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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Citadel: Forged With Fire asks players to vote on over 20 ideas for future content
With a week of early access under its belt, Citadel: Forged With Fire and its team are starting to figure out what works, what...
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse format gets a shake-up ahead of the 3.0 alpha
Cloud Imperium's Chris Roberts has taken the opening segment of this week's Star Citizen Around the Verse episode to personally address the reasons behind...
Choose My Adventure: Get out of here, DC Universe Online
So this is an unusual situation for me: I've never actually played a game for Choose My Adventure that I've disliked this much.
Those of...
Massively Overthinking: Gathering our thoughts on Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire
This week, the dominant story has become Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion, which is coming our way far sooner than a lot...
EVE Online is making guided void bombs weaker in its structure revamp
It's not as much fun to attack a structure in EVE Online when there's only one way to do it correctly. That's one of...
Today’s Dark and Light update nerfs resource respawn and friendly fire
Snail Games' early access MMO Dark and Light is patching up today. The studio says it's fixing the action sync issues, buffing crop fertilizer,...
Derek Smart’s Line of Defense brings on secondary team for console version
Derek Smart's MMO Line of Defense has a progress update this week covering the state of the game's build. A new patch is on...
Conan Exiles announces The Frozen North expansion coming August 16
Just because they aren't known for wearing shirts doesn't mean that barbarians mind a little cold now and then.
Rugged and bloodthirsty player fighters will...
Dean Hall’s Stationeers don’t want no scrubs
DayZ's Dean Hall says his new sci-fi survivalbox Stationeers is launching early access in September, and he isn't sugarcoating the game's difficulty.
You might remember...
Battle Bards Episode 102: Pure joy
Is it even possible for pure joy to be derived from MMORPG music? Whether or not, the Battle Bards are going to take a...
Valnir Rok brings Viking survival to Gamescom
If you like the refined mead flavor of Vikings and Norse mythology, then you're the ideal audience for Valnir Rok. This survival sandbox is...
Check out Villagers and Heroes’ Starfall revamp trailer
We've been keeping an eye on Villagers and Heroes all summer as it's been prepping its 4.0 update. Dubbed Starfall, the update is a...
Black Desert switches to biweekly maintenance, adds Terrmian Waterpark events
Happy patch day, Black Desert folks. Did you enjoy getting maintenance patches every week? Not anymore.
"Due to the changes in service maintenance, the next...
The Stream Team: A second chance to survive in Citadel: Forged with Fire
Fight fire with fire, eh? That sounds perfect to Massively OP's MJ! After checking out Citadel: Forged with Fire a week ago, she has...
Global Chat: Dipping into Albion Online
Now that Albion Online has officially launched, what's the verdict? It's a little hard to get a feel for that, since I haven't seen...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 129: Treasure Trove
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Secret World Legends, Trove, ArcheAge, Blade & Soul, Star Citizen, Chronicles of Elyria, Crowfall, and DCUO, with mailbag questions on non-fantasy MMOs and soloing in MMOs: %SURL%
Hacker claims to have made a living cheating in MMOs for two decades
Motherboard has a fun-slash-depressing piece out this week on an unnamed hacker who claims he's been cheating at MMORPGs to make a living for...
RuneScape lays out its ‘unfinished business’
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MMO researcher Nick Yee is ‘dispeling myths about female gamers’
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Star Citizen addresses its latest delay, studio is ‘working feverishly’ on 3.0
If you were one of the many backers and industry watchers raising eyebrows over Star Citizen's latest production schedule report and delay, you're going...
