survival sandbox
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...
The Stream Team: A peek at the open beta of Coreborn Nations of the Ultracore
The Steam Next Fest is on, and there are several games joining in on the demo and beta testing melee. One of them is...
ARK Survival Ascended highlights the sand-swimming Fasolasuchus and narrows down community critters
Now that ARK: Survival Evolved has gotten its final content drop, Studio Wildcard's ongoing Community Crunch newsletter is solely focused on the Unreal Engine...
Lost Skies is bringing back the beloved Worlds Adrift island creator with new features and tools
While Worlds Adrift dropped many balls over the course of its shambolic release, one of its features that was generally beloved by players was...
Valheim begins public testing of cosmetic features and difficulty options of the Hildir’s Request update
If you look good, you feel good, and if you feel good, you can fight horrible monsters populating a Viking purgatory better. That's just...
Fallout 76’s next planned expedition is taking players to Atlantic City
Players of Fallout 76 have likely already taken several expeditions into post-apocalyptic Pittsburgh, but coming soon, there will be a new expedition destination for...
