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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The Stream Team: Returning to ROKH
ROHK rocks! The survival sandbox set on Mars turned out to be quite interesting when Massively OP's MJ first checked it out. With the...
Check out Black Desert’s Chinese debut trailer
You might be surprised to know that Black Desert hasn't actually launched in China yet, given its status in South Korea and its popularity...
RIFT brings on a new community manager
ArcheAge isn't the only game at Trion Worlds that's shuffling around its community team these days. RIFT announced last Friday that it brought on board...
The Stream Team: Launch day adventures in Albion Online
Today's the day Albion Online shuffles off its beta coil! Legendary founders pack and legendary starter pack owners get a headstart that started this...
Black Desert bans and suspends node exploiters
Last week, Black Desert's Reddit erupted with claims that a popular streamer, who been previously banned and unbanned in a spring crackdown, had unwittingly...
Albion Online raised almost $10M, officially launches today
If it seems as if you've been hearing about Albion Online for a long time, you're not wrong. In fact, the game has delayed...
Gamers raise new questions about Wild West Online’s credentials and connections
If there's one thing that MMO fans have learned (and re-learned) over the years, it's that it's not a great idea to take things...
RuneScape and Old School RuneScape are adding cross-platform mobile play
Attention, RuneScape and Old School RuneScape players who have hitherto been chained to your desktops or laptops to play: Set yourselves free! Jagex just announced...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO IP should Disney themeparkify next?
Following Disney's announcement of the Star Wars Hotel in the Galaxy’s Edge Disney subpark this weekend, my MMO guildies were joking about using the location...
The MOP Up: Crash Force offers arena fun at a discount (July 16, 2017)
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...
One Shots: Man of Tungsten
Look there! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... Mysecretid!
Who among us hasn't played a video game at some point and...
The Stream Team: Beat the heat in Black Desert’s waterpark
The days are hot, and the sand is scorching in Black Desert. Massively OP's MJ hates the heat, but she's heard about a new...
How to find the right MMORPG as a couple
People seemed to quite like my piece last week about how my wife and I wound up married in no small part due to...
This week in survivalboxes: ROKH, Hellion, The Black Death, and Life is Feudal
ARK and Conan aren't the only survivalboxes in town -- in fact, several of the modern contenders in the subgenre have updates and videos...
Wild Terra adds auction halls, shops, and character stats
One of the benefits of dipping your toes into a gritty sandbox is that you may get to shape the game world according to...
Massively Overthinking: Consumer protections in the MMORPG industry
Veteran Massively OP reader Miol says he's exhausted by a recent string of stories in which MMO companies screw gamers over, one after another:...
Black Desert touts female Striker, Mystic, coming west in Q4
Kakao announced this morning that Black Desert's western version will be launching a female version of the Striker called the Mystic following its debut...
Star Citizen’s derelict ships offer dangerous excitement, plus new Lost & Found cinematic
Is it possible for one game to think of every little detail in a fictional universe? Star Citizen's various teams are certainly trying to...
7 Days to Die turns the electricity on and hits Steam’s 100 best-selling games of all time
If you don't already have a copy of 7 Days to Die in your Steam library, you may be part of a shrinking crowd...
Global Chat: Learning from Master X Master
We've certainly remarked several times on Massively OP how much like an MMO Master X Master is, even though it firmly checks the "MOBA"...
