survival
H1Z1 struggles to counter rapid player strafing
Well here is something that we learned today: the meaning of ENAS. If you're not deep into the PvP shooter scene, the East North...
Conan Exiles gets a handle on giant two-handed swords
It's hard to imagine barbarians without gigantic weapons that take a whole lot of muscle to swing. So it's good to see Conan Exiles...
The Stream Team: Sneaking into Subnautica
If there was ever a survival sandbox to launch that Massively OP's MJ wished had multiplayer, it's Subnautica. She's heard so much about the...
Funcom announces new forums coming for all of its titles — including Secret World Legends
Sometimes you really want to stick around to the very end of developer livestreams for any surprise announcements. In Friday's dev stream, Funcom shocked...
Snail Games introduces PixARK, heading to early access in March
So you're a Minecraft kind of soul. You like that sort-of-pixelish-but-not-really look. Your friend is an ARK: Survival Evolved junkie. She's more about dinosaurs...
The Survivalist: The downside of hosting custom servers for survival games (and why we don’t do it)
After the latest guide introduced even more possible games to sink our survival teeth into, it is understandable that the question cropped up again...
World of Warcraft lays out its class adjustment paradigm for Battle for Azeroth
When Legion was on the way, World of Warcraft had a whole series of explanations about the broad and varied changes coming to every...
SuperData December 2017: Fortnite and PUBG kick butt, while Destiny 2 slumps
SuperData's December 2017 global revenue chart is out, and it's good news for the industry on the whole, as holiday spending was up by...
Survival title SOS goes into Steam early access with Snoop Dogg’s endorsement
Having a hard time choosing which survival title to play this week? While there are many, many options, only one comes with the personal...
The Stream Team: ARK makes a good testing ground
Wait, what? ARK on a Tuesday? Yes! Massively OP's MJ needs to give her new gaming rig a go, and ARK -- with its...
The Black Death backs up and unloads a dump truck of beta info
No skimpy dev diary for you today, Black Death fans, because this studio is getting downright serious about sharing its progress on the beta...
Trademarks, copyrights, and patents: What they mean for you and for video games
Has the pace of news moved so quickly that we've already forgotten about Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene's statement that video games lack any IP copyright...
EVE Evolved: The Citadel conundrum
The hot topic on everyone's lips in EVE Online right now is Citadel proliferation: The galaxy is rapidly filling up with an uncountable number...
Survival sandbox Rust leaves early access on February 8
Remember Rust? It was a survival sandbox and - wait, no, this one was actually one of the first ones! It made people angry...
Fragmented is ‘more or less in maintenance mode’ due to lack of revenue
Over the weekend, we added a new entry to our "whatever happened to X" series with a quick note about Fragmented, the survival sandbox...
The Daily Grind: Is ‘naming-and-shaming’ MMO cheaters a good idea?
Last week on Reddit, an EVE Online player begged CCP to organize a wall of shame for botters - essentially an online list of...
Ancient Siberia tasks you with surviving as a kid in a mythical Russian realm
We have certainly seen quite a few multiplayer survival sandboxes cross our screens, but it is hard to recall if one set in a...
Conan Exiles is working hard on its launch build and new combat system
With an official May 8th launch date looming over Conan Exiles, Funcom has a lot of work ahead to get the survival sandbox ready...
Whatever happened to Ascent: the Space Game, Aura Kingdom, and Fragmented?
Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...
The Stream Team: Welcome to Miscreated
There's a post-apocalyptic survival world that has flown under the radar for too long, but now that Massively OP's MJ has heard about Miscreated,...
