survival
The Stream Team: Going hog wild for a healer in ARK
Did you know that pigs are good for more than just bacon? In ARK, giant hogs are good for healing. That's right: A heaping...
Path of Exile explains upcoming Energy Shield mechanical changes
There are some big changes coming to Energy Shield in Path of Exile's next expansion, and as tends to happen with major system changes,...
The Survivalist: ARK Survival Evolved discusses early access, launch, and wipes
Could ARK: Survival Evolved finally be launching? That's a question many survivors would love to see answered soon. Unfortunately, we can't provide you with...
H1Z1: King of the Kill’s latest update makes combat less painful
H1Z1: King of the Kill has gotten lots of love from Daybreak this week with the release of a brand-new update as teased last...
Boot up your Age of Conan account for a free level 80 toon on its ninth birthday
So, Age of Conan players. Let's talk. I know this year has been kinda rough on you. You found out, as we did, that...
Osiris: New Dawn adds flares, talks weather patterns
So what about that weather we're having in Osiris: New Dawn? OK, it's unlikely that anyone will actually utter that as a conversation starter,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 117: Starfall no more
On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin is joined by MJ to chit-chat about The Secret World (Legends), ESO Morrowind, TERA, RIFT, Wild West Online, Guild Wars 2, ARK, Conan Exiles, EverQuest II, Warframe, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs, F2P MMO recommendations, and our old Marvel Heroes guild.
Funcom Q1 2017 financials: ‘Most profitable quarter ever,’ Secret World Legends delayed on Steam
Conan Exiles performed beautifully for Funcom, at least during the first part of this year, the company's investor report for the first quarter revealed...
Mars survival sandbox ROKH has launched into early access
We first heard about Mars-themed survival sandbox ROKHÂ back in 2015Â when it released its teaser to the world, and then in 2016 developer Darewise Entertainment...
Conan Exiles tempers player expectations while vowing to fix combat
Funcom is working its tush off on Conan Exiles' combat, a new Q&A with Joel Bylos suggests, but make sure you understand the end...
Survival sandbox Steam Hammer has already seen a major world balancing pass
We'd never heard of Big Way Games'Â Steam Hammer before last week's debut on Steam's early access platform: It's a multiplayer sandbox survival game (64...
The Daily Grind: Which multiplayer survival sandbox is the most like an MMORPG?
A week or so ago, I took an ARK: Survival Evolved post out of our newsroom to write up, expecting something mundane. I'm an...
The MOP Up: Life is Feudal’s building sim (May 14, 2017)
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...
Astroneer isn’t an MMO, but it might scratch your co-op PvE sandbox itch
If you've had a hankering for a multiplayer survival sandbox but want something more elegant than the typical gritty murderfests on offer, take a...
The Stream Team: A first look at Steam Hammer
If you've been dying for a survival steampunk game (or hopefully living for one!), Steam Hammer is here for you. Early Access just started...
The Game Archaeologist: When Hellgate London got Flagshipped
It seems that it really wasn't too long ago that I was filling in the time between night classes by boning up on video...
The Stream Team: ARK’s bees, glorious bees
OK, so maybe ARK's bees aren't exactly glorious. In fact, they are downright pesky and dangerous -- especially as a swarm. But they do...
The Stream Team: Carving out a life in Conan Exiles
Massively OP's MJ is still carving out a life for herself in the harsh exiled lands, but the native inhabitants of Conan Exiles seem...
Broke Protocol is Minecraft meets Grand Theft Auto
If you took Grand Theft Auto and molded it into the visual style of Minecraft, would it have crowd appeal? Cylinder Studios sure hopes...
Massively Overthinking: Is the MMO genre facing an identity crisis?
MMORPG blogger and MOP commenter Isarii (@ethanmacfie) recently published an excellent video positing that the MMO industry is facing a "massive identity crisis."
"The MMO...
