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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Desert Oasis: A critique of Black Desert’s upcoming Tamer succession
Well, it looks like successions are finally here. This month's going to be a pretty big month for Black Desert's western audience with the...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO surprises of 2019
After 10 years of covering MMORPG news, I can assure you that I am still fired up to keep doing this. One of the...
Black Desert rolls out initial succession skills on PC, Shai and Mystic on PS4
It's succession day in Black Desert's PC version! No, not the succession of power; the introduction of succession skills to the first batch of...
EVE Online attempts a no-downtime experiment and announces structure gameplay changes
EVE Online has been doing things a bit differently this week, and while it's not "chaos," it certainly has made life in New Eden...
Wurm Online shows off a number of in-progress updates
Wurm Online popped up during this past Thanksgiving holiday weekend to let its players know that it's still doing stuff and to show off...
RuneScape shows off its holiday armor, the Christmas event, and smoother movement for December
Merry Christmas, RuneScape fans! Your holiday award this year is movement not looking horribly janky! Well... all right, your actual holiday event is going...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 249: Houses and Ponies Online
Justin and Bree discuss EverQuest, EverQuest II, Trove, Guild Wars 2, Book of Travels, Star Citizen, and LOTRO, with mailbag topics on temporary hardcore MMO servers and PvE vs. PvP sandboxes.
Anarchy Online’s progression server raises its level cap, but its future is uncertain
Here's a fun fact for you today: Did you know that Anarchy Online launched prior to the very first Harry Potter movie release? That...
Choose My Adventure: How Citadel Forged with Fire made me like survival sandboxes in spite of its faults
So here we are at the end of my first real deep dive into a survival sandbox. Citadel: Forged with Fire is, by all...
Gamigo 3Q 2019 revenues are up thanks to ArcheAge Unchained and Trion acquisition
We're already in Q4 as far as the fiscal calendar goes, but it's never too late to peek back at the quarter passed, which...
BBC tech program Click promises investigation into Star Citizen’s delays
No matter what sorts of progress the alpha builds of Star Citizen make, there's always going to be a question of when the...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever play MMOs in synergistic pairs?
I've noticed a pattern in my MMO play the last year or so. Ever since jumping into Star Wars Galaxies Legends last year, I've...
RuneScape makes some fixes and adjustments to level 120 Herblore and Farming
RuneScape's newly launched Ranch Out of Time update has been keeping farmers and herblore players busy with new levels of stuff to earn and...
EVE Online previews upcoming content updates due this winter, including the HyperNet Relay
The winter months in EVE Online are looking busy indeed if a preview video is any indication. Players can expect to see plenty of...
Fight or Kite: Archeage Unchained’s leveling PvP is a test of resolve and avoidance
Welcome back everyone! For those of us in the US, the Monday after our Thanksgiving holiday can be a brutal one. Sleeping in (getting...
EVE Echoes launches its open beta on mobile devices
It's time to keep a little piece of cutthroat space politics in your pocket wherever you go, as the open beta for EVE Echoes...
ArcheAge will not be replacing larders lost during an unscheduled maintenance
It's a day that ends in "y," which means it's another ArcheAge SNAFU, it seems. This time, the devs have run afoul of players...
Star Citizen’s $1700 Kraken Privateer mobile space mall drives fundraising past $250M
Remember during our Star Citizen interview when we went wink-wink about a commerce-based announcement? That announcement has been fully realized with the Kraken Privateer.
While...
The Daily Grind: What MMO without mounts could really use ’em?
A while back on the Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I got to talking about Dungeons and Dragons Online's then-newly-announced mounts and how funny...
Starbase outlines mining and economy updates in the weekly progress notes
When it comes to sandbox games, especially ones with internet spaceships, becoming a titan of industry tends to be my go-to activity. If you're...
