survival
The MOP Up: Crossout brings out the big raids (April 1, 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...
The Stream Team: Diving into the castle’s pool in ARK Ragnarok
Way back when, Massively OP's MJ and the gang discovered a deep pool at the bottom of the castle on ARK's Ragnarok server. They...
GDC 2018: ARK Park’s Snail Games on VR, science, and the future of the franchise
As you may recall, I was given just a little time to hit up Snail Games' ARK Park a few days before I left for GDC...
Easter bunny headgear and a new survival mode keep Warframe lively
A new patch of fun odds and ends is roaming while in Warframe this week. There's plenty to check out here, too: new skins,...
Dead Man’s Country throws you into the teeth of the American west
Have a pioneering spirit and wouldn't mind stepping back in time to see how you'd do on the frontier in the late 1800s? Then...
GDC 2018: Exploring SpatialOS with Improbable CCO Bill Roper
SpatialOS: You've probably been seeing this name pop up more and more in the MMO sphere. Worlds Adrift, Mavericks, Fractured, Seed, MetaWorld, and Identity are just some of the titles we've...
The Stream Team: A first peek at PixARK
Welcome to our first peek inside PixARK! OK, so that may not be a catchy title, but Massively OP's MJ is too focused on...
GDC 2018: A look at Funcom’s Mutant Year Zero Road to Eden
I didn't play it, but I can't be the only one who thought of the original tabletop when Funcom announced Mutant Year Zero: Road...
ARK-inspired PixARK enters early access
It's a big day for a small game.
If you've been seeking a title that has the visual aesthetics of Trove and the dino-taming madness...
GDC 2018: Making sense of battle royale MMO Mavericks with Automaton Games
So as you may know, I'm an MMORPG guy - not really a battle royale guy. There are some cool ideas for people who like...
GDC 2018: Funcom’s Tor Egil Andersen on Conan Exiles’ early access, launch, and beyond
My initial impressions of Conan Exiles, written just about a year ago, weren't exactly glowing. While I know not every game I play needs to appeal...
H1Z1 adds duos to auto royale, sees playerbase surge since free-to-play
It may be way down in players since last summer's peak, but Daybreak isn't giving up on H1Z1. The newly rebranded, newly launched, and...
The Black Death has spawned an actual popularity contest
If you thought your days of losing popularity contests were over when you left school, think again! Indie survival sandbox The Black Death is...
WoW Factor: Allied races and a dearth of class choices
Last week, we got confirmation that Kul Tiran Humans and Mag'har Orcs are coming to the Allied Race roster for World of Warcraft: Battle...
Massively Overthinking: Paying for MMORPG emulators, legal or otherwise
MassivelyOp reader Bryan recently wrote to us with a fun question about emulators, a topic that will simply never die as long as MMORPGs...
First impressions of the newly launched ARK Park
By the time you read this dear reader, I'll already be dead... dead tired, that is, from running around the Game Developer's Conference talking...
Trion plans Defiance 2050 closed beta for April – here’s how to sign up
Defiance players itching to give the game's reinvention as Defiance 2050 a spin are going to get that chance in April.
"We’re thrilled to announce...
ARK: Survival Evolved is coming to the Nintendo Switch
Nintendo's one-year-old Switch is starting to pick up more and more online titles as it matures and gains in popularity, and its latest coup...
GDC 2018: Rend is looking to ‘WoW’ the survival genre
I'm already old and bitter when it comes to survival games. I've killed zombies, dinosaurs, infected bears, maybe even infected dinosaurs, and people. Lots of...
Conan Exiles talks currencies, map rooms, and the armor rebalance
If you missed last week's Conan Exiles stream, you actually missed some good stuff. The big news centers on the economic system en route...
