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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This guy won a million bucks from Elder Scrolls Online
ZeniMax has announced the winner of its Elder Scrolls Online Million Reasons to Play giveaway, and it's still not you.
In fact, it's a 30-year-old...
Star Citizen pushes Alpha 2.2 to live
It's time to strap yourself in and put on your big captain boots, for Star Citizen's Alpha 2.2 is here, and it's bringing a...
Black Desert drops a minor patch for class balancing
The wait is over for everyone, Black Desert is out and playable, and if you've been looking forward to the game but still aren't...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best healing experience?
In light of the epic reveal of Revival's graphic healing system this week, I thought Massively OP reader Fenryr Grey's recent question to our...
The Stream Team: Raising a Black Desert black smoke buddy
Can that creepy little Black Desert black smoke buddy actually get creepier? Yes, yes it can, as MassivelyOP's MJ recently learned. She was just questing...
Massively Overthinking: The curse of player-generated MMO content
The influx of new player-generated-content-oriented MMOs might make you think that PGC is on the rise, but if you've been around the genre for...
EverQuesting: A guide to EverQuest II leveling zones
One of the reasons new players find it so difficult to get into older games is because there is so much to do that...
No Man’s Sky launches June 21, $59.99 base, $149.99 limited-edition CE
Hello Games has announced that procedurally generated sci-fi sandbox No Man's Sky is officially launching on June 21st on PS4 and on PC through Steam and GOG
This...
Elite: Dangerous delays full Horizons, Engineers launch ‘to push the quality up’
Financial documents released by Frontier yesterday were scooped up by eagle-eyed Redditors because they frame a revenue shift against a delay in the full and final release...
Black Desert’s western launch arrives with new trailer
Welcome to Black Desert's official North American and European launch day!
The servers are down right now for maintenance before the big rush, but we've...
Das Tal readies an alpha pre-test for later this month
When is a test not a test? When it's a pre-test, of course! Oh, just ignore the silly terminology to accept the fact that...
Ultima Online players are called upon to repel an invasion
A Myrmidex invasion has struck the heart of the Valley of Eodon, and Ultima Online players are once again called to sally forth and...
Black Desert details headstart compensation plan with ‘shitstorm matrix’
Black Desert has elaborated on the compensation and support it will offer players in the wake of its headstart issues:
"We all know that every game...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 53: The MMOs of winter 2016
Justin, Bree, and Matt discuss Blade & Soul, The Division, Black Desert, WildStar, Final Fantasy XIV, and a mailbag question on Destiny 2.
EVE Online compensates players with 200k skill points for server move downtime
EVE Online Executive Producer Andie "CCP Seagull" Nordgren has addressed EVE players in a new video posted to the official site. Nordgren apologizes for...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon is now in development
Are you interested in a Darkfall reboot? No, not the official one that rewrote the game's core structure, but something throwing the game back...
Star Citizen promises larger server capacity, talks about procedural tech
Seventy-seven episodes in, you'd think that Chris Roberts and the Star Citizen community would run out of questions about the game. But it looks...
The Daily Grind: If an MMO has a cash shop, when should it launch?
Massively OP reader Leiloni pointed out to us something unusual about Black Desert: Its much-talked-about cash shop wasn't originally going to open until March 10th,...
RuneScape’s DarkScape will sunset in March
Jagex is retiring RuneScape's DarkScape "experiment" at the end of March.
"DarkScape offered an intriguing twist on the traditional RuneScape gameplay, and the experimental mode...
The Stream Team: Launching into Black Desert for real
The time has finally come: Black Desert has launched. At least the head start has. That means anything MassivelyOP's MJ does from here on...
