The game has three new videos to watch cut from the livestream...
Interview: Star Wars Galaxies Legends reveals the long-awaited second part of the Jedi Themepark
If you've been following the Star Wars Galaxies rogue server community, you probably know that SWG Legends has become one of the most interesting...
RuneScape Dragonwilds plans new region, dragon fight, skills, and gear in early access roadmap
Now that Jagex's survival sandbox RuneScape: Dragonwilds is out in the wilds of early access, the obvious question is just what the studio has...
PlanetSide 2 players offer Daybreak $10,000 to revert last week’s server merge
Earlier this month, when Daybreak and Toadman finally merged the PlanetSide 2 North American servers into one, players had quite a shock when they...
Global MapleStory is bringing back its OG lead dev for Classic MapleStory
From our vantage point, the splitting of Global MapleStory from its Korean version a year ago has been more than a success, with multiple...
Family-focused MMORPG Puzkin Magnetic Odyssey begins its $40K Kickstarter drive
At the top of the month we first got word about Puzkin: Magnetic Odyssey, an in-development family friendly MMORPG that appears to take child...
Perfect Ten: Early versions of MMOs that were rougher than you remember
Despite our nostalgia goggles and cries for legacy versions of MMORPGs, the real truth is that most 1.0 versions of our online games were...
Brighter Shores pushes back against perceived lack of updates as player sentiment dips on Steam
Despite the MMORPG's name, things in Brighter Shores do not appear to be very sunny right now, as players have begun to sink the...
Albion Online releases on the Epic Game Store with free gifts – including a Mistbison mount
Albion Online's march toward universal MMO domination progressed this week as the PvP MMO officially launched on the Epic Game Store as of this...
Jagex’s new co-op survival game RuneScape Dragonwilds just hit early access
And just like that, RuneScape Dragonwilds hit early access! It turns out when Jagex said early access was coming this spring, it meant right...
