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 Soapbox: Feeling the FOMO effect of positive MMO news
It was the other week that I saw the very unexpected headline right here on MOP: "Daybreak bought Palia studio Singularity 6 and aims...
Stars Reach begins testing this weekend as Raph Koster talks playstyle and the anti-endgame
Playable Worlds' Raph Koster is continuing his weekly dev blogs about Stars Reach's intended audience this week - though he does say this one...
Snail Games reveals For The Stars, a sprawling new multiplayer sci-fi survival sandbox
Snail Games has just unveiled a brand-new AAA MMO, not that it's calling it an MMO: For The Stars is being billed by Snail...
RuneScape raises mining and smithing levels, Old-School RuneScape brings back slayer partners
Anything is better with a friend and that certainly goes for leveling up the slayer skill line in Old School RuneScape. Now, at long...
Black Desert readies a special PvP tournament for PC, expands merchantry for mobile
You would think that those who already climbed to the top 100 in the rankings of Black Desert's Arena of Solare would have nothing...
Ultima Online’s latest New Legacy beta takes leveling off the rails with Divergent Paths
Ultima Online has now run three New Legacy open beta weekends thus far as Broadsword tests out its upcoming alternative server ruleset - and...
Choose My Adventure: Aw man Pax Dei is just not for me
Have you ever been so diametrically opposed to a game that you knew right from the very beginning that it was going to be...
Fractured Online invites everyone to play free for nine days as it drops a big summons and dailies update
Kickstarted MMORPG sandbox Fractured Online has been out of early access for three weeks now - and it's already heading into its second free-play...
The Daily Grind: If your MMO had difficulty modes, what mode would you play on?
A few weeks back, survival sandbox Enshrouded added a new update with multiple difficulty modes, including two hardcore ones, a normal one, a relaxed...
PlanetSide 2 dev letter promises sound update, seeks player survey input
Few things are as satisfying in FPS games as a nice, meaty sound from a favorite weapon, and it looks as if PlanetSide 2's...
Rumor: Richard Garriott says he believes he will get Ultima Online back ‘soon’
If you enjoy some political shitposting, then you might already be following MMORPG founding father Richard Garriott on Twitter, and if so, you might...
Kakao Q2 2024: Profits nosedive as ArcheAge 2 faces another potential delay
The second quarter for fiscal year 2024 has ended up being a pretty awful one for Kakao Games. The latest earnings summary confirms that...
The MOP Up: Terraria gets all cool with its whip
Terraria's latest state of the game post teased some interesting variations on a weapon that would get Indiana Jones' stamp of approval: "Observant Terrarians...
Star Citizen shares some additional details about alpha 4.0’s jump points
While Star Citizen already talked about the two jump points that will link the Stanton system and the Pyro system together in a video,...
Sea of Thieves wipes out the progression of 20K players who used a Season 13 rewards exploit
There was a pretty big exploit that ran rampant in Sea of Thieves when Season 13 went live. How big? Well, it introduced 300B...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen shares what will and will not be in early access launch, elaborates on server wipe strategy
The end of this year is promising to be a pivotal one for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, with the PvE sandbox headed into...
This is not a drill: Star Citizen ship interiors can catch fire in alpha 4.0
There are more than a few things that can go wrong while piloting a spaceship in Star Citizen, but when alpha 4.0 drops, players...
The Daily Grind: Would you play an MMORPG that limited you to just one character?
When Star Wars Galaxies originally launched back in 2003, it had a rule that was fairly peculiar for its day: Players were limited to...
Massively Overthinking: Is financial honesty the best policy for struggling MMORPGs?
Back in June, at the height of the New World Aeternum announcement debacle, we did an Overthinking about what Amazon was doing - and...
RuneScape examines the design principles behind its upcoming Group Ironman content
For those of you who do not play RuneScape and thus are unfamiliar with the game's Ironman rules, it's important to explain that it...
