survival
PAX East 2020: Hands-on with MMO survival sandbox Population Zero
At this weekend's PAX East, I got to sit down with Dmitry Muratov of Enplex Games to try out the studio's upcoming game, Population...
Inside Star Citizen talks about upcoming survival mechanics and releases the Anvil Carrack
There's a whole lot to talk about this week if you're a Star Citizen fan, but one of the big topics is easily the...
Funcom Q4 2019: DUNE takes priority, Conan Exiles confirms paid expansion, Tencent buyout continues
It's been an interesting financial period for Funcom, what with the Tencent buyout and investors pushing for accelerated production on the DUNE survivalbox. The...
ARK Survival Evolved’s Genesis chapter has launched, with the second part coming next winter
After quite a bit of delay, ARK Survival Evolved has finally pushed out the first chunk of its Genesis content. Genesis was originally announced...
Interview: Population Zero devs on the May Steam launch, buy-to-play, and PvP philosophy
Survival MMORPG Population Zero is officially launching on Steam in early May, Enplex Games announced today. As part of the reveal, the studio's also...
Massively Overthinking: How essential are hardcore gamers to an MMO’s health?
Last week, there was a positively eyebrow-raising thread on the Guild Wars 2 subreddit that tied neatly into the overall MMORPG meta discussion many...
Funcom is rolling out a launcher for all its games, including Conan Exiles and Secret World Legends
It's no secret that Norwegian games developer Funcom has been upping its profile in the online gaming world, building on its long-running base of...
Jack Emmert isn’t sure Daybreak will publish his next MMO, says DCUO is as big as it was four years ago
In January, Daybreak finally announced the fruits of its "realignment" that we'd been covering since last summer: It was splitting off new substudios for...
Wild Terra 2: New Lands will hit closed alpha this week for high-end backers
Last fall, Juvty Worlds announced that it had run into the "ceiling of technology" with Wild Terra and was pointing its four-person dev team...
The Survivalist: Is Conan Exiles done with free DLC – or are we getting a true expansion?
While Funcom's latest investor note focused mainly on DUNE, there was a little tidbit of big import nestled in there about the current IP-based...
Not So Massively: Imagining a true MMORTS
MMOs and RTS are two of the genres of game I play the most. Given that, you'd think I'd be a big fan of...
The Stream Team: Diving blindly into a Conan Exiles dungeon
Did you know there are still dungeons in Conan Exiles that Massively OP's MJ has never explored? Never died in?! Obviously that needs to...
New World shows off the factions and enemies of the world of Aeternum
We already had an idea that New World is a dangerous place and that we were getting a video diary about the factions as...
Crowfall’s February Q&A tackles tentpole features, survival tray, and racial passives
ArtCraft's J. Todd Coleman and Thomas Blair are back for another monthly Crowfall Q&A, covering all the questions and big news as the Drengskapar...
The MOP Up: Outlaws of the Old West wipes its servers
The survival sandbox that brought you Bigfoot (for some reason) is now triggering a region-wide apocalypse. OK, it's just a server wipe for Outlaws...
The Stream Team: A first birthday party for Astroneer
Whether it is dancing on a friend's head or free-wheeling in the core, Astroneer has some fun activities that would be great for its...
Astroneer’s latest updates brings crash fixes, quality-of-life, and a 1.0 anniversary surprise
Wow, has it really been a year since Astroneer released from early access? Oh, hey, look at that, it most certainly has! Naturally, the...
H1Z1 aka Z1 Battle Royale’s concurrency shot up 900% last month – here’s why
If you happen to be one of those weirdos who is constantly thumbing through SteamCharts to see how games are doing (i.e., me), you...
Perfect Ten: When celebs crossed paths with MMOs
Even as the world continues to turn to and normalize gaming as a respectable hobby, there's still a lingering stigma of playing online titles...
Black Desert Mobile opens the five-player Field of Valor PvM instance for a limited time
It's just you and four other stout screen smushers versus a horde of nasty beasties. It's the Field of Valor and it's available in...
