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 Repopulation will be playable Sunday, back on Steam later in March
The Repopulation is indeed on track to resume early access later this month as planned.
"Servers will be opening up to all current players on...
PAX East 2017: Shards Online changes its name to Legends of Aria and goes full MMORPG
Shards Online is no more: The game is now officially called Legends of Aria. Better still? It's now being marketed by Citadel Studios as...
Black Desert rolls out two new anniversary events today
Black Desert's anniversary month patches continue to roll out this week. This morning, Kakao updated with the NPC's Gratitude Event, which is similar to...
Dark and Light confirms 2017 early access launch
Toward the end of last year, we all did the math and figured the resurrected MMORPG sandbox Dark and Light had no chance of...
EVE Online starts CSM voting, posts whole bunches o’ numbers and graphs
The space air is electric with excitement as EVE Online has opened up the vote for the next members of the Council of Stellar...
VR MMO OrbusVR has not only funded but doubled its Kickstarter goal in one day
Did you chuck any cash at OrbusVR, the blocky-cute virtual reality MMO sandbox with the unusually small and short Kickstarter? It's a sure thing...
The Stream Team: A belated Black Desert anniversary
Although she was able to log in and celebrate last week, Massively OP's MJ was sad that she couldn't celebrate Black Desert Online's anniversary...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 107: Dark Knight rises
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, WoW, Torment, Black Desert, Age of Conan and Anarchy Online maintenance mode, WildStar, Darkfall Rise of Agon, Path of Exile, and Revelation Online's soft launch, with mailbag questions on console vs. PC MMO fans and dealing with immersion-breaking mounts.
Crowfall video addresses group balance, disciplines, and skill training
Crowfall Design Lead Thomas Blair and Senior Game Designer Mark Halash are back today with a new Q&A video answering player queries. Here are...
Dean Hall’s space sandbox MMO Ion is dead
Way back in 2015, Dean Hall announced Ion, a ridiculously ambitious sci-fi space sandbox MMO built using Improbable's SpatialOS. And now it's dead.
Eurogamer went...
Wurm Unlimited patches up to version 1.3 today
Good news for fans of Wurm Online, as the Wurm Unlimited version patches up to patch 1.3 today. That means both versions of the...
Project Gorgon wants your help to test out its Orc dungeon
Project Gorgon's biggest and toughest dungeon is now in the game, but the developers have a confession: They're not sure how tough or easy...
EVE Evolved: Hints of EVE Online’s summer update
The EVE Online community was a little surprised this week by what appeared to be the accidental early reveal of the feature list for this summer's...
The MOP Up: MMOs make math fun (March 5, 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...
TUG outlines its roadmap, aims to have ‘core gameplay’ in place for summer
You might be hearing more about TUG in the near future, as the team said that it will be increasing its communication as development...
Black Desert is due for a ‘full-scale graphic remastering later this year’
At GDC last week, Black Desert took center stage as the subject of a demo from Silicon Studio showing off YEBIS, its post-processing software....
SkySaga dramatically altered crafting in its latest alpha phase
If, like me, your spring break plans have been thwarted by frigid weather in the forecast, maybe you're looking for something new to do...
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse: Character customization, concept ships, and the commodities market
Persistent universe fans, heads up: On this week's Star Citizen Around the Verse, Chris Roberts is joined by Persistent Universe Game Director Tony Zurovec,...
You drank more than 364M beers in Black Desert during its first year in the west
In fact, you probably drank four times that.
Happy birthday, Black Desert! Yep, the Korean-born MMORPG is celebrating one year in the west today. Earlier this...
ARK Survival Evolved rolls back official servers following Amazon outage
Did Amazon's Web Services outage on Wednesday wreck your day? It wrecked a lot of the internet, including ARK: Survival Evolved, which uses the...
