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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Massively OP Podcast Episode 46: The high price of VR
Justin and Bree discuss the Oculus Rift's pricetag, Marvel Heroes' David Brevik, Divergence Online, Smed on emus, and TUG, with mailbag questions on tstories, MOBAs, and skill trees.
EVE Online’s January patch brings new SKINs and UI improvements
Electronic warfare is important in EVE Online. It's not the most important part of any sort of armed conflict - there's the whole "weapons"...
Das Tal plans major PvP feature additions for April alpha
Das Tal is due for a new round of alpha testing "for all testers" come April.
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The Repopulation will announce new development plans this month
The Repopulation is making plans, and they aren't plans to shut down.
The sandbox studio Above and Beyond became ensnared in HeroEngine's financial problems last fall...
Star Citizen developers answer a new batch of 10 for the Developers
Odds are that you won't be able to fly a ship in heavy armor in Star Citizen. We don't mean that in the real...
RuneScape classic reopens for 15th anniversary
In honor of RuneScape's 15th anniversary, Jagex Games Studio is letting more players experience the world as it was way back when. Current RuneScape players...
Black Desert’s Ranger is gorgeous and deadly in melee
Daum Games has this afternoon released a trailer and info for Black Desert's Ranger -- specifically, the Ranger's melee skills. The Ranger's ranged skills...
EVE Online starts CSM process earlier this year
Because of when EVE Online's Fanfest is happening this year, the election process for the game's Council of Stellar Management has started earlier than in...
Be a guitar hero with Maplestory 2’s new instruments
MapleStory 2 fans can now rock around the clock thanks to the gifting of new guitars and pianos to players. And there's no need...
Black Desert makes the world boss Desert Dragon even more boss
The Desert Dragon world boss in Black Desert was indisputably exactly what it said on the tin. It was a dragon, and it was...
Revival plots the course of cartography
If you have a lifelong vendetta against all things cartographical, be prepared for a lot of stumbling around while lost in Revival. The latest...
EVE Evolved: Three things you don’t want to miss in 2016
In the previous edition of EVE Evolved, I looked back at some of the big highlights EVE Online throughout 2015. It was a year that revolutionised...
The MOP Up: Age of Wushu Dynasty launches (January 10, 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...
One Shots: It came from the comments super-edition
The One Shots community does love congregating on Sundays to post favorite MMO screenshots in the comments section. While I certainly do love and...
Star Citizen shares dev progress on its Million Mile High Club
No, you're still not invited to hang out at Star Citizen's exclusive Million Mile High Club -- at least, unless you've decided to spend...
Chronicles of Elyria hitches its death mechanics to its business model
Indie sandbox Chronicles of Elyria captured MMORPG players' attention last autumn when it began revealing details about some of its more unusual mechanics, including...
Indie sandbox TUG secures $8.5M in new funding, delays game for engine switch
Indie sandbox TUG has become the beneficiary of a huge windfall.
In a new Kickstarter update sent to backers this afternoon, Nerd Kingdom announced that...
Abandoned crowdfunded MMO Greed Monger is apparently back in production
Just when you thought the Greed Monger drama was so 2015, now it's back.
The crowdfunded MMO sandbox appeared to have gone belly-up last year...
Life is Feudal transforms into an MMO with its March beta test
A long time ago, back in the stone ages of 2014, Bitbox did alpha testing for its upcoming MMO, Life is Feudal. It was an...
Star Citizen has a ‘surprise’ in store for Alpha 2.1
Hailing frequencies are open, captain, and a new Star Citizen broadcast is coming through, loud and clear. CIG has published its latest episode of...
