survival
The Survivalist: Is gaming’s early access the new launch?
Previously, while discussing ARK: Survival Evolved’s big bird nerf, I touched on the subject of the early access model. My focus then was on...
Conan Exiles walks through the process of adding texture-rendering middleware late in development
The developers of Conan Exiles had a problem. The game was full of high-resolution textures to paint across the world, thus ensuring that rocks...
Life is Feudal MMO begins another round of its closed beta
Bitbox is unleashing another round of closed beta testing for the MMO fork of Life is Feudal, expected to run two weeks. Accompanying the...
Rend’s arsenal offers many ways to bump off your enemy
"Your choice of weapon will have a big impact on your play-style in Rend, from using massive ballistae to assault your enemies, to launching...
Mars survival sandbox ROKH pushes early access to May
Mars-themed survival sandbox ROKH is inching closer toward release, a new post on Steam announced today, as early access is now planned for May...
Conan Exiles patches in 50 emotes, exploit fixes
Update 25 has landed for Funcom's in-early-access survival sandbox Conan Exiles, bringing with it 50 new emotes as promised. You've got the basics, like...
Osiris: New Dawn teases planetary changes coming in this week’s update
We're inching ever closer to the release of survival sandbox Osiris: New Dawn's "massive" next patch, all set to include new dungeons, better graphics, a...
Team Obey wins $180,000 in H1Z1’s TV tournament
This week, one H1Z1 team is sitting pretty on a pile of $180,000 and fame, thanks to winning the televised H1Z1: Fight for the...
The MOP Up: Aion has spring fever (April 23, 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...
The Soapbox: Lessons Secret World Legends failed to learn from Final Fantasy XIV
I've mentioned many a time that I like Funcom quite a bit. I want to like Funcom quite a bit. Heck, I want to...
Conan Exiles adds 50 new emotes
Now you will be able to express yourself in Conan Exiles in more than just grunts and barbaric yells of victory, thanks a new...
H1Z1’s Fight for the Crown TV debut is tonight with $300K on the line
Just as this post goes live at 9 p.m. EDT, Daybreak's H1Z1: King of the Kill will see its TV debut as its Fight...
Rend sends out first wave of pre-alpha invites
In a small planned surprise, Frostkeep sent out a wave of unannounced pre-alpha invites for Rend this week. The studio says that the additional...
Funcom’s Joel Bylos on the difference between MMOs and survival sandboxes
Funcom's Joel Bylos features in a Twitch interview on Gamasutra this week talking up Conan Exiles and explaining the core difference between server-based survival...
Rend’s environments get tougher and more amazing as you progress
What's your favorite video game zone? Green hill zone? Marble zone? Aqua lake zone? When Rend comes out, players will find that zone biomes are...
The Stream Team: Beating the dungeon boss in Conan Exiles
Facing new foes is always a learning experience, and Massively OP's MJ and the group learned quite a bit the first time they took...
H1Z1: King of the Kill preps pre-season 4 and televised e-sports debut
H1Z1: King of the Kill, that zombie sandbox you love to hate but apparently just can't quit, is preparing pre-season 4. The main thing...
Amazon job posting reveals New World details
A job listing for a player relations specialist may be inadvertently giving us a glimpse of a few details concerning Amazon's upcoming New World MMORPG.
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One Shots: Screenshots big enough to wallpaper your house
Obviously due to column width limitations, we have a fixed pixel size for screenshots here at Massively OP. But that doesn't stop some of...
The Stream Team: A hippity hoppity Easter in ARK
If there are unicorns in ARK, why can't there be Easter Bunnies? Even if Studio WildCard doesn't roll out a holiday event this weekend...
