survival
The Survivalist: A tale of two early accesses (and why Conan Exiles comes out on top)
It was the best of early access, it was the worst of early access. We needn't even stop there: It was the age of...
Just Survive patches in construction improvements and looks forward to account-wide progression
Construction has gotten better in Just Survive with the game's most recent patch. For one thing, you can more quickly repair base damage with...
WoW Factor: Why can’t Blizzard stop messing with everything?
It's funny to me that people had such an aggressive reaction to the changes coming to Hunter pets and damage formulas in Battle for...
Conan Exiles on the new teleportation system and de-MMORPG-ifying combat
May 8th seems pretty far away to me, but I bet Funcom is feeling Conan Exiles' impending launch is rushing up to meet it. In...
Rumor: H1Z1 may finally be launching; the ‘royalty showdown’ begins today
Yesterday, in our report on H1Z1's plummeting player numbers since the onslaught from PUBG and Fortnite, we mentioned that the game's launch, once planned...
Conan Exiles isn’t going the lockbox and battle royale route – for now
Are you a little sick and tired of lockboxes everywhere and all of these games desperately trying to jump onto the battle royale bandwagon?...
Daybreak’s zombie battle royale game H1Z1 has lost 90% of its playerbase since July
Polygon has a report out this afternoon sourcing data aggregator GitHyp, both of which are casting doubt on H1Z1's future viability as a game...
The Stream Team: A new day in Osiris: New Dawn
It's been a while since Massively OP's MJ shared her adventures in the sci-fi survival sandbox Osiris: New Dawn. How is early access coming...
The Stream Team: Love is in the ARK
Besides turning various animals bright pink or red, the Valentine's event in ARK is a mating and breeding extravaganza! Massively OP's MJ and the...
Pantropy works to simplify crafting and protect players from offline raids
With $24k out of $94k raised so far, the German mech shooter Pantropy has a long road ahead of it in its Kickstarter campaign.
The...
Conan Exiles is delaying mounts, pets, settlements, and sorcery to make its May 8 launch
Funcom is forging ahead with its plans to launch Conan Exiles for real and for true on all the things come May 8th. And,...
WoW Factor: How could multiclassing work in World of Warcraft?
Not so long ago, our editor-in-chief was talking about how World of Warcraft needs some form of multiclassing system. So let's talk about how...
ARK Survival Evolved gives its dinos some tender loving care
Dinosaurs deserve some love too, even if they're oversized grumpy reptiles who keep trying to eat those good-natured players in ARK. The survival sandbox...
The Stream Team: Celebrating Dead Maze’s Steam launch with style
Remember way back when (last week) when you were watching a Dead Maze stream and you wanted to jump in and play? Well now...
Dead Maze unleashes the zombie apocalypse today
Where will you go and what will you do when the zombie apocalypse hits? You better figure it out real fast, pal, because it's...
The MOP Up: Black Desert’s Ninja arrives in Southeast Asia (February 11, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Destiny 2 empowers players to set Nightfall strike challenge levels, prototypes raid features
Destiny 2's Nightfall strikes are in the wings, waiting for their turn to receive some love and adjustments. This should happen soon, as Bungie...
The Stream Team: To the blue biome in ARK: Aberration
It's shiny! Also dangerous. But when has danger ever stopped Massively OP's MJ from seeking a shiny? ARK's blue biome in the Aberration expansion...
Multiplayer sci-fi sandbox Pantropy has launched its $91K Kickstarter
Last September, we first heard about Pantropy, a "sci-fi faction multiplayer shooter with mechs and focus on building and crafting" and a really cool...
Just Survive test center patch gives zombies a GPS
A comprehensive balancing and adjustment patch hit Just Survive's test server this week with dozens of changes for the zombie survival sandbox. There is...
