survival sandbox
The Survivalist: How procedurally generated maps stretch the life of survival MMOs
It's no secret that I love to explore. And exploring the dangerous new worlds of survival games has been something I have really been...
Pantropy brings base building and mechs to an alien world, plans November Kickstarter
At this point in the survival sandbox craze, it is becoming increasingly difficult to differentiate yourself from the rest of the pack. We can't...
PAX West 2017: ARK Survival Evolved on optimization, the Aberration expansion, and future development
This past summer, ARK: Survival Evolved finally officially launched, ending its stint as an early access game just three days before PAX West, then promptly announced...
Valnir Rok brings Viking survival to Gamescom
If you like the refined mead flavor of Vikings and Norse mythology, then you're the ideal audience for Valnir Rok. This survival sandbox is...
The Stream Team: First foray into Fortnite
Did you say building game? You did! The idea of a new sandbox to build in makes Massively OP's MJ a very happy camper...
Fortnite hints at open world mode to come in the future
It's a big week for the zombie survival title Fortnite, what with it coming out on Steam early access and all, and the developers...
Fortnite’s early access program invites you to build your dream zombie-proof fortress
The bad news: The zombies are coming in hordes larger than you can possibly imagine. The good news: You have the blueprints and traps to...
The Survivalist: Osiris New Dawn is doing early access right even amid disappointments
A couple of weeks ago, when Osiris: New Dawn introduced new classes, I'd delved back into the sci-fi survival sandbox after a bit of...
Survival sandbox Rust has refunded $4.38M to players so far
Have you ever wondered how many copies of any particular game players return for refunds on Steam? In the case of the popular survival...
The Survivalist: ARK Survival Evolved discusses early access, launch, and wipes
Could ARK: Survival Evolved finally be launching? That's a question many survivors would love to see answered soon. Unfortunately, we can't provide you with...
Hellion invites you to decorate while you’re scrambling to survive in space
Carving out a niche of your own in the deep of space is part of the full Hellion experience. In a new dev diary,...
The Survivalist: Is gaming’s early access the new launch?
Previously, while discussing ARK: Survival Evolved’s big bird nerf, I touched on the subject of the early access model. My focus then was on...
Rend’s mix-and-match class system is deeper than it appears
Start small, grow wide: This is the class philosophy in the upcoming survival sandbox Rend. While there are only four classes in the game,...
The Survivalist: Massively OP’s guide to survival games, single-player and beyond
As Massively OP is centered on the "massively" part of gaming, it makes sense that my first guide to survival games was focused on...
Rend wants to fix the fatal flaws of survival sandboxes
It should be quite obvious that the developers over at Rend are huge survival sandbox fans, because why else would you make a game...
The Survivalist: ARK’s big bird nerf
I know I said part two of the survival guide, containing a host of single-player survival games, would be the next entry in this...
The Survivalist: Massively OP’s guide to multiplayer survival sandboxes
Welcome to The Survivalist! Ya'll might have noticed that I have gravitated a bit from my happy home of deep, immersive virtual worlds (possible...
EVE Evolved: Would EVE Online make a good survival game?
EVE Online has practically dominated the sci-fi sandbox MMO niche for nearly 14 years, with its harsh PvP-oriented gameplay and massive single-server universe combining to provide something that's...
Snail Games tries its hand at a zombie MMO with Moonlights
Slow or fast, zombies never stop coming at you, and zombie games are much the same. Snail Games is making an attempt to join...
New Dawn heads to Kickstarter for financial support
Stop us if you've heard this game concept before: You wake up on an island and have to survive the elements, your own hunger,...
