Survival News, Tips, Tricks & Ideas

Blizzard has released hotfix notes for the previously announced PvE and PvP class tuning, which includes includes Restoration Druid, Preservation Evoker, and Frost Mage buffs in PvE, alongside Havoc Demon Hunter nerfs in PvP! Also included are two unannounced Mythic+ bug fixes, addressing issues with Blight of Galakrond and Amalgam of Souls.

Many Palworld players are straight up refusing to make the most of one of the survival game's best sources of in-game currency out of the fear that they might end up regretting it later down the line. And honestly? It's a pretty understandable concern. 

Winning a Fortnite match isn’t easy, as you’ll be tasked with outlasting 99 other players when playing solo and dozens of other teams in playing in Duos or Squads. Regardless of which mode you’re tackling, winning in Fortnite requires strong reflexes, careful planning, and impressive knowledge of the map and all available weapons.

The Last of Us Part II Remastered PC version might be announced soon, according to new insider Silknigth, who previously leaked the Ghost of Tsushima PC announcement in advance.

Alongside the launch of Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2, Lego Fortnite has gotten an update introducing a host of new Lego kits to build. But among players who have already been frustrated by the survival game's bugs and slow updates, the fact that these kits come with some hefty price tags is causing no shortage of frustration.

If you're a Palworld player on Xbox, an important patch has been rolled out to ensure that your save data is actually saving correctly, after some players started to see things go awry when their data got a bit too big for the game to handle. 

The 2024 update roadmap for PUBG: Battlegrounds has been revealed.

The past couple decades or so have seen fairy-tale subversion afterfairy-tale subversion where a princess doesn’t want fancy dresses and a handsome prince, and instead decides to pick up a sword or split-kick her attackers. In fact, it’s such a common play in media these days that “Pretty Princess Powerhouse” has become a trope of its own.

Ubisoft’s narrative tear jerker Valiant Hearts: The Great War first debuted to critical acclaim on the PS4 almost a decade ago, but it’s taken a long time for its successor to arrive. Developed by Old Skull Games, sequel Valiant Hearts: Coming Home launched exclusively for Netflix subscribers last year. It’s now finally available for the PS4, as of 7th March.

Nightingale was poised to become one of the more interesting and unique survival games released in 2024, but two weeks from launch, it's not doing great. User reviews on Steam are currently sitting at Mixed, and the game's player base has been slowly dwindling ever since launch, with a peak player count of a little over 10,000 compared to the game's all-time peak of just over 47,000 it racked up at launch a couple of weeks ago.

Blizzard has posted upcoming PvP Class tuning which includes Havoc DH nerfs!

Blizzard has posted upcoming PvE class tuning coming with the Weekly Reset which includes a Sub Rogue nerf and a Frost Mage buff! As always, we’ve closely monitored data on class performance as well as player feedback. With all of that in mind, we’ve developed the following adjustments to classes that are over- and under-performing in group content and PvP. These changes will go into effect with scheduled weekly maintenance in each region.

Last month, we highlighted Not Even Close, a new community tool designed to help players plan survivability cooldowns in higher level Mythic+ content. Today, we're showcasing a similar have a similar tool with the Effective Health weak aura by Heartline! Unlike the web-based tool, the Effective Health weak aura works in-game and in real time, displaying the player's current effective health against Physical and Magical attacks, alongside their expected health after deadly Mythic+ dungeon attacks land. Seen on the left, the weak aura show the players Physical and Magical effective health, with Excavating Blast reducing them to 79% health remaining. Naturally, each of these tools has its own pros and cons.

An Enshrouded player tackled the survival game in the most chaotic way possible, and its developer promptly asked them to "break our game some more." 

Dune: Awakening's developer says religion will have a reduced role in the upcoming open-world survival MMO compared to its source material.

