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Massively Overthinking: The new normal of early access MMORPGs
This week's topic comes from Massively OP reader Zadira.
"Daybreak has just passed it two-year anniversary for Landmark, and it still has its early access reward options for...
Black Death pushes back its early release
Hope you weren't expecting to contract the virtual bubonic plague any time soon. The grim medieval survival game The Black Death announced yesterday that...
The Repopulation spinoff Fragmented is hunting for a few good testers
The Repopulation lead dev Joshua Halls says that Above & Beyond has opened closed testing for Fragmented to selected applicants. Interested gamers should fill...
Dam it all! Beavers and handcuffs are invading ARK
By land or by sea? You don't have to choose if you nab yourself one of ARK: Survival Evolved's newest additions: the giant beaver....
Global Chat: What is Daybreak thinking with H1Z1?
Daybreak's announcement earlier this month that it will be splitting H1Z1 into two games triggered a flood of responses from the MMO blogging community,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 52: Horror sloth!
Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert 's cash shop, H1Z1, Guild Wars 2, ArcheAge's laundry, Devilian, Grim Dawn, FFXIV, and TSW, with mailbag questions on voiceover localization.
Rokh makes the planet Mars come alive
There are so many multiplayer survival games swirling about these days that you might be forgiven for overlooking one or two. We haven't heard...
BattlEye clarifies anti-hacking program and privacy to ARK players
After ARK: Survival Evolved players expressed some concerns about the new anti-hacking program BattlEye and its EULA, a BE dev took to the survival...
The Stream Team: Going on a Quetzal hunt in ARK
MassivelyOP's MJ likes big birds and she cannot lie! That's why the crew is going on a quetzal hunt in ARK. This massive monster...
ARK: Survival Evolved’s explorer notes system puts lore front and center
This week, Studio Wildcard revealed what it's calling an "explorer note system" for dinosaur survival sandbox ARK: Survival Evolved.
"You’ll be able to discover the stories...
Survival sandbox The Black Death introduces the peasant’s bleak path
Green Man Loaded's upcoming medieval-themed survival sandbox (plus zombies) The Black Death is on a video roll this week; on offer today is a...
Perfect Ten: What you need to know before you play an older MMORPG
I cut my teeth on MMOs with the launch of Final Fantasy XI in America. My roommate in college was interested in the game,...
H1Z1 pushes out patch and trailers for both of its new halves
Welcome to the glorious era of trying to keep track of dual H1Z1 games at any given time. Yesterday, Daybreak put out new one-minute trailers for...
The Black Death survival sandbox seeks testers, posts fresh trailer
Introduced back in January, The Black Death is a survival sandbox in which players are medieval commoners struggling to make it during a nasty...
H1Z1’s split is underway
We hope you didn't have urgent plans to play H1Z1 today because the game is splitting itself in half today. The maintenance is currently...
Check out a test drive of DayZ’s new rendering engine
You remember DayZ, don't you? It's not the only survival sandbox on the market any longer, but it's still in early access and being...
The Daily Grind: What untapped survival sandbox theme needs love?
Zombies. Dinosaurs. Other people. Pygmies, for some reason. They've been done. But plenty of themes haven't been tapped for survival sandboxes.
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The Stream Team: ARK’s grappling hooks and greenhouses
There's never a shortage of new ARK: Survival Evolved stuff, so it can be hard to keep up sometimes! MassivelyOP's MJ has fallen behind...
Interview: The Repopulation’s lead dev on its new engine and survival spin-off Fragmented
Following Above & Beyond Technologies' January announcement that it was solving The Repopulation's HeroEngine crisis by getting the heck away from HeroEngine, we spoke...
The Culling crafts a bloody battle royale
In a happier, more peaceful world we would be sharing with you a new game called The Cuddling, in which everyone hugs and no...