survival
Massively Overthinking: Doing crimes and getting punished in MMORPGs
A couple of weeks before Dual Universe's snafu banning beta players for taking advantage of a developer's poorly permissioned structure, I saw the game's...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that you can play on the Nintendo Switch
Nintendo hasn't held the title of "serious gamer console" in a while, with specs that lack the sheer graphical and processing muscles of the...
Vague Patch Notes: The wax and wane of MMOs and genres
I started writing for Massively-that-was in October of 2009. That was 11 years ago. Oh... oh my word, no, that was so long ago....
H1Z1 kicks off Season 9 on PS4 with new rewards and minor vehicle spawn changes
Apparently, there's been an update for H1Z1 on the PlayStation 4. Don't get too excited, though; it's mostly the launch of the game's next...
Conan Exiles offers apologies for the state of the Xbox One version and assurances of more focus to fix it
So the Xbox One version of Conan Exiles has been pretty busted, with out-of-memory system crashes and error messages stating files had been corrupted...
Conan Exiles is testing its next patch, and it is all about crafting and customization
What is best in life, Conan Exiles? Is it to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their romantic...
Tree of Life spawns a survival MMO sequel named Oddria
A quick history lesson: Back in 2017, studio Oddone Games released a multiplayer sandbox named Tree of Life that didn't do so hot and...
ARK Survival Evolved is coming to Google Stadia early next year
File this one under Who Asked For This: Studio Wildcard and Google announced today that ARK Survival Evolved is porting to Google Stadia. It's...
PSA: Fallout 76 is offering a free trial, Fallout First trial, and an atom sale
Some games celebrate the day their games hit early access, or funded on Kickstarter, or actually launched. Fallout 76, however, is celebrating a lore...
Choose My Adventure: Good friends and bad player behavior in Star Wars Squadrons
Well, I was hoping for this to be more fun than it actually was. I adore the heck out of X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter,...
The MOP Up: Phantasy Star Online 2 hands out more treats than tricks
Phantasy Star Online 2 fans can log in this week to enjoy a nice burst of additional content, including the fourth and fifth chapters...
The Stream Team: A supply run from the sky with Conan Exiles Isle of Siptah’s surges
On the Isle of Siptah, a surge is a special supply run! Thralls are important in all of Conan Exiles, and the only way...
The End is a Viking-themed multiplayer survival action RPG from Legends of Aria’s Citadel Studios
Citadel Studios, best known around these parts as the folks behind sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria, has pulled back the curtain on a new...
The MOP Up: Wakfu’s great server merge
Wakfu has finally set a date for its server merges. French servers are consolidating on October 14th, while international shards are coming together the...
One Shots: Spit take
If my experience with that giant camel at Aladdin's Flying Carpets at Disney World is any indication, all dromedaries are jerks that want to...
The Stream Team: An Astroneer escape alleviates Earthly woes
It has been far too long since Massively OP's MJ enjoyed the atmosphere in Astroneer, a game that offers light-hearted frivolity and fun. Even...
World of Warcraft’s free-to-level-20 edition is about to get a ton more content
With next week's World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-patch, the overall value of the game is about to take a jump up. As we noted...
Frostpunk’s board game Kickstarter nears $1M with nearly three weeks left
One of the big PC gaming success stories from 2018 was the launch of Frostpunk, a city-builder with a post-apocalyptic survival theme. It's sold...
World of Warcraft shares its survival guide for the Shadowlands pre-patch next week
You still have another week before World of Warcraft releases its Shadowlands pre-patch, which marks the end of the game's Battle for Azeroth phase and moves into...
The Daily Grind: What’s the goofiest not-an-MMO acronym you’ve seen an MMO try to adopt?
There was a phase our genre went through about five or so years ago when every new MMO - even the ones that most...