Released back in 2019, Outward is an open-world survival RPG that’s managed to attract a fairly dedicated audience (Canadian developer Nine Dots Studio claims it’s sold over 1.3 million units). Back in 2022 we got a new “Definitive Edition” of the game for current-gen platforms, and now it seems a full-on sequel is in the works. Just announced today, Outward 2 will build on the foundation laid down by the first game, with livelier NPCs, improved character creation, updated combat, and more. You can check out a trailer for Outward 2, below.

Has there ever been a better time to be a fan of survival horror games? Since the beginning of last year, the likes of Alan Wake 2, Resident Evil 4 Remake and Dead Space Remake all scared us witless. But the horror rollercoaster is still charging away as later this month, we have the return of a horror icon.

As more Palworld players reach the end of the survival game, more of them are getting stung by its steep repair costs.

Nine Dots Publishing and developer Ever Curious have announced post-apocalyptic survival game Witherbloom for unspecified consoles and PC (Steam). A release date was not announced.

Developer 11 bit studios has dropped a brand new trailer for the post-apocalyptic strategy game, Frostpunk 2, as part of yesterday's (March 6, 2024) Xbox Partner Prevewi event teasing a range of interesting new features before revealing a PC release date. 

Inspired by the heart-wrenching gameplay of This War of Mine, 11 Bit Studios’ latest effort will put you in a brand-new batch of impossible situations – this time on a faraway planet. Cast as a protagonist named Jan, you’ll need to operate a cutting-edge mobile base – with none of the knowledge or knowhow of how it works. Fortunately, a time-altering substance named Rapidium will enable you to change the past, creating alternate versions of Jan known as The Alters. And yes, that’s also the name of the game.

New Alan Wake 2 PC system requirements were shared online today by Remedy Entertainment as a new patch optimizing rendering for older GPUs went live.

An unannounced STALKER Legends of the Zone Trilogy has been spotted ahead of an official reveal.

Frostpunk 2 will launch for PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG on July 25, followed by PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series at a later date, publisher and developer 11 bit studios announced. It will be available for PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass upon release.

11 bit studios has released the first look gameplay trailer for The Alters, as well as announced that it will be available via Xbox Game Pass at launch. It is due out for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, and Microsoft Store in 2024.

We finally learned the release date of 11 Bit Studios’ highly anticipated Frostpunk 2 during the Xbox Partner Preview today. While the game is about surviving and thriving in a frosty postapocalyptic world, Frostpunk 2 is coming out in the middle of summer.

Frostpunk 2's release date has finally been revealed for July 25, and you can pre-order for beta access next month.

Following a strange, lengthy legal battle over The Sinking City, Ukrainian developer Frogwares is finally following up with a sequel that's set to go full survival horror, and this time the studio is taking its project to Kickstarter because "the ongoing war adds an ominous layer of uncertainty."

Microsoft has announced The Alters is coming to Xbox Game Pass day-one with a new trailer.

The long-awaited sequel to Frostpunk, the popular strategy game that combines elements of survival, city-building, and the 4X genre, is almost here. Today's Xbox Partner Preview event revealed that Frostpunk 2's release date is set for July 25, 2024. and that it will also be available on day one on PC Games Pass

Visually, looks like it's set in the world of Denis Villeneuve's movie adaptations, with the studio behind these films, Legendary, having shared assets with the development team at Funcom, as well as inviting them on set. Despite this, the game's story has made at least one massive change from the book and the movies that could have major consequences going forward.

Many new adventures are available to players of LEGO on LEGO Creative islands: new custom experiences made in the Unreal Editor for. UEFN allows players to create their own custom game modes in, and LEGO have used it to create their own custom experiences. LEGO Obby Fun features challenging obstacle courses while LEGO Raft Survival challenges players to set sail, build rafts, and survive an onslaught of pirates on the high seas.

The creators of longtime survival MMO Conan Exiles – Funcom – have just shown off the upcoming Dune: Awakening, so it’s time for us to delve into some release date speculation, as well as taking a look at the pre-order situation, gameplay details and a trailer to cap it all off.

As Helldivers 2 players digest the game’s first balance patch, developer Arrowhead has discussed the thinking behind changes to weapons and stratagems, calling on players to give them a chance.

