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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The MOP Up: A rebirth for Star Wars Galaxies
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...
Here’s what happened with Star Citizen’s FPS module this week
Cloud Imperium published its weekly look at Star Citizen's Star Marine FPS module progress earlier this weekend. Most of the week was spent fixing...
Camelot Unchained boss talks classes, new hires, and more
Camelot Unchained's end-of-the-week update was published earlier this weekend. Head honcho Mark Jacobs revisited the big class presentation reveal, and explained that the RvR...
Guild Chat: Creating a solo-friendly MMO guild
Welcome along to another instalment of Guild Chat, my own cozy wee corner of Massively OP in which I help readers in need with...
Albion upgrades its private islands, talks map-making
Albion Online released a couple of dev updates this week. The first focused on private islands, and more specifically, how you can upgrade the...
The Stream Team: A Shards Online stress test
How is Shards Online coming along? Or maybe you just want to see MassivelyOP's MJ bring down a server! MJ is taking part in...
PSA: Double XP is happening in RuneScape right now
If you need a reason to log into RuneScape this weekend, how does double XP grab you? Jagex says that the majority of training...
The Daily Grind: What could MMOs do with offline characters?
Maybe it's my active imagination, but I like to believe that my characters are relieved when I log out of games, because then they...
Black Desert teases the awakening weapon system
Weapon choice, or lack thereof, is one MMO topic that doesn't seem to come up very much. Some games allow players to select from...
Leaderboard: Synth vs. orchestra for space MMOs
Earlier this week we got a taste of Pedro Camacho's orchestral score for Star Citizen. I loved it, but I've also been putting together my...
Elite’s planetary landings to add ‘new activities, new enemies,’ and more
It was a big week for fans of Elite: Dangerous, as Frontier called attention to a bunch of stuff that's in the works and talked...
The Stream Team: Moving along ArcheAge’s story quests
Between sailing, farming, running trade packs, and gliding around, it's been a while since MassivelyOP's MJ has actually quested in ArcheAge. So today she's diving...
Ultima Online celebrates 18th birthday, plans October 8th expansion launch
Here's a quick way to feel old: As of today, Ultima Online is old enough to vote. In celebration of its 18th birthday, Broadsword thanked players...
PlanetSide 2 may give players a continent to settle
The future of PlanetSide 2 is racing toward the community at a rapid pace according to a new developer Q&A that was hosted on Reddit yesterday.
One...
Shroud of the Avatar’s release 22 ‘feels like a turning point’
Shroud of the Avatar's Release 22 is scheduled for tomorrow, and whoa does it boast a lot of stuff. Producer Starr Long has penned...
The Daily Grind: Will you play Bless or Black Desert?
I'm looking forward to both Bless and Black Desert. I typically like Korean MMOs, for one thing, and for another they're both gorgeous in...
Chronicles of Elyria dev blog: Aging, offline leveling, and the business model
Announced earlier this year, Chronicles of Elyria is a startup sandbox in a sea of such sandboxes, but some of its features are rare even...
Wild Terra invites the public to play for free this weekend
The Wild Terra team would like to extend to you and several billion of your best friends the invitation to check out the game...
Divergence Online adds consensual PvP server stretch goal
Yesterday, we published a detailed interview with Ethan Casner, one of the devs behind Star Wars Galaxies-inspired Divergence Online. The response was more or...
Global Chat: The death of hope for Pathfinder Online
Pathfinder Online might not be completely dead, but hope for it has certainly gone down the drain following the announcement of the studio's mass...
