survival
Perfect Ten: The MMORPG terms we use but never define, from murderhobo to sandpark
Over in Vague Patch Notes, I have an ongoing series of columns that I describe as being primarily about having useful notes for us...
Victorian survivalbox Nightingale says its next big update will take a while to get here
In a new developer video, Nightingale studio Inflexion Games refuted the opinion that the studio is scaling down its development of the Victorian survival...
SGF 2024: Hands-on with The First Descendant, plus a chat with the Nexon devs
You thought our Summer Game Fest coverage was over, didn't you? Well, in all fairness, Nexon not only brought The First Descendant to SGF but provided...
Crafting-centric MMO Haven and Hearth is currently on its 15th world reset
Way back in 2018, we first peered in on Haven and Hearth, a simplistic-looking crafting and survival MMO that's been doin' its thang for...
Age of Water makes tweaks to trader resources, research, post office rewards, and dolphin sightings
The water world of Age of Water continues to get adjusted and tweaked by Three Whales Studio, as the nautical survivalbox (survival bathtub?) continues...
Diablo IV opens public testing of Season 5’s new activities and quality-of-life June 25
Diablo IV has barely had time to let its Season 4 release settle and it's already gearing up for Season 5, and if you're...
The Stream Team: A fresh start in the survival sandbox of Palworld
Do you ever get the desire to hit the reset button on life? That's kind of what MOP's Chris is experiencing this Sandbox Saturday...
Bohemia’s multiplayer survival sandbox Ylands has officially landed on Switch for offline play
As we've been chronicling - and I might be a little obsessed with it now that I'm finally catching up on its existence, sorry...
Multiplayer Viking-themed survival settlement manager ASKA begins its early access
Surviving in a wilderness is never best done alone if at all possible, but there's one survivalbox that has you managing not just your...
Funcom’s Joel Bylos explains why Dune Awakening is an actual, factual MMO
In an era where game studios are either backpedaling on calling their MMOs "MMOs," it's refreshing to see one studio come outright and take ownership...
Massively Overthinking: Unfair stigmas that follow MMORPGs
A few weeks back, our team was discussing the intersection of survival sandboxes, MMORPG virtual worlds, and gankboxes - and how hard it is...
SGF 2024: Previewing Funcom’s Dune Awakening, from PvP philosophy to the survival MMO label
I must admit I went into Summer Game Fest with pretty low expectations. I was MOP's "E3 guy" back when E3 was a concern,...
ARK Survival Ascended releases an official mod that injects the Power Rangers into the survivalbox
One of my favorite kinds of mods is the one that slaps in some off-the-wall character or feature that's less about maintaining worldbuilding and...
Valheim unveils plans for a board game, with a crowdfunding campaign opening in September
If you're a big enough fan of the Viking survival sandbox Valheim that you'd be willing to crowdfund a tabletop board game version, you're...
Interview: Bohemia on multiplayer sandbox Ylands’ Switch release, Steam development, and games as a service
A few weeks back, we caught wind of a big change for Bohemia Interactive's cutesy multiplayer pirate sandbox Ylands: It's launching on Switch, but...
Warframe’s Jade Shadows update launches with new character, new mission type, and new clan operation
The Jade Shadows update has been the talk of Warframe for the past couple of months, but today is finally the day when fans...
SGF 2024: Hands-on with NCsoft’s long-awaited Throne and Liberty, launching September 17
Most of the games I played at Summer Game Fest were more enjoyable than I expected - including Throne and Liberty, which was probably...
Conan Exiles slows down its update cadence for chapters and puts the kibosh on battle passes in its next Age
"Conan Exiles is always evolving, and so is the way our team develops it," opens Funcom's latest update post, and sure enough the cadence...
Sandbox MMO Pax Dei has officially entered early access for at least the next year
If you're a Pax Dei founder pack owner, you're about to have a fun Tuesday, as Mainframe Industries has officially launched the survival-tinged sandbox...
One Shots: When the cuteness dug too deep
In this past week's adventures, Utakata claimed to have plumbed the great depths and mysteries of Khazad-dûm... with a mouse-person. I don't remember that...
