survival sandbox
Conan Exiles slows down its update cadence for chapters and puts the kibosh on battle passes in its next Age
"Conan Exiles is always evolving, and so is the way our team develops it," opens Funcom's latest update post, and sure enough the cadence...
Lost Skies recaps shipbuilding, sky bosses, and the damageability of everything in the game
Video game logic often dictates that if a tree falls on top of a house, that house will remain unfazed as the felled tree...
Valheim launches to Mac players, V Rising arrives to PlayStation 5
This week is all about proliferation of Iron Gate's and Stunlock Studios' survival sandboxes, as both Valheim and V Rising have expanded to new...
BitCraft delays its second closed alpha test to July 8
The second closed alpha test for social-focused survival sandbox BitCraft has changed a couple of times before, as studio Clockwork Labs first stated it...
Palworld adds alpha pal breeding, teases new critters, and prepares a Summer Games Fest presentation
It's been a bit of time since we granted a more focused peek in on Palworld, particularly since most of its social media posts...
BitCraft shares a preview of its wide world in a new cinematic video
If you weren't among the 6,500 players who got to try out the last alpha test of BitCraft, then you understandably might feel like...
Bellwright’s first content update adds new forestry building and village management improvements
Bellwright has mostly been focusing on bug fixing since its April early access release, but now it looks as if developer Donkey Crew is...
Myth of Empires grants a more granular look at its PvP season server’s mechanics
This past Saturday saw Myth of Empires launch its first-ever region-free PvP season servers, and while that announcement did grant some broad overviews of...
Dune Awakening reportedly begins sending out closed beta invites
While Dune: Awakening appears to have failed to strike the hot iron of the recent movie's popularity, it is making something akin to forward...
Solarpunk showcases an overhauled merchant platform in its latest development update
"We wasted a lot of time but Minecraft inspired us." That's the throughline of a recent update blog and the literal title of a...
Nightingale outlines the benefits and limitations of today’s offline mode release
The primarily multiplayer survival sandbox that is Nightingale is now becoming an optional solo act, as today sees the game introduce its single-player offline...
Myth of Empires plans to launch region-free PvP season servers starting on May 25
What's better than a regular server? A season server! Presumably, anyway! PvP-loving players of Myth of Empires who feel that way can look forward...
Bellwright touts 200K unit sales and high concurrency following ‘terrifying’ release
It's been roughly a month or so since the multiplayer medieval survivalbox Bellwright made it into early access, and it looks as if Donkey...
Lost Skies checks in with progress on island assets, a healing drone, and an autumnal region
It's time once again for Bossa Studios' Lost Skies to put forth its usual monthly progress report -- its 20th so far -- that...
V Rising shares some launch week numbers as it continues to attack release bugs
With just over a week in the rear view mirror for the newly launched survival sandbox V Rising, developer Stunlock Studios is in a...
Fractured Veil’s latest patch lets players raise some plants in the zombie apocalypse
Old MacDonald now has a farm in zombie apocalypse survivalbox Fractured Veil, as the game's latest patch will now let players grow some plants,...
Myth of Empires previews the weapons and structures of its July Ancient Greece-themed DLC
Survival sandbox Myth of Empires continues to be a show-not-tell mood with regards to its upcoming Ancient Greece DLC, as Angela Game has put...
BitCraft announces a June 17 start date for Alpha 2, begins a rebuild of its account management site
For those who missed their opportunity to hop into alpha testing for BitCraft, there's some good news: Clockwork Labs has confirmed a date for...
The Stream Team: Taking a first-time voyage into the Age of Water
MOP's Chris is once again sailing the seas of early access so you don't have to! This time around, it's his first time in...
Dawn of Defiance is a Greek mythology-themed co-op survival game headed for early access this year
Do you like survival titles like Valheim or Enshrouded but you're tired of the whole Nordic and Viking vibe? What do you feel about...