A few Japanese retailers such as Neowing have leaked the existence of STALKER: Legends of the Zone Trilogy, a collection that includes 2007's Shadow of Chernobyl, 2008's Clear Sky, and 2009's Call of Pripyat, delivering GSC Game World's franchise for the first time to consoles.

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two film wormed its way through theaters over the weekend, and if you’ve still got sand in the brain, there’s plenty more where that came from. Namely, Funcom shared a closer look at the upcoming Dune: Awakening survival game, which is in the works for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

There are so many different resources to farm in Warframe that it becomes a bit hard to remember where everything is. Once you get to a point in the game where you find a weapon or frame you want, you’ll also have to know where to get the components. One of the more elusive resources in the game is Tellurium, so we’ll help you find the best place to farm this rare crafting material in Warframe.

Blizzard has implemented the Class Tuning that was previously announced last week and implemented additional changes, notably several changes to Kha'damu, the wandering World Boss active during the Blood Moon PvP event. Other changes include adjusting Mildly Irradiated Rejuvenation Potion and Enchanted Sigil: Innovation to also increase Ranged Attack power, as well as updating some item tooltips.

The Spice is undoubtedly in the air, with Part Two of Dennis Villeneuve's Dune film adaptation of Frank Herbert's epic sci-fi series now in theatres. Striking while the iron is hot, we also got a stunning gameplay trailer from Funcom for the upcoming survival MMO Dune: Awakening, which was revealed in August 2022 and prophesied to come to PS5 someday.

The open world survival game set in the Terminator universe has been revealed as Terminator Survivors. It is coming to PS5, and you can play the game either on your own or in co-op with friends. The game is set four years after the events of Judgment Day as «you emerge from a shelter to attempt and reestablish some semblance of society in a world that seems hell-bent on eliminating you and the last vestiges of mankind». You can watch the announcement trailer above.

A Dune Awakening Direct has been hosted by Funcom today, going into details about its upcoming survival MMO that will be released for PC and consoles. Arrakis is the core setting of Dune Awakening, and it will be a test for all players. The survival of the game starts from the very basic of where to find water and food, to moving upward in the political sphere and trying to survive that. You can watch the full broadcast below.

The developer of Palworld has teased "very cool things" coming to the survival game "very soon" as it reaches more than 250,000 mostly positive reviews on Steam. 

Dune Awakening had to make some changes to its source material, and the developers needed express permission to make that happen.

While looks to provide players with an authentic Arrakis experience, two iconic parts of creator Frank Herbert's world haven't made it into the game. Given the gigantic scale of and the various aspects that must be included to authentically adapt the sci-fi universe, it stands to reason that certain aspects would need to be changed or added through future updates. Fortunately for players, developer Funcom has good reason for leaving out some iconic parts of the franchise.

As promised last week, Funcom has released a new stunning trailer for Dune Awakening while also talking about the making of the survival MMO in a separate feature as part of their Direct-like showcase. Chief Creative Officer Joel Bylos discussed the game's basics and the back-and-forth with Legendary, who allowed them to go on the set of the first movie and even borrow assets:

Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for March 5: In Garena Free Fire MAX, the ultimate goal is to survive till the end and become the winner. However, it becomes tricky and challenging considering 50 players are dropped in a confined map where they must battle against each other and take down those who may stand in their way. To aid in their quest and keep players engaged, the developers of Garena Free Fire MAX introduce in-game events from time to time. Some of these events bring special and exclusive rewards. Check out the different types of events in Garena Free Fire MAX.

Funcom has released a new trailer and developer diary for open-world survival massively multiplayer online game Dune: Awakening as part of the first Dune: Awakening Direct broadcast.

Dune: Awakening will pair survival and crafting mechanics with the social interaction of a massively multiplayer online game, letting players fulfill the hellish fantasy of surviving life on Arrakis. Yes, you can fly an ornithopter. Yes, you can use the Voice to bend the will of your enemies. And yes, you can drink the blood of your enemies in an effort to stay hydrated on Dune’s deadly desert planet.

