A group of modders are working together to update the game they love.

Facepunch Studios is hard at work developing a spiritual Garry's Mod successor that they're calling s&box. The sandbox style game started life out as an Unreal Engine project but has since swapped to using Source 2, the engine developed by Valve that is currently in use in games like Dota 2 and Half-Life: Alyx.

Thanks to the limited public availability of s&box to eager developers, Source 2 is...

Become a virtual God.

Eric Chahi and his studio Pixel Reef are readying a new sandbox mode for their PlayStation VR game, Paper Beast. This is said to be a completely standalone game mode that will allow players to "create their own unique, freeform virtual domains, from the fantastical creatures that inhabit it, to the weather and the terrain itself."

This sandbox mode will allow players essentially play god. They will be able to mess around with the game's...

Season 7 of Fortnite arrived today and with it has come an iceberg. New areas of the island have been created as a result including Frosty Flights and Polar Peak. In addition to that, there is now an airplane that you can use for aerial combat, a first for the game.

Not yet satisfied? Epic Games also released the new Fortnite Creative. This mode provides an open sandbox experience where you can let your creativity run wild. On top of this the "Sand and Fight" campaign for Save...

Pretend to be a God with Godhood, the upcoming God sim from Abbey Games (Reus). The studio released their first gameplay trailer for Godhood today and with it comes the first look at what things will be like when you are born a deity with near unlimited powers at their disposal.

Before you read on and check out the trailer, you should know that you can sign up for a chance to join the Godhood alpha test.
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Today, Dig or Die leaves Steam Early Access and jumps straight into a "full" release today. This "sci-fi sandbox survival strategy game" adds in new random events, three new game modes, and a new soundtrack as part of its departure from Early Access.

If you don't have any idea about what this game actually is, don't worry, I don't either. Let's learn about Dig or Die together.
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Human Head Studios, the studio that brought you the original Prey, just released a trailer for Rune: Ragnarok. Rune: Ragnarok is an upcoming open-world, sandbox RPG that is filled with Norse mythology. The trailer is for a pre-alpha version of the game, meaning that it's still incredibly early in the development cycle.
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Human Head Studios, the studio that brought you the original Prey, just released a trailer for Rune: Ragnarok. Rune: Ragnarok is an upcoming open-world,...

Human Head Studios, the team behind the 2006 Prey and Rune, just announced Rune: Ragnarok. Rune: Ragnarok is being billed as a "sandbox, open-world RPG set in a dangerous Norse universe during the end of days." Huh, well that sounds peachy.
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Human Head Studios, the team behind the 2006 Prey and Rune, just announced Rune: Ragnarok. Rune: Ragnarok is being billed as a "sandbox, open-world...

Citadel: Forged with Fire is a new "massive wizarding sandbox RPG" that is coming July 26 to PC (via Early Access) and then PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game comes from a bit of an unlikely developer, Blue Isle Studios. This is the same studio that made Slender: The Arrival. Weird, right?

If you like what you hear about the game below, be sure to sign up for the upcoming closed beta, and then continue on to check out the announcement trailer and screenshots for the game. ...

Citadel: Forged with Fire is a new "massive wizarding sandbox RPG" that is coming July 26 to PC (via Early Access) and then PlayStation...

The Halo 5 sandbox known as the Forge is coming for free to a Windows 10 system near you. Yes, this is a standalone sandbox application for Windows 10 and does not include Halo 5 proper.

Forge is kind of like Creative mode in Minecraft. You will be able to place objects and items in an environment. You can make Rube Goldberg type machines, game modes, minigames, art, or whatever you want really. Those on Windows 10 will have the benefit of using a mouse and keyboard to move...

The Halo 5 sandbox known as the Forge is coming for free to a Windows 10 system near you. Yes, this is a standalone sandbox application for Windows...

A game that is being billed as a medieval multiplayer sandbox game, Life is Feudal: Your Own, is coming out on November 17.
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In the near future, PlayStation 4 and PC users will be able to play together in a massive open-world adventure called Boundless. With the freedom to do what you want, Boundless will allow you to craft your own adventure or perhaps do a bit of mining (get it?). And yes, both platforms will be able to play together in one world.

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