survival
The Repopulation will relaunch in Q1 2017, now owned by Idea Fabrik
"Great News! The Repopulation is coming back!" -- or so said a hastily deleted tweet from Idea Fabrik last night, which you might have...
The Black Death recaps its journey, assembles a player council
In a surprisingly long 2016 recap post, The Black Death team talks about the survival sandbox's development journey to date and everything that it...
Conan Exiles takes a look at the creatures of the Exiled Lands
It's a given that players in Conan Exiles will spend no small amount of time facing off against one another; that's part of the...
Hi-Rez Expo 2017: SMITE’s specialty adventures, Paladins’ first season, and SMITE Tactics’ PvE
One of best parts of attending conventions is talking with the devs. And during my trip to Hi-Rez Expo 2017, I spoke with a number...
Snail Games explains the origins of Ark Park
Saying that the team is "completely obsessed" with virtual reality, Snail Games wrote a short manifesto explaining the origin and purpose of Ark Park.
This spin-off...
Perfect Ten: Mobile MMOs coming in 2017
This past year, we couldn't seem to go a week without bumping into news of some new mobile MMO or a tablet spin-off of...
Grim Dawn recaps 2016, plans first expansion by summer 2017
Grim Dawn's latest "Grim Misadventures" featurette is a recap of its progress through 2016 in the leadup to its first birthday coming up in...
Osiris: New Dawn buffs its user interface
Osiris: New Dawn is starting off the year with a "polishing" update for the multiplayer survival sandbox.
The headlining feature of Update 1.093 is an...
Leaderboard: Which Daybreak MMO is most vulnerable in 2017?
In February 2015, following the SOE/Daybreak transition and ensuing mass layoffs, we polled our readers on the security of the rest of the studio's games....
World of Warcraft heralds the coming of Patch 7.1.5
It looks likely that World of Warcraft's Patch 7.1.5 -- a surprisingly packed "in-between" update -- will be coming very soon now. It's always...
In Conan Exiles, ‘home is where you keep the hearts of your enemies’
January's the month: Conan Exiles hits early access on the 31st as Funcom's latest Conan-franchise game, this one an unabashed survival sandbox with a...
The Daily Grind: Are you concerned for Daybreak’s other MMORPGs?
Last night's startling news that Daybreak plans to sunset Landmark abruptly in February (while forbidding player emulators) sent the MMORPG community into... I'll call...
Survival sandbox New Dawn shows gameplay, gears up for Kickstarter
It has been a while since we talked about New Dawn, so here's a quick refresher: This is an in-development survival sandbox that puts...
World of Warcraft previews the Nighthold raid
The elves of Suramar hold a font of great power, and under Grand Magistrix Elisande they have thrown their lot in with the Burning...
Dota 2, The Division list among the best-selling Steam games of 2016
One of my favorite things to do at the end of each calendar year is to read all of the "best of" lists that...
The Stream Team: Leaving 2016 behind in an underwater ARK cave
What better way to leave 2016 behind than abandoned deep underwater in an ARK cave? That's what Massively OP's MJ is doing. But she...
MMO Year in Review: A whole New World (September 2016)
This year, we’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we...
Here are all of the online gaming deals from Amazon’s Digital Day sale
Wake up! Are you awake? Good, because you've got less than 24 hours to take advantage of Amazon's first ever "Digital Day" sales event....
Perfect Ten: Biggest MMORPG surprises of 2016
Back at the beginning of December, I posted a list of what I considered to be the biggest MMORPG stories of 2016. However, there...
Conan Exiles schools you in the art of combat
In an unexpected move, Conan Exile's combat system will play out abstractly using dice and lengthy columns of hit tables and damage effects. Just...
