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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Pathfinder Online is in talks with a new investment company
Pathfinder Online players have been in a cruel state of limbo these past few months following the collapse of Goblinworks. However, the game's fate...
The Daily Grind: What are the basic rules of conduct for an MMO community?
If there's one thing I've learned from 18 years of playing MMOs, it's that games train us to abide by some pretty weird codes...
Shards Online’s third pre-alpha starts December 3
Citadel has announced that Shards Online's third pre-alpha phase will soft launch for all backers at the $75 tier and above on December 3rd....
Albion’s closed beta is live for legendary founders
It's closed beta time for Albion, and if you're a legendary founder, you can log in right now. Or not if you'd prefer to...
Elite Dangerous shows off the system specs for Horizon in its latest newsletter
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The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite Camelot Unchained class?
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The MOP Up: Tera’s expansion launches in Europe (November 22, 2015)
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...
Star Citizen alpha 2.0 goes into testing
Star Citizen fans have had a long wait for the game's big Alpha 2.0 update -- but that wait is just about over.
CIG announced over...
MMO Mechanics: Three game-changing movement mechanics
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Albion starts closed beta next week
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The Game Archaeologist: Shadowbane
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The Stream Team: Get a gift for PlanetSide 2’s anniversary
Careful now, that's not candlelight on a cake you see for PlanetSide 2's birthday -- that's the glow of gunfire! But that won't deter...
Leaderboard: Would you play Space Engineers on a MOP private server?
I love me some Space Engineers, even more so now that Keen Software House has added huge, destructible planets to its space sandbox. I've mostly...
PSA: Space Engineers is half price through Sunday
If you don't own Space Engineers yet, well, you should because it's really fun! Especially since the devs added ginormous destructible planets to their Minecraft-with-better-visuals-in-space...
ARK: Survival Evolved is scheduled for an ‘imminent release’ on Xbox One
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Here’s how Star Citizen ship repair and maintenance works
One of the things that sets Star Citizen apart from the game industry at large is a virtual world design that provides players with options other...
Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 24 is here and it’s added a lot of stuff
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Perfect Ten: MMOs you forgot existed (but are still running)
No MMO can be in the spotlight eternally. Even some of the biggest names out there -- your World of Warcrafts, your Guild Wars...
Funcom to announce three new games in 2016
Watch out world: Funcom is cranking up its game factory for 2016.
In the studio's Q3 2015 report, Funcom said that it would be announcing the...
The Stream Team: Adopting ArcheAge’s pawesome pets
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