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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7 Days to Die publishes its ‘biggest content drop to date’
It's heady times for alpha players of 7 Days to Die. The zombie survival sandbox released its Alpha 15 update earlier this morning, which...
The Stream Team: Touring Black Desert’s capital of Calpheon
Usually cities in MMORPGs are more like villages or towns. And there there is Black Desert. The capital city of Calpheon on like a...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with vehicle avatars
When you take a step back and look at the broad MMO genre, you see some common threads that run through most games. One...
Creativerse is an adorable early access voxel sandbox
Multiplayer voxelboxes are a dime a dozen these days, but some of them still manage to stand out. Creativerse certainly does that: While its...
Darkfall: New Dawn is halfway through its InDev period, mothballs old characters
Darkfall: New Dawn is making good time as it barrels through its "InDev" testing period. The team recently posted an update in which it...
Wurm Online roadmap outlines cooking, client, interface, and tutorial plans
Code Club has given Wurm Online players a rough outline today of what they can expect from the game over the next few months....
Hyperspace Beacon vs. Tamriel Infinium: An unpopular opinion on SWTOR and ESO lockboxes
I expect to come under fire for the opinion I'm expressing today for a couple of reasons.
Hyperspace Beacon and Tamriel Infinium are our biweekly columns...
EVE Online details the major changes coming to being a mining foreman
For larger mining operations in EVE Online, you need a foreman. Not just because you need someone to complain about to your fellow mining...
Black Desert preps for next week’s ocean patch, talks life skills
Black Desert is back online this morning after a brief patch intended to help prep for next week's massive ocean content update -- or...
Global Chat: The MMORPG blogosphere reacts to Amazon’s New World announcement
Judging by the number and passion of comments posted on the announcement of Amazon Game Studios' new MMORPG, a lot of you have no...
Today’s Black Death patch rolls out the Knight and Outlaw classes plus the wellness system
The Black Death is rolling out a grim update today, and aren't they all pretty grim? We're talking about a medieval survival sandbox whose...
CCP announces Daydream-exclusive EVE Gunjack sequel called Gunjack 2: End of Shift
As part of Google's epic Daydream View announcements today, CCP revealed that it's working on a sequel to EVE Gunjack called Gunjack 2: End...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 85: A whole New World
Justin and Bree discuss New World, WoW, Elyria, Firefall, SMITE, FFXIV, and Destiny 2, with mailbag letters on Star Wars Galaxies' PvP and explorable MMOs.
Daybreak is cutting out game cards
If you're a big fan of buying game cards for Daybreak's various online offerings, you should go snap them up now before they're gone....
Star Citizen thinks someone will still pay $750 for a concept ship
If you have $750 burning a hole in your pocket, here is a list of things you could do with it: You could give it...
Wild Terra plans PvP and skill revamp ahead of December 1 early access launch
Indie sandbox Wild Terra has a Steam early access launch date: December 1st.
The devs behind the "massively multiplayer life simulator" told players today that...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs do you play to reduce stress?
If you follow gaming research at all, you've probably heard of Dr Jane McGonigal, a professor, gamer designer, author, and pro-gaming think tank researcher....
EVE Evolved: What else is coming to EVE Online in November?
Recently I've been looking at how EVE Online will be affected by the introduction of free-to-play "alpha clone" accounts in its upcoming November expansion, but there's a...
The MOP Up: The Black Death’s knights vs. outlaws (October 2, 2016)
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...
Linkrealms is going free-to-play on October 10
After a few months on Steam early access, the isometric sandbox Linkrealms is going free-to-play on October 10th.
The title currently costs $20 on the...
