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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The Daily Grind: Do you expect MMORPGs to maintain full regional and platform parity?
Earlier this year, the team behind the western/global version of MapleStory announced that it was planning to fork away from the Korean version, basically...
Ultima Online’s New Legacy beta updates crafting content, gear durability, and tamer pets
Ultima Online just pushed through its fifth weekend of testing for the New Legacy mode that is still on deck for launch next month...
PlanetSide 2 highlights updates to upcoming directives as the devs fight cheaters
PlanetSide 2's new developer Toadman isn't only paying attention to gun sounds in its latest dev blog; it's also going to address some arguably...
BitCraft takes a tour of some of the settlements players built during its July alpha test
Last month saw the sandbox BitCraft begin its second alpha test after some delay and it looks as if players were very busy establishing...
The MOP Up: Fractured Veil eases you into its tropical apocalypse
Survival sim Fractured Veil's devs made lore a priority with its August update, saying, "We’ve been hard at work on another round of bug...
Brighter Shores announces early access launch date of November 5
A couple of months ago, the devs behind RuneScape-inspired MMORPG Brighter Shores said that the game was on track for an early access release...
RuneScape says it’s ready to address microtransactions but needs ‘community consultation’
Last month saw RuneScape earn itself an eyebrow raise when developer Jagex asked players a variety of questions about the MMORPG's microtransactions, particularly since...
Old School RuneScape shares progress on the Sailing skill, continues to investigate Deadman foul play
It's been quite some time since we heard much about Old School RuneScape's Sailing skill - there was confirmation of phase one's completion in...
Black Desert brings Seoul to PC September 12, tweaks boats on console, adds treasure material exchange on mobile
This week has certainly been a busy one for games all over the place (spare a thought for Bree and send her tea and...
Massively Overthinking: Frames of reference in MMORPGs
Last week on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a heated discussion about terminology in MMORPGs (terminology we'll probably talk about in a separate thread...
Nexon’s mobile MMO MapleStory M can now be played on PC
Show of hands: Who here was hoping that the mobile MMO MapleStory M would come to their PCs? Look, it's entirely possible that's a...
SkyVerse is a new Bohemia-pubbed Minecraft-esque multiplayer survival sandbox
Of everything that's been newly announced during Gamescom so far, Bohemia Interactive's SkyVerse caught my attention quickest as a the type of cute voxelbox...
Vague Patch Notes: The problem with numbers in MMORPGs
I recently saw a post on the official World of Warcraft forums noting that if not for the game's almost infamous level squish, players...
Funcom-published co-op sandbox Aloft targets a fall 2024 release
The well of creativity for survival sandboxes hasn't dried up yet, for better or for worse, and Funcom is determined to get in on...
Trove bids PC players join the Sun and Moon alliance in the Lunar Plunge event
Hot off the belated arrival of a ton of catch-up of content for console players, Gamigo has kicked off a new event in Trove......
Nexon’s ARC Raiders, no longer F2P, gears up for fall test and 2025 launch
At Gamescom's Opening Night Live last night, Nexon's Embark Studios did more than drop a trailer for ARC Raiders: It also set an ambitious...
Warframe brings new cosmetics, Sevagoth Prime, and a Warframe 1999 prologue with its Lotus Eaters update
Most are probably familiar with the fact that lotus roots are an edible vegetable, but did you know that the entire plant is edible...
The Stream Team: Tackling ship engineering in Elite Dangerous
MOP's Chris is hopping back into the cockpit of Elite: Dangerous again, only this time he's taking on a new goal: engineering his favorite...
Perfect Ten: The best MMOs from the years before we started counting
You know what bothers me? Our annual awards recap. We always list all of the games that we've given awards to in the past,...
PSA: Embers Adrift’s sale price will remain in effect ‘for the foreseeable future’
With the July and August summer celebration events now in the rearview mirror, one would assume that the $20 sale price to buy the...
