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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Albion Online’s Horizons launches October 28 with open-world love and custom UI editing
We've finally got a date for Albion Online's big fall patch: Horizons officially launches on October 28th. Studio Sandbox Interactive has been talking up...
Star Citizen shows off new character creation choices and successfully crams dozens of players into a tram
As one might expect, Star Citizen is heads-down focusing on the arrival of CitizenCon (and stealing developers' weekends to do it), which basically means...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends recaps PvP update, hints at holsters and Halloween
A week ago, the Star Wars Galaxies Legends devs surprised the playerbase with a Friday update that not only kicked off a house demo...
RuneScape dates Group Ironman and tweaks Gate of Elidinis, OSRS delays mobile UI updates to November
Sure, there's Halloween things to expect out of RuneScape, but the month of October is also bringing some other non-spooky things to players as...
Kickstarted survival sandbox Fractured Veil is sunsetting this week, having never left early access
I'm sorry to report today that survivalbox Fractured Veil is throwing in the towel. "Today we’ve made the tough decision to stop development on Fracture...
The MOP Up: Path of Exile 2 prepares to talk about early access
While it feels like we've been waiting ages for Path of Exile 2, it's actually on the way, and sooner than one might think....
Stars Reach’s skill tree system seeks to let players ‘gain experience by being useful’
The dev blogs from Stars Reach that highlight game features continue to roll forth, and the latest one touches on a topic that is...
Black Desert launches Guild League PvP skirmish on mobile, previews the October 8 Dosa Awakening for PC
Black Desert has more than just a big drop for console players this week, as the mobile version of the sandbox MMO has gotten...
EVE Online’s annual Crimson Harvest Halloween event offers rewards for internet spaceship slaughter
The Halloween season has returned to the universe of EVE Online once more as CCP Games has brought back its annual Crimson Harvest event,...
Mortal Online 2 upgrades its engine and servers, adds a lottery system, overhauls pets, and flags noobs
If that headline didn't clue you in, the latest update to Mortal Online 2 has a lot going on, touching on a wide assortment...
Star Citizen devs are being forced into mandatory unpaid overtime in order to make CitizenCon happen
While Star Citizen is making sure it keeps excitement up for CitizenCon 2024, behind the scenes the devs at CIG are being crunched to...
The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest personal challenge you’ve set for yourself in an MMO?
A few weeks back, I saw a post on Reddit about an MMO player who had decided to set himself a bizarre project: to...
Massively Overthinking: Has the term MMORPG become toxic?
Back in 2016, when the MMORPG genre had just suffered a brutal one-two punch of losing EverQuest Next and the gutting of WildStar's team,...
Ultima Online’s New Legacy will finally launch October 15
If you noticed that Ultima Online's New Legacy stress test came to an end on Tuesday without, you know, an actual date for the...
PlanetSide 2’s Nanite of the Living Dead rises from its grave once again for Halloween this year
It's time for the Halloween season to once more cover the battlefields of PlanetSide 2, and regular players of the persistent war MMOFPS know...
Black Desert Console releases the Dosa class and opens a season server with massive level boosts
At long last, players of Black Desert on console are getting more than a pet event and a video that vaguely promises improvements. The...
Here’s how Albion Online’s Horizons updates will buff open-world PvP and PvE alike
As of this week's Albion Online dev update, we're getting a much clearer picture of the philosophy behind the game's latest quarterly content drop....
Four Winds: Throne & Liberty’s opening hours were fun AF, but I’m still on my guard
After what feels like an absolute eternity, Throne and Liberty is finally here. In my younger, less jaded years, I'd feel excited and elated...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 487: Give me Throne and Liberty
Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty's launch, the new book on Blizzard, ArcheAge 2's morph into ArcheAge Chronicles, and New World Aeternum's impending release, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and Guild Wars 2, plus a mailbag topic on MMO history and games preservation.
Enshrouded’s Update 4 will add a new region, new craftables, a level cap raise, and animal farming
Multiplayer survival sandbox Enshrouded has already had some pretty meaty updates, but developer Keen Games is preparing for one of its biggest yet, as...
