survival
The walking dead stagger into RuneScape for a new battle royale-style survival mode
Staggering and shuffling their way into players' worst nightmares, zombies have infested the normally cheery arena of RuneScape and need a little pruning. That's...
Raph Koster on how Ultima Online pushed the MMO industry forward
Game Designer Raph Koster continues to ponder the significance of Ultima Online on this, the 20th anniversary of the MMORPG's historic release. In a...
DayZ moves toward beta, promises more agile development
With all of the influx of survival shooters on the market, it might be easy to forget the game that started them all. Due...
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...
Fortnite’s F2P Battle Royale draws 1M players in spite of PUBG, PvE criticism
If the developer of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was hoping that Fortnite's new battle royale mode would flop on impact, then it is sorely disappointed with...
Battle Bards Episode 106: Early access themes
Instead of looking back at MMORPGs this week, the crew of Battle Bards launches forward into early access! What would a show about music...
Valnir Rok launches its early access longships
It is time to tap into brutality, savagery, and primal struggles. No, we're not talking about football season but rather the early access launch...
Black Desert’s free Kamasylvia expansion launches today with tier 9 pegasi
Black Desert has just rolled out the first part of its Kamasylvia expansion today - it's a free update that's been long-awaited on western shores, bringing a...
Automaton Games takes a swing at the battle royale genre with its mystery MMO
Well now PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will have another battle royale game to fight. UK-based Automaton Games announced that it is working on a new tactical...
Conan Exiles takes stock a half-year from release
There is about a half of a year, we are told, before Conan Exiles leaves the semi-shelter of early access and sees if it...
Age of Conan (finally) adds 720-day loyalty rewards
In one of our recent Daily Grind discussions about MMORPGs that might make it to 20 years of live operation, some of our commenters...
This week in survivalboxes: Valnir Rok, Hellion, Next Day Survival, and ARK
It’s time for another survivalbox roundup! What's new in the world of eternal building, unbuilding, ganking, ganking buildings, and consuming adequate food and water...
Snail Games is launching ARK Park for PSVR in December
ARK Park has a release date. Well, a release month: December. Yep, it'll be out by the end of the year.
"We have just announced...
Crowfall’s action harvesting makes it ‘waaay more fun to run around and harvest’
Yesterday, ArtCraft posted a live Crowfall Q&A video showing off what the devs are calling "action harvesting" - and it caused a surprising amount...
Cold, hot, burning: Conan Exiles revamps the temperature system
Feeling chilly about Conan Exiles' previous stab at using temperature as a genuine obstacle in your survival journey? You may be a little happier...
EverQuesting: Is EverQuest II in a downward spiral?
Are we witnessing the death throes of EverQuest II? Of the whole EverQuest franchise? These questions have been at the forefront of my mind lately....
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...
Crowfall puts the ‘action’ in its harvesting system
With Patch 5.3 on the horizon, Crowfall is striving to add more than just race and class options. One feature that's going to be...
PvE-centric Fortnite’s new battle royal PvP mode will be free-to-play
Epic Games announced this morning that Fortnite's upcoming PvP mode will essentially be free-to-play.
The game was originally touted by Epic as a PvE survival...
Square-Enix announces ‘survival action shooter’ Left Alive
Square-Enix announced LEFT ALIVE this morning, a "survival action shooter" that is permanently in capslock mode apparently.
We don't know a whole lot right now...
