survival
Massively Overthinking: Alone together vs. forced grouping in MMORPGs
I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that everyone has at some point seen the xkcd called Isolation, but if not, there...
PlanetSide 2 plans huge ‘Critical Mass’ revamp update to fix factional point system
Daybreak is a whirlwind this week: First it broke up the H1Z1 party and got Just Survive its own apartment, and now it's bringing...
Watch 13 minutes of Wild West Online exploration and treasure hunting footage
Still skeptical about Wild West Online's proposed PvP system? A brand-new video today may or may not help. PC Gamer spends 13 minutes narrating a...
The Stream Team: Trekking into Conan Exiles’ new Frozen North expansion
Forget the parched desert, Massively OP's MJ is ready to play in the snow! Conan Exiles has opened its new biome, and it is...
Conan Exiles rolls out The Frozen North expansion to PC and Xbox One
It's a two-for-one special on news for Conan Exiles today! First up, the game has officially released into "game preview" on Xbox One, bringing...
Epic is working on a ‘hardcore survival version’ for Fortnite
Epic's early access PvE-centric survival sandbox Fortnite has been heavily criticized for having a messy, micromanagey progression system that is inextricably linked to its pay-to-progress...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 131: Just surviving
Justin and Bree cover Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire, LOTRO's Mordor, Final Fantasy XIV's playerbase, Dual Universe's investment, and NCsoft's financials, then interview H1Z1: Just Survive Creative Director Ben Jones.
The Division’s 1.7 update comes with a Survival DLC free play weekend, new lockboxes, and global events
The Division has this week patched up with Update 1.7, a whopper of a patch that introduces an epic new time-limited global event system,...
Interview: Daybreak’s Just Survive drops H1Z1 branding for massive revamp and relaunch today
Remember the survival version of H1Z1? If not, we can't say that we blame you: Since Daybreak split the game in two, the bulk...
The Repopulation-spinoff Fragmented has reached release on Steam
Gosh, I had almost forgotten about Fragmented - it's been a while! But it's formally launched on Steam as of today for a discounted...
Conan Exiles to partially restrict nudity on Xbox One
Can barbarians experience censorship and shame? On a recent livestream, the Conan Exiles team briefly explained that there will be one significant difference between...
Dead Maze shuffles into the crowded zombie survival gamespace
It's been years since slapping zombies into your game was a novel attraction, yet it still remains a popular feature for players and developers...
One Shots: Out for a monster stroll
He just wanted to go out for a casual stroll. He picked the worst possible day to do it.
Todd the Troll lumbered out of...
The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Online Adventures
In the pantheon of SOE's (now Daybreak) flagship EverQuest franchise, there used to be a whole family of MMOs gathered around the table every evening....
The Stream Team: Battling ARK’s Broodmother
It's been a while since Massively OP's MJ and the gang have done a Broodmother raid in ARK, so the team might be a...
The Stream Team: Mountaineering in Conan Exiles
City life didn't quite agree with Massively OP's MJ -- at least not in Conan Exiles. But she's not ready to let a few...
Conan Exiles starts its Xbox One preview next week
With "phase two" of Conan Exiles' world domination strategy rolling out next week, console players will be able to try out the survival sandbox...
H1Z1: King of the Kill is due for a major combat upgrade
Did you forget H1Z1 is still in early access? We did not! The King of the Kill half in particular is still getting heavy...
Lost Ark’s Korean beta features boats, storms, and treasure hunting
When Lost Ark was first announced back in 2014 as basically the next generation of Diablo-clone in an MMO, I remember being straight-up grabby-hands...
Massively Overthinking: Is the popularity of small-scale co-op games hurting MMORPGs?
Gamasutra has an unusual piece from an Ubisoft developer this week arguing that co-op gameplay is the industry's rising midcore trend, one that he...
