survival
The Daily Grind: Do you crave night-and-day cycles in MMOs?
Earlier this week, Daybreak's John Smedley told H1Z1 fans about a metric that startled me: An awful lot of post-apoc gamers are annoyed with night...
Survarium reverses its disastrous server merge
Even though they may be feared, server merges are a fact of life in many MMOs. One such merge came this past April in...
ARK: Survival Evolved strands you on an island of dinosaurs
Do you have a weirdly shaped hole in your life that can be filled only by killing and riding dinosaurs (not necessarily in that...
Tamriel Infinium: A guide to Elder Scrolls Online’s combat basics
I was looking back through some of my posts about the Elder Scrolls Online, and I noticed that I've mentioned combat quite a bit....
The Stream Team: The dangers of H1Z1 city supply runs
The new H1Z1 fortifications are almost finished, but MassivelyOP's MJ needs more materials. The good news is there is a city next door to...
Daybreak’s John Smedley: EverQuest Next isn’t ‘vaporware’
Even though the big SOE-to-Daybreak transformation happened three months ago, the entire ordeal still feels fresh to many fans. An air of uncertainty permeates speculation...
Medieval Engineers adds multiplayer
Keen Software House has added multiplayer functionality to Medieval Engineers. What's Medieval Engineers? It's the firm's followup to Space Engineers, an enormously successful Minecraft-meets-space-survival...
Not So Massively: HoN’s fifth anniversary update; Dota 2 rakes in millions of dollars
Heroes of Newerth received a colossal patch this week to celebrate its fifth anniversary, introducing a new intelligence carry hero, a capture the flag...
The Stream Team: Finally fighting as a female in H1Z1
Finally! MassivelyOP's MJ doesn't have to run around hunting zombies in the skin of a guy; the first female model is live in H1Z1....
H1Z1 is getting a full wipe this Thursday
If you're an H1Z1 early access player, I hope you're not too attached to your stuff. Daybreak is prepping for a huge Thursday patch,...
Daybreak launches new site, triggers week of celebratory events
Daybreak Game Company now has a new home and logo to make its transition from Sony Online Entertainment complete.
"We are so proud of our...
Novus Inceptio gives you an alien world to rebuild
There's something about the apocalypse that makes a world 100% more awesome, isn't there? People get more creative, previously undeveloped mutated powers come into...
How Star Wars Galaxies pioneered a ‘living society’
Former Star Wars Galaxies Creative Director and current Crowfall consultant Raph Koster returned to his blog last night to pen the fourth in his...
H1Z1 gets bees, beeswax, and bandages made of honey
Does your MMO have bees? H1Z1 does, thanks to today's patch. The notes posted on Reddit refer to bee boxes that players must craft...
The Stream Team: Joyriding with a purpose in H1Z1
Not only are vehicles useful in H1Z1 thanks to the trunk space and ability to cover large distances fast, but driving around in them...
How Daybreak thwarts H1Z1 cheaters
Getting screwed over by other players cheating in H1Z1 isn't a fun feeling, even though the game is still in early testing and has...
H1Z1 adds grouping system and zombified players this month
Your secret dream of becoming a zombie -- yeah, we read your diary -- will get a virtual assist from this month's H1Z1 updates....
The Stream Team: Building an H1Z1 fort
It's survival of the fort-est! A huge part of succeeding in H1Z1 is having a safe place to stash all your survival needs. MassivelyOP's...
TUG’s 0.8.4 update adds taming, breeding, and spells
TUG's alpha update 0.8.4 is here, and it brings with it new magic spells, creature taming and breeding, and shield blocking. The game's latest...
EVE Evolved: Four lessons sandbox MMOs can learn from EVE
The past few years have seen a resurgence of support for sandbox MMOs, both of the trying-to-be-minecraft creative kind and the hardcore nuke-it-from orbit...
