This post has not been edited by the GamesBeat staff. Opinions by GamesBeat community writers do not necessarily reflect those of the staff. A few months ago, if you saw Terraria you might've thought ...

A prominent former Minecraft modder has landed a dream job: helping modders make more mods. The twist is, it's for a different sandbox game. It's no worry, however: modder Chicken Bones is now working ...

Capitalizing on the absence of Minecraft on both the Wii U and 3DS, Re-Logic's 2D sandbox game Terraria is coming to Nintendo platforms in the first quarter of next year. Publisher 505 Games recently ...

If you're looking for the next sandbox game to lose yourself in, the answer might not be a new title at all. In 2026, the most compelling sandbox experiences are emerging from the latest updates to ...

The best Minecraft mods are the ones that help you make friends along the way, or something. You can, given enough time and energy, find a Minecraft mod for just about anything in the sandbox game, ...

Terraria on Wii U is taking its time to launch, but already out-does Minecraft in terms of Wii-U Gamepad features. It looks like the wait will be worth it. Although Minecraft has been out on the Wii U ...

Tyler Shipley is an editor for GameRant who has been writing for the team since 2021. Tyler has a degree in English from the University of Toledo. Some of his favorite games are platformers, but he ...

My first half hour with Terraria left me tempted to write it off as a blatant Minecraft clone, different only in that the world players explore is composed of two dimensions rather than three. But ...

With Terraria on the 3DS, Minecraft on Wii U and Terraria coming to Wii U soon, there's arguably never been a better time to be a Nintendo block-builder. Looking at the first direct capture from the ...

Minecraft isn’t the first mining and creation-oriented game, but Mojang founder Markus “Notch” Persson triggered a modern phenomenon by making it. Minecraft is the ultimate sandbox, letting you build ...

I follow the torch-lit path down, down, down. And then down some more, swinging my trusty flaming sword to slaughter the occasional demonic adversary as I descended. How much bigger could this map be?