survival
Survivalbox MMO Chimeraland’s global launch is marred by performance complaints
So, we have good news and bad news for Chimeraland. The MMO, which originally launched overseas back in January, launched globally yesterday on Steam...
Massively Overthinking: Are you a cheater in MMOs or other games?
We recently got a press release about a pair of studies on cheating, and I hesitated to run it as a news article because...
Conan Exiles deep-dives its planned battlepass monetization system
When Age of Sorcery launches for Conan Exiles players later this year, it will completely upend the game's monetization model by switching from a...
Choose My Adventure: Boredom and frustration rear their head in V Rising
This week, V Rising decided to remind me why I deeply dislike survival sandboxes.
It all started off pedestrian enough for the most part. Over...
Whatever happened to magic-filled survival sandbox Dark and Light?
We haven't heard a lot out of Dark and Light, Snail Games' survival sandbox title that launched in early access in July 2017. While...
2-D MMORPG Archewood introduces procedural generation, improves server tech, and enhances QoL
We've been keeping tabs on a 16-bit 2-D MMORPG by the name of Archewood for some time now. The game's alpha first came across...
Last Oasis explains design decisions for Season 5 while asking for more player feedback in a poll
Last week saw the woodpunk survival sandbox Last Oasis hold its first beta test for Season 5 - the update that's intended to make...
Conan Exiles’ upcoming creative mode will let players build the castles of their dreams
Building a base in Conan Exiles is something of a long-tail goal for the survival game, but what if you can't deal with all...
Global Chat: Changing opinions about WoW’s dungeon finder
With the dungeon finder being left out of Wrath Classic, it's caused more than a few players to re-evaluate the pros and cons of...
Colony sandbox MMO SEED raises another $41M in investment, partly from a blockchain company
Way back in 2017, we learned about a then-new SpatialOS MMORPG called SEED from Klang Games. SEED was supposed to be a colony-centered sandbox...
Choose My Adventure: V Rising provides moments of chaos and comfort
There's often a moment I've experienced when playing survival sandboxes where I hit my stride. The mechanics make perfect sense, I have a plan...
Blockchain-linked survival sandbox Life Beyond begins its first open alpha testing phases
Back in April, we reported on the unfortunate news that survival sandbox Life Beyond is angling towards blockchain and NFT integration thanks to developer...
Conan Exiles provides video previews of Age of Sorcery’s magic system, talent points, and building updates
While it might be nice to read about the various systems the Age of Sorcery update is adding to Conan Exiles, sometimes seeing these...
NetEase’s Once Human throws players into a ‘weird’ post-apocalyptic survival situation
Just because the world as you know it has ended doesn't mean it has to be any less fun. In fact, it can even...
EverQuest begins the brand-new Scorched Sky Celebration
Darn it, EverQuest, if there were ever a time when you could get away with intentional misspelling it would have been now. This could...
Choose My Adventure: Forewarned is forearmed in my return foray to V Rising
There's something extremely valuable in hitting a reset button when you're able to. Failure is always an option in MMOs and multiplayer titles, to...
Last Oasis pins down a July 5 date for beta testing of Season 5
Over the past couple of months, woodpunk survival sandbox Last Oasis has been banging the drum about its upcoming Season 5, springing back to...
Craftopia checks in with another preview of its developing open world update
Craftopia is still working on the seamless map update it announced in July of 2021. Don't believe me? Then perhaps this update post on...
The Stream Team: CMA Live starts its run at V Rising
Yes, MOP's Chris was starting off in the vampiric survival sandbox V Rising on OPTV a couple of weeks ago, but this time's for...
Jagex announces new hires for a new ‘open world survival game within the RuneScape universe’
There's something cooking in Cambridge, UK, and the smell of a developing game is wafting from the direction of Jagex, which has proudly announced...
