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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Black Desert Online’s Striker class is coming next week
With fists of fury and palms of power, the Striker is kick-punching his way into Black Desert Online next week.
The fantasy sandbox's newest class...
Ashes of Creation’s very good, totally tubular, quite excellent day
For Ashes of Creation, May 16th will go down as one of its best days. For starters, the title was featured on Kickstarter's front...
Osiris: New Dawn adds flares, talks weather patterns
So what about that weather we're having in Osiris: New Dawn? OK, it's unlikely that anyone will actually utter that as a conversation starter,...
Project Genom adds day/night cycle, says longest programming tasks are almost done
"The longest and the most difficult programming tasks are almost completed," crowed the team over at Project Genom. In this week's newsletter, the sandbox's...
Funcom Q1 2017 financials: ‘Most profitable quarter ever,’ Secret World Legends delayed on Steam
Conan Exiles performed beautifully for Funcom, at least during the first part of this year, the company's investor report for the first quarter revealed...
Star Citizen reverses course on CCU concept ship swap system
Cloud Imperium has reversed course on its plans to renovate Star Citizen's Cross Chassis Upgrade (CCU) system in time for the sale of the...
Mars survival sandbox ROKH has launched into early access
We first heard about Mars-themed survival sandbox ROKHÂ back in 2015Â when it released its teaser to the world, and then in 2016 developer Darewise Entertainment...
Crowfall is shifting away from race-bound class archetypes
Crowfall's teaser week is over, so what was the tease? "Massively expanded character customization options," ArtCraft says, confirming some of the earliest hunches that...
The Daily Grind: How much of your MMORPG play amounts to ‘work’?
The latest SMBC comic is going to have my fellow MMO fans nodding enthusiastically: In response to the first man, who says we need to...
Jagex leaks ‘Next-Gen’ project slide; is it for RuneScape?
During a weekend stream of RuneScape, Jagex Community Manager Shaun "Shauny" Akerman appears to have let slip a logo for an unannounced Jagex project...
Survival sandbox Steam Hammer has already seen a major world balancing pass
We'd never heard of Big Way Games'Â Steam Hammer before last week's debut on Steam's early access platform: It's a multiplayer sandbox survival game (64...
EVE Online players blow up a $6,000 spaceship
Ever have the dark desire to see $6,000 get obliterated right before your very eyes?
A coordinated team of EVE Online players baited a Vanquisher...
The Daily Grind: Which multiplayer survival sandbox is the most like an MMORPG?
A week or so ago, I took an ARK: Survival Evolved post out of our newsroom to write up, expecting something mundane. I'm an...
EVE Evolved: Is EVE Online becoming too safe?
EVE Online is often painted as a harsh universe without rules where you could have your entire net worth destroyed or swiped right from under...
The MOP Up: Life is Feudal’s building sim (May 14, 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...
Identity announces SpatialOS integration, delays town square module
It's time to play catch-up on another interesting indie MMORPG, Identity. You may remember this as the contemporary life simulator sandbox that has raised...
Astroneer isn’t an MMO, but it might scratch your co-op PvE sandbox itch
If you've had a hankering for a multiplayer survival sandbox but want something more elegant than the typical gritty murderfests on offer, take a...
One Shots: MMOs are serious business
As we all well know, MMORPGs are a Serious Business indeed. We must treat them reverently and with our utmost due diligence as we...
Star Citizen Around the Verse deep-dives its player interaction system
On Star Citizen's Around the Verse episode this week, Erin Roberts checks in from the UK studios in Wilmslow, where the team is working...
Runescape Idle Adventures is shutting down on May 15
Remember Runescape: Idle Adventures? Probably not, which is probably a good part of the reason why the game is rather quietly shuttering its doors...
