survival
Nightingale’s weekend emergency rollback appears to have mostly patched up problems
It was the kind of nightmare scenario that no survival RPG ever wants to see: a bug that caused player housing to be wiped...
The MOP Up: Myth of Empires pumps out even more servers
The freshly released Myth of Empires rolled out yet another batch of New Era servers this past weekend with realms in Oceania, Asia, Europe,...
Kickstarted multiplayer sandbox ECO releases a roadmap from early access to launch
It's been a few months since we talked much about ECO, the Kickstarted sandbox that has enchanted pretty much everyone who gives in to...
‘Survival crafting MMORPG’ BitCraft plans closed alpha for April 2 – here’s how to sign up
That upcoming MMORPG sandbox BitCraft is heading into closed alpha is not a shock: Clockwork Labs has been teasing it for months. The new...
Dune Awakening: Religion yes, player messiahs no
With Dune Part 2 in theaters and Funcom kicking Dune Awakening's hype into high gear, it's hard not to be swept up in the...
Hey game devs, stop namedropping Star Wars Galaxies and make a spiritual successor
If you're an MMORPG gamer who watches the mainstream gaming space, you probably know that most gaming sites take any opportunity they can get...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 460: The crafting episode!
Justin and Bree focus discuss all things crafting in MMORPGs in this theme show: our personal experiences with crafting, the real purpose of crafting, MMOs that did things differently, the impact of survival games, craft gating, missing crafts, the future of MMO crafting, and much more.
Choose My Adventure: Starting on the road to success and self-reliance in Nightingale
A lot of the first few hours of Nightingale are tutorial. That's probably not terribly surprising considering survival sandboxes need some guidance (and it's...
Myth of Empires promises Greece, Persia, Rome, and Egypt civs along with 1000-person servers
MOP's Chris and MOP's Sam have both taken a look at Myth of Empires so far in the two weeks since it launched here...
Dune: Awakening’s Direct shows off graphical touches, film references, and the basic survival loop of the game
You may not have noticed this, but the new Dune movie is out! The second one, even, which means it's two more movies than...
‘Multiplayer Viking survival tribe builder’ Aska readies another closed beta test April 15
Back in 2022 we first reported on Aska, a self-described "multiplayer Viking survival tribe builder" from Romanian indie Sand Sailor Studio that sees players...
Fight or Kite: Myth of Empires’ early gameplay is classic survival fare, but not as amazing as the trailer
A title like Myth of Empires rolls off the tongue like a turtle running down a flight of stairs: You can’t imagine how that...
The Stream Team: A first-timer’s early steps into the Myth of Empires
It's been a long, winding, weird, and litigious road, but Myth of Empires has made it to a Steam release, and MOP's Chris is...
Massively Overthinking: Always-online vs. offline modes in multiplayer games
The Nightingale team's admission that players are clamoring for an offline version of the game - and that Inflexion is now planning to do...
TerraTech Worlds is a new survivalbox for our vehicle-loving friends
It's not a traditional MMORPG, but Payload Studios' TerraTech Worlds is scooting right along the edge as a co-op PvE survival title that might...
Funcom’s Dune Awakening MMO is finally promising trailers and hype as Dune 2 hits theaters
Throughout the length of the Dune MMORPG's development, it's seemed weird that Funcom and Tencent didn't push harder to link the game more directly...
Choose My Adventure: The Wagadu Chronicles’ worldbuilding is epic, but the gameplay…
The Wagadu Chronicles has kind of made me sad. I wasn't really expecting this game to be some arbiter of a new age for...
Co-op survival RPG Coreborn permanently slashes price, adds new town management features
Developer Blankhans is once again reaffirming that its multiplayer survival RPG Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore didn't quite meet its initial standards: The studio...
Palworld celebrates 25M players in its first month, promises anti-cheat measures, showcases critters
The hot iron of Palworld might have cooled just a bit, but the quirky survival sandbox has still drawn in some big numbers overall....
Age of Water provides a brief peek at its crew management features
No ship sails with one person at the helm, or at least it doesn't in Age of Water, which means that while players will...
