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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Pearl Abyss Q3 2024: Black Desert declines, EVE Online flattens, Crimson Desert dithers
Pearl Abyss - minus Pearl Abyss America head Jeonghee Jin, who left for NCsoft America this past summer - released its Q3 2024 financials...
Nexon Q3 2024: DNF Mobile and MapleStory propel Nexon to record-high revenues
Nexon is celebrating its Q3 2024 financials this week - and we do mean celebrating, as the company claimed "record-breaking quarterly revenue" of ¥135.6B...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 493: Landing on Brighter Shores
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's Legacy of Morgoth, Brighter Shores' early access, ArcheAge Chronicles' delay, Chrono Odyssey, Stars Reach's trailer, and FFXIV's Crossroads, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on handhelds and controllers for MMOs.
EG7 Q3 2024: EverQuest, LOTRO, and Palia gave Daybreak its best quarter all year
The quarterly financials avalanche continues this week with Enad Global 7, better known to MMORPG fans as the company that bought Daybreak and then...
EVE Online’s Revenant expansion has officially launched – its 50th major release since 2003
EVE Online is getting a big jolt of content and activity today thanks to the release of the Revenant expansion, which - if Wikipedia's...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the most interesting alchemy system?
You know, I am generally not the kind of person who goes for heavy mage-y things in MMOs, and that usually includes alchemy. I'd...
Adorable multiplayer life sim Dinkum is headed to mobile devices with Dinkum Together
Since last year, we've been keeping an eye on Dinkum, a cutesy and cozy survival life sim RPG that has plenty to do for...
Mabinogi adds a new primeval winter difficulty for its Glenn Bearna boss fight
What's colder than cold? Primeval winter, clearly. That's the presumption being made for the headline feature of Mabinogi's most recent update, which introduced the...
Terraria sells over 60.7M units worldwide with over half them on PC
Do you lack a copy of Terraria on your computer's hard drive? If so, you might be in the shrinking minority as this long-running...
EVE Online posts the patch notes for tomorrow’s Revenant expansion
It's almost time for even more tools for corps to come to EVE Online, and that means that players are getting a deep-dive look...
Fractured hashes out its upcoming seasonal rewards format and announces alliance mechanics
As we've been covering, indie MMORPG sandbox Fractured is heading down the free-to-play path come November 20th, and alongside that relaunch will be the...
Pixel-art multiplayer sandbox Tinkertown launches on Xbox X|S, revamps its world map for 2.0 update
This may be the first time you're ever hearing about Tinkertown, and I would've thought the same for me too, except that I looked...
Black Desert improves accessory enhancement and monster zones on PC, previews a costume extraction feature on console
While the mobile version of Black Desert got top billing thanks to some major updates, this week is not without news from the PC...
Sea of Thieves is continuing to bring back stealth features – incrementally – in Season 14
We've reported previously how Sea of Thieves' Season 14 shipped with enough bugs that most of its stealthy gameplay features had to be temporarily...
Stars Reach’s new trailer shows significant visual improvement – and a partial list of professions
Late last night, Playable Worlds dropped a new trailer for Raph Koster's incoming MMORPG sandbox Stars Reach, along with an update for its NDA.
As...
Massively Overthinking: How long should it take to level to endgame in MMORPGs?
Right after New World's Aeternum launched, we did a piece looking into how the game was faring - and one complaint I saw over...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends is working on two theme parks – including one from an Ewok movie
Earlier this week, Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends dropped a developer diary for October with several teasers for the content the player...
NetEase drops a roadmap for EVE Echoes promising more content – but with few timelines
"Will there be no more content for New Eden in the future?" is probably not the best way to announce your roadmap, but that's...
MMO sandbox BitCraft is launching its third closed alpha next week
BitCraft's latest letter from the producer heralds another big milestone for the game, as Clockwork Labs is launching closed alpha 3 as of November...
Old School RuneScape gets multiple mobile updates, outlines PvP plans, and adds Curse of Arrav quest
Old School RuneScape has got a lot of irons in the fire as evidenced by the MMORPG's variety of dev blog posts and updates,...
