survival
ARK Survival Ascended confirms that players will get to rent private servers thanks to Nitrado partnership
Regular players of the original ARK: Survival Evolved may be familiar with the company name Nitrado, which has helped players rent their own private...
Skull & Bones previews its crafting system ahead of next week’s closed beta test
Had you forgotten about Skull and Bones? Ubisoft means to rectify that if so with a new dev blog on the long-delayed multiplayer pirate...
Take a look behind the scenes of WoW Classic’s hardcore realm development
Those of you who are flashing back to another game that loved including the word "hardcore" in as much material as possible can breathe...
Hawaii-centered Fractured Veil pitches in with disaster relief following last week’s wildfires
The terrible wildfires that ravaged populated sections of Hawaii's Maui island and killed around a hundred people last week continues to draw global attention....
EG7 Q2 2023: Daybreak’s MMORPGs are ‘predictably stable’
It's starting to look as if the Daybreak-run EG7 conglom is finally at the end of its bonkers revenue run: According to the Swedish...
‘Romantic gold rush’ MMO Annex rebrands as Pioneers of New Dawn, plans fourth quarter alpha testing
This past November we all got word of a new post-apocalyptic survival MMO known as Annex, which is being developed by indie studio Arctic...
Nightingale shows off estate styles, new POIs, NPC body randomization, and fancy trees
While the release timing of gaslamp fantasy-styled survivalbox Nightingale still remains a bit up in the air, Inflexion Games is still eager to show...
Mad World shares the rest of its 2023 roadmap with tribal wars and Halloween
Poor Mad World: This splatterpunk horror MMO was birthed into this world in about the most messy fashion possible while still surviving. And as...
The MOP Up: Aura Kingdom 2’s global pre-registration arrives with NFTs in tow
Aura Kingdom 2: Evolution, the mobile follow-up to the first Aura Kingdom, started taking global pre-registrations this past week. By signing up, players can...
Massively Overthinking: Rescuing the worst economies in the MMO genre
As a hardcore economy player in most of the MMOs I play, I pay a whole lot of attention to the health of the...
Viking-themed survival ‘tribe builder’ ASKA begins multiplayer closed beta August 11
Last November we first heard word about ASKA, a "multiplayer Viking survival tribe builder" from publisher/developer Sand Sailor Studio that lets up to four...
Survival MMO-lite Dawnlands launches to a righteous roasting on Steam
It's been barely more than a month since we even knew Dawnlands existed at all, but it's officially launched as of this week. Singapore-based...
Some Assembly Required: A trip around the world in Craftopia for materials and exploration’s sake
One of my favorite things to do in survival sandboxes is explore. Now, I admit that I don't get to feed that need very...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best weather mechanics?
I am well aware that weather in MMOs is a very old concept; the first time I saw snow in Ultima Online feels like...
Victorian survival sim Nightingale adds third-person mode
While the upcoming Victorian survival sim Nightingale was designed around a first-person perspective, this didn't sit quite right with a number of potential fans....
Jagex survival MMO SCUM is making male toons Smokin’ Hot in today’s patch
Jagex-published survival MMO SCUM is a game we haven't talked about literally in years, but I bet you remember it. It hit early access...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the best way a studio can save a struggling mid-size MMO?
Temtem's Crema Games raised eyebrows earlier this week when it admitted that in spite of Temtem's successful launch, the game is having trouble; the...
Baldur’s Gate 3 delivers a multiplayer-optional Baldur’s Gate threequel after 20 years
The internet is mad for Baldur's Gate 3, and if you can tear yourselves away from MMORPGs for a moment - and if this...
Global Chat: Is Wurm Online fatally imploding?
I doubt that anyone would've predicted that in 2023, Wurm Online of all MMOs would be embroiled in controversy, developer walkouts, and predictions of...
Vague Patch Notes: Contemplating the origin of the Big Five in the MMO space
A few weeks back, I talked about the various tiers of MMORPGs, and that included a discussion of what we call the Big Five...
