survival
The Survivalist: Astroneer adds automation (and it’s awesome)
Astroneer is already an awesome game. Even as a survival game, it is my go-to for chill fun. It scratches the mega harvesting or...
WoW Shadowlands breaks down the Covenant system and the Maw, confirms class-wide Artifact transmog
As the beta test for World of Warcraft's Shadowlands expansion looms large, details are continuing to pour out of Blizzard about the expansion's content...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Deadside, The Isle, Minions of Elden, Dekaron M, Ragnarok Origin, TitanReach
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you've (probably) never heard of!
We'll start with Deadside, which is definitely in the...
Not So Massively: Gatewalkers has huge potential but isn’t there yet
After years of hilariously wrong recommendations, something seems to have clicked with Facebook's algorithms lately to make it finally start showing me relevant ads....
The MOP Up: Roblox players spend over $1.5 billion to date
With a record-breaking haul of $100 million in May, Roblox crossed the $1.5 billion threshold in terms of the game's revenue to date. A...
Conan Exiles isn’t going to be free for a week on the Epic Games Store after all
If you follow Conan Exiles' twitter, you might have noticed that a bunch of gamers have been pestering Funcom this morning over the fact...
Battle royale survival shooter The Cycle is taking names for its third season public playtest
It's been some time since we had reason to focus down on The Cycle, the in-development survival sandbox/battle royale shooter that seeks to shake...
Japanese survival sandbox Craftopia is hitting closed alpha in July and I want it
All MOP's Tyler had to do was say two words to me this weekend - crafting MMO - and Craftopia was instantly on my...
The Soapbox: The world of Gloomhaven is primed to be an MMO
Anyone familiar with modern board games will immediately recognize and likely have a positive opinion on Gloomhaven. It is an absolute juggernaut in the...
Gatewalkers is a new co-op survival ARPG hosting an alpha test on Steam now
Smash things, survive things, go through procedurally generated worlds, repeat. That's the core gameplay loop for Gatewalkers, a new game described as a co-op...
Last Oasis introduces new map and walker with this week’s Volcanic Update
Last Oasis is treating its early access players to a hefty - and free - update this week, just in time for the Steam...
Conan Exiles makes its way to the Epic Games Store and will be free for a week
If a free copy of ARK on the Epic Games Store didn't exactly light your survival sandbox heart on fire, perhaps you'll be more...
Vague Patch Notes: MOBAs, battle royales, and shallow genre pools in the online gaming space
This past week, Nintendo announced Pokemon Unite, and then I had to go to see a doctor because I rolled my eyes so far...
The latest gaming industry #metoo callouts impact Twitch, MMOs, MOBAs, and esports
The gaming industry is seeing a second wave - a second wave of the #metoo movement, that is. As we covered earlier this week,...
The Stream Team: A look at Astroneer’s brand-new automation
Do you know what all crafting games need? Harvesters! Especially ones that don't destroy the landscape. And now Astroneer has them. In this just-released...
Population Zero writes about the errors made during the game’s early access launch
At this point, it's no secret that Enplex Games' multiplayer survival sandbox Population Zero had a rough start. The title stumbled out of the...
Mixer is toast as Microsoft transitions its community to Facebook Gaming
So... the streaming industry is on fire.
Earlier today, Microsoft announced that it's effectively ending Mixer's run as a streaming platform on July 22nd, diverting...
Crowdfunded ‘action-survival MMORPG’ Frozen Flame opens testing for founders in July
At the top of the month, which somehow feels like years ago, we covered Frozen Flame, a multiplayer survival RPG with a graphical vibe...
The Stream Team: A glimpse of Glacio goodness in Astroneer
Massively OP's MJ has been having fun with her friends in Astroneer thanks to the dedicated servers. And now she has a chance to...
Conan Exiles’ latest patch for PC runs into server issues, crashes, and lost characters
Nobody wants a patch to an MMO or multiplayer game to arrive covered in bugs and problems, but that's just what Conan Exiles players...