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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Ultima Online wraps up eighth New Legacy beta weekend as launch window looms
Since the last time we checked in on Ultima Online's New Legacy beta testing, Broadsword has rolled out three more test weekends - and...
Choose My Adventure: Guided adventure, multiplayer hijinks, and pantslessness in Once Human
I'm going to be honest, I'm a bit surprised at just how on-rails Once Human is so far. Chalk that up to another assumption...
Black Desert’s latest expansion videos highlight an orchestra playing traditional Korean instruments
Black Desert's Land of the Morning Light: Seoul expansion landed last week, but Pearl Abyss is still cranking out new promotional videos - remember,...
Sea of Thieves outlines more tweaks to the blunderbuss and its general balance strategy for Season 14
Last month Sea of Thieves promised some adjustments to the blunderbuss weapon, changing its role from an offensive to a defensive tool with the...
PvP sandbox Profane outlines its development plans on the eve of testing
Profane's preparations to go into the player testing phase isn't just words -- it's a lot of words plus an extra video with even...
RuneScape launches its new Ode of the Devourer quest
Jagex has been making a lot of noise about it, and this week it's finally here: The Ode of the Devourer quest has officially...
Star Citizen’s latest purchasable vehicle ignites a firestorm among players
The Star Citizen cash shop has once more become the tinderbox for player rage: The starship sandbox recently launched the Argo ATLS, a single-person...
One Shots: Waiting for a friend in Star Citizen
You've bought your $14,000 starship, spent countless days rearranging everything just so, and managed to stay on top of the torrent of word salad...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO overhauls were actually worse than the NGE?
The NGE - that is, Star Wars Galaxies' New Game Enhancements, the patch that basically broke SWG, drove out most of the playerbase, and...
Black Desert Console confirms next season server and Dosa class will arrive October 2
If you're a player of Black Desert Console who has been feeling a little bit neglected, then Pearl Abyss would like to share a...
Storyboard: Who gets to be the hero of an MMORPG?
When Guild Wars 2 launched, there was a contingent of people who were very, very annoyed about Trahearne. There were a lot of players...
Raph Koster shows off Stars Reach’s updated world graphics in new footage
When Playable Worlds first fully revealed Stars Reach to the public earlier this summer, the one sticking point with a certain segment of MMO...
Star Citizen showcases alpha 3.24.2’s Zeus mk.II ships and multi-function display updates
While Star Citizen is still currently in alpha 3.24 with alpha 3.24.1 looming on the horizon, the sandbox's weekly video digest is looking ahead...
Massively Overthinking: When the big five MMORPGs have five big expansions in the same year
By the time you're reading this article, Black Desert's Land of the Morning Light Seoul has officially launched on PC, and it marks an...
Vindictus revamped eight of its 25 playable characters in this week’s patch
I'm always surprised and pleased to see that Vindictus must still be making money as Nexon is still cranking out updates for the 14-year-old...
EVE Online blockchain spinoff Project Awakening rebrands as EVE Frontier ahead of ‘founder access’
You had to figure that CCP Games wasn't going to keep calling Project Awakening that forever, right? Indeed it was not, and as of...
Early access survival sandbox Nightingale just released its huge Realms Rebuilt update
September 12th just keeps cooking, and now it's serving up the long-promised overhaul update for early access survival sandbox Nightingale.
Realms Rebuilt officially goes live...
Vague Patch Notes: Leveling in MMORPGs is cool because it’s finite
No matter what you do, leveling in an MMORPG is going to be too fast. It's also going to be slow. It is the...
Black Desert’s Land of the Morning Light: Seoul expansion has officially launched
Today's the day, Black Desert fans, at least if you're on PC: Pearl Abyss has officially launched the game's 2024 expansion, Land of the...
The Daily Grind: How much do you care about an MMORPG’s health?
Every year at the end of December or beginning of January, one of us - usually Justin or Eliot - pens a top 10...
