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Conan Exiles was forced to roll back 780 official servers thanks to bugged thrall decay
It's hard to make good help become your thrall in Conan Exiles these days, but a decay timer update applied for the summer was...
SEC filings reveal the multi-million-dollar debt ARK Survival Evolved’s publisher owes Nitrado
In the middle of August, ARK: Survival Ascended called attention to a partnership with Nitrado that would guarantee the option for players to rent...
Survival shooter The Front begins a five day-long closed beta test
Back in February we were aimed in the direction of The Front, a self-described SOC - that's "survival open-world crafting" game - set in...
The Stream Team: Exploring Craftopia’s newly added Sherbert Iceberg area
Craftopia has recently decided to get frosty with the introduction of the Sherbert Iceberg biome, and since MOP's Chris has been all about this...
Valheim shares an update on the terrain generation of its Ashlands biome
A place known as the Ashlands probably has a distinct visual style to it, not only in terms of texture but also the terrain....
Fractured Veil discusses bug fixing, performance, and better questing as it now targets October early access
The zombie survivalbox Fractured Veil is continuing to ramp up towards its intended early access, which the game's Steam page now lists for this...
Valheim releases Hildir’s Request update and hard mode speedrunning competition
Vikings were a hard people and Valheim can be a hard game... but it could always be harder. Now that option is finally available...
Co-op PvE survivalbox Icarus releases a biome-packed New Frontiers expansion August 24
Do you remember Icarus? We first caught wind of it back in 2021: It's a co-op centered survival title from Dean Hall's RocketWerkz that...
Profane’s August roadmap update heralds a focus on polishing existing features
Sure, adding new stuff to a developing game like Profane isn't necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes you need to circle back to the...
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...
Some Assembly Required: Trapped by exploration and age progression in Craftopia
I'm sure that this is going to come as a complete and utter surprise to those who have followed my playing of games on...
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...
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...
Some Assembly Required: Building and fighting to the Industrial Age in Craftopia
As I've written before, I'm pretty much stuck in on Craftopia. The seamless world update has done a lot of good for the sandbox...
Lost Skies shows off work on airship engines, character design, floating islands, tools, and puzzles
If the number of commas used in that headline didn't already clue you in, Bossa Studios' in-development PvE sandbox Lost Skies is hard at...
ARK Survival Ascended finalizes the player-created creature coming to its Aberration map
The community engagement continues in ARK: Survival Ascended. Readers might remember that Studio Wildcard kicked off a mid-July player-created creature contest that offered a...
Plunder Scourge of the Sea is a pirate-themed open world survival MMO
It would be easy to dismiss this latest in-development indie MMO as "Atlas at home," but we'll try not to be reductive to either...
ARK highlights player mods and opens another player-created critter contest for Ascended’s Aberration map
The community crunch newsletter out of ARK is obviously about the game's community, but that's even more true in the latest edition as it...
Dual Universe opens a summer-themed location with seasonal events until July 24
Just because you're building spaceships and exploring the yawning void in Dual Universe doesn't mean you can't stop at a water park for a...
Fractured Veil completes its Unreal Engine upgrade, puts founder’s pack bundles up for sale
Over the past couple of months, survival sandbox Fractured Veil has been talking up its upgrade to Unreal Engine 5.1, sharing details and previews...