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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Gamers played a Star Citizen web game to earn a chance at a medical ship variant
Players who would like to roleplay the fantasy of being a high-tech emergency medical rescue service can get their chance with Star Citizen's Apollo...
MMO Community Roundup: Battle for Azeroth bookclub, Secret World fashion show, Ashes of Creation map investigation, and RuneScape Classic preservation
The communities for MMORPGs are what keep these games vibrant and awesome, and today we want to shine a spotlight on various projects and...
RuneScape gives away a ton of free stuff through Twitch Prime
Jagex is revving up one of its biggest RuneScape promotions in recent memory. From now through September 6th, anyone with access to Twitch Prime...
MMO Business Roundup: Steam activity in decline, Sea of Thieves hits 5M players, MapleStory M downloaded 3M times
Time for a quick-and-dirty roundup of some industry news that appeals to the numerologists among our reading audience!
We'll start with a look at Steam,...
EVE Online is hard at work on fixing downtime and mitigating DDOS attacks
All of the balance changes in the world won't help EVE Online players if the game's servers are down, and considering that the game...
Black Desert invites players to Saddle Up to level their horses super fast
The star of today's Black Desert update is horses, and really, isn't that the star of Black Desert every day? Kakao is kicking off...
CCP calls NetEase EVE Online partnership a ‘new era for internet spaceships in China’
NetEase is making bold moves this summer. First it threatened to sue battle royale clones in retaliation for PUBG Corp.'s lawsuit. Then it dropped...
‘MMOPEG’ Codename Reality seeks half a million Kickstarter bucks to ‘redefine the MMO genre’
If immersion and realism are what you crave in a new MMORPG, take a look at Codename Reality, another new game in our field...
Star Citizen fans raise pay-to-win objections over removal of in-game currency stockpiling cap
Our inbox exploded last night with Star Citizen tips, and that can mean only one thing: money shenanigans. In-game money, that is, but this...
Seed gives its first development update since January
Hot on the heels of its pre-alpha teaser, the sandbox space colony MMO Seed is celebrating the progress that it has made in 2018...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 180: Superstoked for heroic MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss the influence of City of Heroes (Paragon Chat, SEGS, Valiance Online, Ship of Heroes, and City of Titans), plus WoW, No Man's Sky, SWGemu, Camelot Unchained, STO, CCP's new MMO, and Rend, with a mailbag entry on comments negativity.
Albion Online’s Merlyn update is live with faction warfare and crafter tweak – here’s the new trailer!
Albion Online's enriched its sandbox self with another big update today, this one the long-awaited Merlyn patch. As we've been covering, the most interesting...
Rend is hitting Early Access today
It's time to try a different sort of survival sandbox with the launch of Rend's Early Access today. You can pick up the game's...
Why I Play: Trove’s Geode changed me from a visitor to a player
Trove's Geode expansion has been a game-changer - and I mean it in more ways than one.
The latest update/expansion to the colorful voxel-based game...
Worlds Adrift announces its first player council, says the playerbase will pick the next round
Longtime MMORPG fans will know that the concept of player councils and senates, liaisons between the playerbase and the developers, have long been a...
PUBG’s Brendan Greene discusses Steam numbers, Fortnite, and dealing with toxicity
PUBG's Brendan Greene did an interesting interview with RPS last week with some quotes worth highlighting. For starters, he has an interesting take on the...
The MOP Up: Citadel gets reignited (July 29, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Albion Online teases bosses and promises a fame boost for next week’s Merlyn deployment
Merlyn is landing in Albion Online next week, bringing a big overhaul to the game's factions - including new factional bosses for each key...
One Shots: Dancing in the dark
When the lights go down, the party animals come out, dancing to their dark gods and eating all of the really good snacks before...
Global Chat: Getting a handle on Legends of Aria
One of the great benefits of reading the wealth of MMO blogs out there is that you can touch base on a huge variety...
