dino survival
Massively Overthinking: Is battle royale a fad?
This week in Massively Overthinking, I want to talk about something out on the fringes of our genre: battle royale games. We've been watching...
OARG Jurassic World Alive brings dinosaur dicing and splicing to mobile
You may have thought the multiplayer online dinosaur genre is already tapped out, what with the likes of ARK Survival Evolved and ARK Park...
Trion reboots Defiance as Defiance 2050, launching on PC and console this summer
Welp, now we know what Trion Worlds has been working on: Defiance is getting a sequel, launching for PC, Xbox One, and PS4 this...
The Stream Team: Hunting rock drake eggs in ARK Aberration
Massively OP's MJ has a crab and a large pack of ravagers on the ARK Aberration server, but there is one crucial animal she...
The Survivalist: A tale of two early accesses (and why Conan Exiles comes out on top)
It was the best of early access, it was the worst of early access. We needn't even stop there: It was the age of...
The Stream Team: Love is in the ARK
Besides turning various animals bright pink or red, the Valentine's event in ARK is a mating and breeding extravaganza! Massively OP's MJ and the...
ARK Survival Evolved gives its dinos some tender loving care
Dinosaurs deserve some love too, even if they're oversized grumpy reptiles who keep trying to eat those good-natured players in ARK. The survival sandbox...
The Stream Team: To the blue biome in ARK: Aberration
It's shiny! Also dangerous. But when has danger ever stopped Massively OP's MJ from seeking a shiny? ARK's blue biome in the Aberration expansion...
The Survivalist: ARK’s latest exploit highlights how cheaters ruin official servers
Let's talk exploits. And no, this is definitely not a how-to guide! For shame! If you are a person who exploits, a pox on...
ARK Park launches on March 22
There are no doubt people who play ARK: Survival Evolved primarily because it provides a robust environment to play a survival game. There are...
ARK Survival Evolved grants amnesty to players exploiting a bug since 2015
Hey, ARK: Survival Evolved cheaters! Your doom is nigh!... actually no your doom has been postponed, chiefly because so many people are cheaters, or...
Global Chat: To RIFT or not to RIFT?
Everyone's talking about RIFT's new Prime server idea -- and whether or not it will get us playing Trion Worlds' fantasy MMO once again....
Massively Overthinking: What are your criteria for recommending MMOs?
Last week, we got a well-intentioned email from a reader named Rick, who proposed a column in which readers tell us what they are...
Snail Games introduces PixARK, heading to early access in March
So you're a Minecraft kind of soul. You like that sort-of-pixelish-but-not-really look. Your friend is an ARK: Survival Evolved junkie. She's more about dinosaurs...
The Survivalist: The downside of hosting custom servers for survival games (and why we don’t do it)
After the latest guide introduced even more possible games to sink our survival teeth into, it is understandable that the question cropped up again...
The Stream Team: ARK makes a good testing ground
Wait, what? ARK on a Tuesday? Yes! Massively OP's MJ needs to give her new gaming rig a go, and ARK -- with its...
The Survivalist: Another year, another Survival Game guide
A new year, a new batch of survival games! Yes, the genre has become so popular that one guide, no not even two guides...
ARK: Survival Evolved shows off the visuals and abilities of its dinosaur TLC pass
The animal denizens of ARK: Survival Evolved could use some improvements of all sorts, and that's why dinosaurs and mammals alike are being considered...
The Stream Team: ARK Aberration’s glow pugs are the best
Now that Massively OP's MJ is safely back home, she can continue her quest to make a home on ARK's Aberration server. And she...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the smallest MMO you’re willing to play?
A comment on Reddit about the current size and viability of Kritika Online got me thinking about MMO playerbases in general lately. We all...
