survival sandbox
Early access survival MMO Coreborn Nations of the Ultracore releases adventure patch at Gamescom
Coreborn Nations of the Ultracore is just a month into early access, and it's already forging ahead with updates - six of them, in...
Valheim releases Hildir’s Request update and hard mode speedrunning competition
Vikings were a hard people and Valheim can be a hard game... but it could always be harder. Now that option is finally available...
Profane’s August roadmap update heralds a focus on polishing existing features
Sure, adding new stuff to a developing game like Profane isn't necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes you need to circle back to the...
ARK Survival Ascended confirms that players will get to rent private servers thanks to Nitrado partnership
Regular players of the original ARK: Survival Evolved may be familiar with the company name Nitrado, which has helped players rent their own private...
Skull & Bones previews its crafting system ahead of next week’s closed beta test
Had you forgotten about Skull and Bones? Ubisoft means to rectify that if so with a new dev blog on the long-delayed multiplayer pirate...
Some Assembly Required: Trapped by exploration and age progression in Craftopia
I'm sure that this is going to come as a complete and utter surprise to those who have followed my playing of games on...
Nightingale shows off estate styles, new POIs, NPC body randomization, and fancy trees
While the release timing of gaslamp fantasy-styled survivalbox Nightingale still remains a bit up in the air, Inflexion Games is still eager to show...
Some Assembly Required: A trip around the world in Craftopia for materials and exploration’s sake
One of my favorite things to do in survival sandboxes is explore. Now, I admit that I don't get to feed that need very...
Some Assembly Required: Building and fighting to the Industrial Age in Craftopia
As I've written before, I'm pretty much stuck in on Craftopia. The seamless world update has done a lot of good for the sandbox...
Lost Skies shows off work on airship engines, character design, floating islands, tools, and puzzles
If the number of commas used in that headline didn't already clue you in, Bossa Studios' in-development PvE sandbox Lost Skies is hard at...
ARK Survival Ascended finalizes the player-created creature coming to its Aberration map
The community engagement continues in ARK: Survival Ascended. Readers might remember that Studio Wildcard kicked off a mid-July player-created creature contest that offered a...
Plunder Scourge of the Sea is a pirate-themed open world survival MMO
It would be easy to dismiss this latest in-development indie MMO as "Atlas at home," but we'll try not to be reductive to either...
ARK highlights player mods and opens another player-created critter contest for Ascended’s Aberration map
The community crunch newsletter out of ARK is obviously about the game's community, but that's even more true in the latest edition as it...
Dual Universe opens a summer-themed location with seasonal events until July 24
Just because you're building spaceships and exploring the yawning void in Dual Universe doesn't mean you can't stop at a water park for a...
Fractured Veil completes its Unreal Engine upgrade, puts founder’s pack bundles up for sale
Over the past couple of months, survival sandbox Fractured Veil has been talking up its upgrade to Unreal Engine 5.1, sharing details and previews...
First Impressions: Craftopia’s seamless world update is a game-changing breath of fresh air
I've been inside of Craftopia once before, having taken a look at this weird yet colorful survivalbox back in 2020. Since then, I've dabbled...
ARK Survival Ascended confirms a delay to October, a lowered early access price, and one less map at launch
You've likely heard the axiom "less is more," but in the case of the upcoming Unreal Engine-upgraded ARK: Survival Ascended, less is going to...
Conan Exiles launches a booster event as recompense for a bug that was eating buildings and placeables
Conan Exiles' Age of War release apparently had a case of digital termites: The launch last week introduced a particularly nasty bug that saw...
Craftopia releases its massive seamless world update, maps out content plans through September
Yesterday saw a huge update release for the quirky multiplayer survivalbox Craftopia, as its much-ballyhooed seamless world update officially went live, bringing with it...
Atlas Season season 13 launches June 30 with full wipes for its official servers
Buckle your swashes, batten down the hatches, and drink some questionable mixture of rum and God-knows-what: The early access piratical sandbox Atlas is readying...
