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Conan Exiles’ Age of Heroes companions and living settlements will breathe more life into the sandbox
If there's one thing that many survival games lack, it's life. To me, one of the drawbacks of the survival genre compared to MMORPGs...
Hands-on with V Rising: PC vs. PS5, multiplayer, and progression impressions
You might think given the last few pieces I've written that I might have a thing for vampires. I vehemently deny this. It is...
The Survivalist: A toast to Conan Exiles’ new taverns, launching this week’s Age of War Chapter III
You know that feeling when you get something you really want? Something you've been waiting for? Conan Exiles is giving that to me --...
The Survivalist: Conan Exiles’ Isle of Siptah expands tomorrow with sunshine and a spitting spider god
The Isle of Siptah, Conan Exiles' first major expansion, is now itself expanding -- in size, scope, sunshine, and spiders! Sorry arachnophobes!
If you thought...
The Survivalist: First impressions of Conan Exiles’ Isle of Siptah expansion
Framed. Convicted. Exiled. Now, shipwrecked? What do the fates have in store for me next? Perhaps this Isle of Siptah will be my redress....
The Survivalist: Astroneer’s worst mistake was using Nitrado servers
Wonder rant powers, activate! It's been a long while since I have been pushed to the point of activating rant mode. I can be chill...
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...
The Survivalist: Astroneer launches persistent multiplayer servers
Sometimes the gaming gods do listen! Sometimes you do get your wish. Sometimes your heart's desires are granted. And that sometime is now!
From day...
The Survivalist: Last Oasis virtual dev tour highlights nomadic life and offline safety
At this stage of the survival genre game, you need more than just a novel idea for the setting. You need unique features to...
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...
The Survivalist: So Funcom’s DUNE will be a survival game, not an MMO
Remember back in February of last year when we learned that Funcom inked an exclusive deal for at least three games based on Frank...
The Survivalist: My top 20 survival game goals for 2020, part the second
With so many survival titles out there, it's no wonder I couldn't contain my full list of new year goals in a single Survivalist!...
The Survivalist: My top 20 survival game goals for 2020, part the first
You might say that I like survival games. You should say it because I really, really do. Especially games that let me explore and...
The Survivalist Soapbox: Astroneer’s moon landing update is a time-limited online event done right
I could definitely write a Why I Play on Astroneer (and maybe I still will!) because there are so many reasons this game just...
The Survivalist: Conan Exile’s underwater dungeon rises above expectations
A dungeon is a dungeon, right? And adding a single dungeon to a game is not really a big deal. In most cases, that...
The Survivalist: The perils of breeding pets in PixARK, chapter two
There is wrong, and then there is perilously wrong. The kind of wrong so dangerous that the odds of your heart finally recovering are...
The Survivalist: The perils of breeding pets in PixARK, chapter one
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.
I am going to share a story with you. At it's core, it's...
The Survivalist: What ever happened to the smaller survival sandbox MMOs? Part two
Last week we learned what was up with a number of the smaller survival sandbox MMOs. Sadly, some have faded away, but others are...
The Survivalist: The highs and lows of Conan Exiles, one year after launch
In an industry that never seems to see games move out of early access, it feels strange to get to celebrate the first launch...
The Survivalist: Why I love survival games but refuse to touch Atlas
I love survival sandboxes. They give me that virtual world experience I'm missing from most MMOs. And I can build! So, why won't I...
