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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EVE Evolved: What injecting chaos means for EVE Online
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The MOP Up: The Division 2 takes everyone to the zoo
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LOTRO Legendarium: A timeline of Lord of the Rings Online from 1994 to 2019
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The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best farming and gardening experience?
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RuneScape Q&A covers banking, farming, and more as Jagex teases August updates
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Black Desert Mobile Korea adds a new succession class for the Berserker
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Inside Star Citizen talks New Babbage, item misfires, and the law and lore of the Stanton system
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Portal Knights is transforming into a full-fledged MMORPG as the original patches on PC and the Switch
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The Daily Grind: What should Daybreak do with the EverQuest IP?
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Massively Overthinking: Thoughts and predictions on Guild Wars 2’s next big thing
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Player questions about the Star Citizen Ballista and air defense gameplay are answered
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Perfect Ten: Why people create alts in MMOs
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Legends of Aria’s new bard and vitality regen system sounds an awful lot like Star Wars Galaxies’
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RuneScape invites players to test out bank and weapon diversity changes
Sometimes updates cover two important aspects of a game that just don't mesh up very well. Such is the case with today's RuneScape update...
Desert Oasis: A guide to open PvP and grindspot etiquette in the world of Black Desert
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Black Desert adds new instruments for the Shai and kicks off the Mysteries of Summer event
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Lord of the Rings Online gets swamped with its next update
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Ryzom’s summer promo rewards sub players with ammo in an epic water balloon fight
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