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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Albion Online touts continued population growth in September and work on new features
Earlier in May, Albion Online experienced a pretty significant spike in population numbers thanks in part to shelter-in-place orders for the pandemic. So one...
The MOP Up: Overhit sunsets in Korea
Nexon's Overhit is fading quickly from the mobile MMO scene. Its global servers were shut down earlier this year, leaving only the Korean and...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of MapleStory 2’s soundtrack
The death of MapleStory 2 earlier this year is seen as somewhat tragic in the Massively OP offices. Many of us got time with...
Global Chat: Which MMO has the least annoying inventory system?
Inventory is something we have to deal with in, oh, pretty much every MMO that we play. Some games are far more generous with...
Chris Roberts says Star Citizen is ‘not a pipe dream’ in spite of taking longer than planned
It's been some time since we've heard a peep from Star Citizen's Chris Roberts -- the 10 for the Chairman video series has ended,...
Inside Star Citizen offers up a closer look at Origin 100 ships and the Building Blocks UI
There's certainly something to be said for arriving in a big, chunky spaceship, but sometimes you just need something a little smaller and more...
MMO Business Roundup: Guild Wars 2 voice acting, EVE Online mental health, Good Game, and more
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO - and MMO-adjacent - industry news!
Guild Wars 2: If you've been bummed about Guild Wars 2's pandemic-times...
Star Wars Galaxies Restoration III is a new rogue server blending the CU with the NGE
One of the best (and arguably also worst) parts of the Star Wars Galaxies emulation community is just how many servers we have to...
Project Gorgon’s latest patch sends you to the dungeon(s)
At this point, it wouldn't surprise us if Project Gorgon never actually launched but rather stayed in its early access cocoon indefinitely. At least...
Massively Overthinking: Contemplating in-game advertising
Last week, EA announced that it would finally be removing all the in-game ads from UFC4 after a few days of intense complaining from...
Last Oasis introduces the lava-slurping Camelop Walker in its latest update
Harvesting lava has got to be tough, whether in real life or in the survival sandbox of Last Oasis, but as of the latest...
Albion Online player steals an in-game billion’s worth of assets from a guild in a self-described ‘long con’
On the one hand, you have to respect a good caper, but on the other hand, this particular bit of thievery that happened in...
Black Desert counts 40M players as its PC version buffs music and adds new Shai instruments
Pearl Abyss has officially turned 10 years old today, and it's brought some hard liquor to the party. Did I say hard liquor? I...
XLGAMES finally confirms ArcheAge 2, a next-gen large-scale AAA MMORPG
ArcheAge 2 is more than a rumor now - it's a sure thing. The news comes according to Korean website Ruliweb, which reports that...
RuneScape assumes responsibility for the oddment ‘exploit,’ discusses Penguin Hide and Seek rework
Yesterday saw the devs of RuneScape offer up another weekly livestream about a rework to Penguin Hide and Seek, but before it launched in...
Albion Online makes changes to mobile, Demonic Shards in Corrupted Dungeons, and Satchels of Insight
While the latest update to Albion Online is a bit of a general update patch, there are still a number of things that players...
Desert Oasis: Checking back in on Black Desert Mobile, almost one year later
It's been a while since I checked in on Black Desert Mobile for Desert Oasis. In fact, I haven't really played it since my initial...
EVE Online raises prices on Steam, plans to expand its Abyssal Deadspace system
CCP Games and Pearl Abyss are making some tweaks to EVE Online's business model with price increases to some of the game's bundles on...
Star Citizen is holding another free fly event starting today
If you've been following the Twitter account of Star Citizen, you've likely been privy to this whole Ship Showdown thing that the devs at...
Shadow Arena’s latest roster addition is the swift and dexterous ninja Sura
You know what Shadow Arena needs? More ninjas! This was likely said by someone while banging fists on the table, and that noise has...
