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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Star Citizen continues working on an error code as alpha 3.18.1 arrives to PTU for weekend testing
Yes, the problems for Star Citizen alpha 3.18 are still continuing on, though once again the game's status update page has additional hopeful news...
ArcheAge’s latest events feature a chance at cute convertibles and returning animal onesies
ArcheAge is apparently trying to get as adorable as possible with its pair of major events this week, both of which are full of...
Nexon dives further into NFT and blockchain games with MapleStory N and a MapleStory Universe ecosystem
Readers might remember that Nexon's push into crypto has gone as one might expect, with $40M disappearing into the void in 2021 and continued...
Star Citizen talks up the future of tractor beams while fixes for alpha 3.18 continue to inch along
Star Citizen would very much like it if people could focus on what's next for a bit as the Inside Star Citizen videos continue...
Massively Overthinking: The times MMO developers admitted they were… wrong
Earlier in March, Jagex did the unthinkable for an MMORPG company: It admitted it was wrong about something. If you're used to the Blizzards...
For Science: Crit-Rate is another survey-driven attempt to match gamer personalities to games
I have to admit I almost deleted the press release for this story without reading it, but my finger twitched, and let me tell...
MapleStory brings back playable Yeti and Pink Bean classes for a limited time in latest update
Over the past week,MapleStory has been talking up its Double Trouble Recharge update, particularly as it features the return of limited-time opportunities to play...
Albion Online compensates players after Albion West outage, adds clusters to Albion East
Albion Online has had a whirlwind of a week with the formal free-to-play launch of its Albion East server on Monday. Yesterday, Sandbox Interactive...
Old School RuneScape adds final batch of classic quests to speedrunning worlds and battles server issues
We're seeing something of a last hurrah for Old School RuneScape players on the quest speedrunning worlds, as those servers are getting their last...
Ship of Heroes’ arrival on Steam is imminent as Heroic is still planning launch in 2023
Earlier this year, we noted that superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes was eyeing an arrival on Steam, and as of today, it's finally happening. Or...
Valheim teases Ashlands biome, Hildir’s camp, and ‘fortress time’
Still riding high off the early access launch of survival sandbox Valheim on Xbox earlier this month, Iron Gate Studios is back with a...
Black Desert brings more materials to PC, changes Wizard’s model on console, preps a US in-person event
This week brings more goodies to multiple versions of Black Desert, but perhaps more interestingly are extra details for an next in-person event that...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO boasts the best space combat?
When you get tired of your iron-plated boots being stuck to a giant gravity ball, you may yearn to take flight into the sky...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 414: EverQuesting on and on
Justin and Bree discuss Diablo IV, World of Warcraft, SWG Legends, Destiny 2, Star Citizen, EverQuest, LOTRO, and Elder Scrolls Online, with mailbag topics on extreme MMO zones and puzzles in MMOs.
CCP Games officially unveils plans for a new blockchain game set within the EVE Online universe
For many players, it was probably a matter of when EVE Online developer CCP Games would dip into the blockchain gaming space, not whether,...
Star Citizen focuses on deploying alpha 3.18.1 patch as a fix for the game’s ongoing issues
As the players and devs of Star Citizen continue to wrestle with the game's ongoing alpha 3.18 issues, new word on progress is being...
RuneScape launches its murder mystery quest, makes lights shinier, and starts its player feedback initiative
This week in RuneScape is once again bringing a pretty mixed bag of updates to the MMORPG. Leading the game's headlines is the new...
Albion Online’s Albion East server is officially live today for F2P players with no region locking
And then there were two. Two Albion Online servers, that is.
Sandbox Interactive announced that its planned launch of a second Albion Online shard is...
The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2 reworks its Gyala Delve meta-event
Guild Wars 2 pushed out a patch last week that adjusted how the Gyala Delve meta-event functions and doles out rewards. Part of this...
Star Citizen discusses in-development engineer role as patch problems continue
The engineer role that was highlighted in a Road to 4.0 video is once again the talk of Star Citizen in this week's developer...
