survival sandbox
Zombie apocalypse survivalbox Fractured Veil ties down a new early access launch date of October 18
Are you ready to survive a zombie-based apocalypse in Hawaii? Then you're ready for Fractured Veil, which has been in open development but closed...
Epic Games job posting offers first word of a Fortnite ‘open world survival crafting game’
If segments of the technology sector have proved anything, it's that it likes to try to spin old things as brand-new. That argument could...
Lost Skies blogs about more ship parts, hand tools, and creating a ‘shrimpy monstrosity’
Lost Skies, the developing PvE sandbox of airships and floating islands, continues to kick out the dev blog jams, so naturally we're circling back...
Conan Exiles was forced to roll back 780 official servers thanks to bugged thrall decay
It's hard to make good help become your thrall in Conan Exiles these days, but a decay timer update applied for the summer was...
SEC filings reveal the multi-million-dollar debt ARK Survival Evolved’s publisher owes Nitrado
In the middle of August, ARK: Survival Ascended called attention to a partnership with Nitrado that would guarantee the option for players to rent...
Survival shooter The Front begins a five day-long closed beta test
Back in February we were aimed in the direction of The Front, a self-described SOC - that's "survival open-world crafting" game - set in...
The Stream Team: Exploring Craftopia’s newly added Sherbert Iceberg area
Craftopia has recently decided to get frosty with the introduction of the Sherbert Iceberg biome, and since MOP's Chris has been all about this...
Valheim shares an update on the terrain generation of its Ashlands biome
A place known as the Ashlands probably has a distinct visual style to it, not only in terms of texture but also the terrain....
Fractured Veil discusses bug fixing, performance, and better questing as it now targets October early access
The zombie survivalbox Fractured Veil is continuing to ramp up towards its intended early access, which the game's Steam page now lists for this...
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...
