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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One Shots: The Candy Man
If you have a sweet tooth or diabetes, you may want to avoid the temptation that we're about to put in your path with...
Pathfinder Online has a roadmap forward and a plan for completion
If you'd lost hope in Pathfinder Online ever making any forward motion again, you should be happy to see that there's a new letter...
Life is Feudal is shaping up to be a fine-looking MMO
Now that Life is Feudal has turned on the power to its closed beta program, more players than ever before are getting to see...
The Stream Team: The Repopulation has resurfaced
It's definitely been a long, long time since Massively OP's MJ has played The Repopulation, but that's that's not on her! The game had...
Star Citizen’s level design is coming along much faster than you probably thought
Following what turned out to be an intriguing Ten for the Chairman earlier this week, Cloud Imperium has released a Star Citizen Around the...
Conan Exiles contemplates official server wipes following massive duping exploit
Funcom says it's "weighing its options" following a series of rampant duping and apparent character hacking exploits in Conan Exiles.
Players on Reddit have begun...
Massively OP’s PAX East 2017 awards and best-in-show reader vote
We've finished rolling out all of our PAX East content this year, and we've put our MMORPG-addled noggins together to try to choose our...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs ever retire classes?
Last week, I asked the Massively OP readers whether World of Warcraft needed another class (I want the Bard, obviously). But one Facebook fan...
Massively Overthinking: When social play in MMOs is predatory by design
Blogger Tobold recently wrote a provocative piece on social play in MMOs, as pointed out to us by our dear tipster Sally. In a...
EVE Online overhauls PLEX currency system, ending tales of PLEX-stuffed ship destruction
CCP announced this morning that it's overhauling PLEX in EVE Online. As the currency works now, players buy the 30-day sub token known as PLEX...
Global Chat: Fare thee well, Landmark
Believe it or not, there were actually people who played and enjoyed Landmark -- and were saddened to see it taken offline. To kick...
The Stream Team: Xsyon survives six years
Long before survival games became all the rage, there was Xsyon. In fact, it may very well be what started Massively OP's MJ on...
Albion Online AMA on pay-to-win, free trials, and global servers
Sandbox Interactive ran an AMA for its in-development indie MMO Albion Online on Reddit last night, covering everything from the game's business model to...
Star Citizen’s Ten for the Chairman basically describes Tramp Freighters Online
Star Citizen's Chris Roberts and Tony Zurovec teamed up to field backer questions on a new round of Ten for the Chairman this week....
Tamriel Infinium: Battlegrounds will change Elder Scrolls Online PvP forever
I've read all the impressions from the PAX East show that I could find, and they were all overwhelmingly mild -- including ours. As you...
Enter to win a copy of Wild Terra from Juvty and Massively OP
Indie sandbox MMORPG Wild Terra has been in early access since December, a nostalgia-driven medieval sim that allows players to build up settlements (and...
Black Desert’s St Patrick’s Day patch brought its own beer
It is written in The MMORPG Code that MMOs, especially those of foreign pedigree, must indulge our most silly faux holidays. I'm sure that's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 108: PAX East power-up
Justin and Eliot discuss PAX East, Shards Online aka Legends of Aria, TERA and Trove on console, Final Fantasy XIV, Dauntless, Kritika Online, and Conan Exiles, plus mailbag questions on Eastern MMOs and permadeath.
Trove officially launches for Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Voxel sandbox Trove has formally launched on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One today, having been in open beta on both consoles since December. Trion says it's...
Raph Koster explains why griefing in virtual reality isn’t going away
Even if you can overlook the expense, the current lack of games, the potential for nausea, and the annoyance of wearing a clamshell on...
