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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So ArcheAge Unchained’s Garden of the Gods is not free, and ArcheAge players are not happy
Do you folks remember last August, when Gamigo formally announced ArcheAge Unchained, promising a new monetization model for a buy-to-play version of the sandbox,...
Massively Overthinking: The more things change in MMOs, the more they stay the same
A while back, in the wake of our Desert Oasis column on Black Desert's guild system, Carlo and I were discussing guild wars -...
Star Sonata 2 plans a June 12 release on Steam
Steam, the platform of kings! Or the platform that almost everyone has installed on their PCs, making it vital for obtaining widespread notice; one...
Life Beyond adds construction, renames its planet, and temporarily ends PvP in its latest update
In-development survival sandbox Life Beyond has made a couple of big strides in its latest update, not the least of which is the addition...
Black Desert spin-off Shadow Arena has just hopped into Steam early access
If Crucible isn't cutting it for you, Shadow Arena would definitely like to have a go at your time right about now. The Pearl...
EVE Online’s Invasion Chapter 3 promises ‘deep and lasting effects’ for the game
The Triglavian invasion of EVE Online is about to come to a head and is set to make shockwaves across all of New Eden....
Daybreak has apparently registered another substudio: Wandering Monster Games
Back in 2019, we started covering Daybreak's moves to register trademarks and domain names and social media accounts for a bunch of groups that...
Wurm Online shows off its graphical overhaul work
Things in Wurm Online are getting a whole lot prettier soon. The devs have posted a variety of looks at the sandbox's graphical overhaul....
NetEase financials Q1 2020: A revenue boost ahead of EVE Echoes and Diablo Immortal
NetEase joins NCsoft in having a big first quarter financial report for investors, and it didn't have to bluster about merely surpassing low expectations...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends celebrates 40 years of Empire Strikes Back with new PvE and PvP content
It's patch week over in the Star Wars Galaxies rogue server known as SWG Legends, and if you're a PvP player or endgame PvE...
ArcheAge Unchained issues free trial ahead of Garden of the Gods
With ArcheAge's Garden of the Gods update on the way in June, Gamigo is looking to pique interest and boost the playerbase with a...
Black Desert just patched in a full-fledged music composition system for the Shai
Remember when the Shai launched in Black Desert's PC version last year, and everyone was enthralled with her instrument-wielding bard-like skills? Well, this week...
RuneScape starts Mental Health Awareness Week and recaps the past 12 months of content in a video
This week in RuneScape is a very special one. It's Mental Health Awareness Week, and the world of Gielinor has some of Jagex's mental...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 272: Death of dragons
Justin and Bree discuss Fallout 76, WoW China, MMO financials, Dragon's Prophet, Guild Wars 2, and Aion, with adventures in SWG Legends and Elder Scrolls online, plus mailbag topics on character select screens and new classes for expansions.
Here are the candidates for EVE Online’s 15th Council of Stellar Management
It's important to know whom you're voting for and where they stand on issues, particularly in the case of EVE Online and its next...
Project Gorgon’s next update, ‘a couple weeks away,’ will let you breed your pets
Leave it to Project Gorgon not to stop at merely allowing players to own pets but to breed them as well. The indie MMORPG...
The Daily Grind: What MMO has the shortest leveling content?
One of the oddball things I actually liked about Star Wars Galaxies - even its NGE version - was how wildly fast leveling went...
Mortal Online 2 writes an FAQ and lays out an alpha development roadmap
How are things going in the open sandbox alpha world of Mortal Online 2? It's hard to really say, since we're not entrenched in...
Terraria has reached the Journey’s End now
Farewell, Terraria, your journey is over. Although to some extent, the journey never changed. The game's final major update launched on Saturday, but Journey's...
Closers adds Busan Chapter 2, TERA console’s May festival invites you to slaughter sheep
We'll go ahead and call this the "En Masse MMO news block:" Both Closers and TERA have a little something going on for the...