The Bene Gesserit are masters of intrigue in the Dune novels, executing millennia-long schemes that involve manipulating the Emperor and Great Houses, seeding prophecies, and breeding a chosen one. Writer-director Denis Villeneuve shows off their mysterious power and the scope of their influence in his movie adaptations of theDunebooks, but author Frank Herbert spent a lot more time exploring and explaining how the organization actually works — particularly in his last two novels, which are unlikely to ever be adapted for the screen.

Dune: Awakening, a survival MMO set in the world of Dune, isn't toning down the threat of sandworms to work in the game. In fact, developer Funcom says that they're completely unkillable and will have to be avoided or diverted rather than defeated. If one of them goes after you, the developers say you have "seconds" to react before it kills you.

We’re barely into 2024 and there are more survival games than we can shake a stick at – one such being Nightingale.

Upcoming survival MMO will let players attempt to make it on their own on Arrakis, the most dangerous planet in the galaxy. The title comes from Funcom, a developer that's no stranger to the online multiplayer genre, with previous releases like and. recently attended a special event for the game hosted by Funcom's creative director Joel Bylos, which featured a premiere of a new trailer and a showcase segment delving into the game's development.

We already knew that Norwegian game developer Funcom is working on an open-world survival MMO game set in the Dune universe. And today, the developer has provided a new look at Dune: Awakening, including a glimpse into Arrakis along with some gameplay footage.

Dune: Part Two, the long-awaited sequel to the 2021 Oscar-winning hit Dune, has finally been released and is having a smash opening weekend at the box office. For those who are experiencing Dune for the first time in theaters, the film ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, and longtime fans of the story will be left eagerly awaiting the adventure’s end. Whichever camp you fall into, you’ll surely be left wanting more — and thankfully, everyone is getting more today with a new look at the upcoming survival MMO Dune: Awakening.

A Dune Awakening Direct has been hosted by Funcom today, going into details about its upcoming survival MMO that will be released for PC and consoles. Arrakis is the core setting of Dune Awakening, and it will be a test for all players. The survival of the game starts from the very basic of where to find water and food, to moving upward in the political sphere and trying to survive that. You can watch the full broadcast below.

Cooperative survival first-person shooter Sker Ritual will leave Early Access and launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam on April 18, developer Wales Interactive announced. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions will follow at a later date.

Microsoft has announced another Xbox Partner Preview event, this time focusing on upcoming games from third-party developers, including Capcom, EA, and more. 

With all of the gory appeal of a cheesy horror movie, The Outlast Trials works even better than it did when I played it in Early Access last year. There’s just something magical about hiding with your besties in wardrobes and under beds as a deeply rude lady with a power drill for a hand hunts you down. What better way to spend a Friday night with the lads? Each of its death games is unique and filled with devilish and gruesome horrors, including formidable killers with cunning and lethal AI, and upgrading your character’s abilities and gadgets is a fantastic reward for surviving all those bloody corridors. Its biggest weakness is that there just aren’t that many levels to play, which isn’t a great feeling when matches are supposed to be all about striking fear into you and your BFFs. Still, my crew and I had a lot of fun with The Outlast Trials, even if that novelty bled out quicker than we would have liked.

A new Terminator game called Terminator: Survivors is on the way and is set to launch as an early access title on Steam on October 24, 2024.

One Palworld breeder has created an unholy ball of destruction as a gift to their wife.

In Helldivers 2, you can call in a jump pack stratagem that, when equipped, propels you into the air, letting you take the high ground on the go. But what you might not have realised is that it shreds your cape in the process.

Developer BKOM has announced a release date for roguelite bullet hell survival game Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors. The game, currently available as an early access title on PC, will be getting its 1.0 update on April 4. Check out the trailer celebrating the game’s full release below.

With their gold supplies drying up, Palworld players are turning to the Black Marketeer for help, but not in the way you might think.

There would be no Resident Evil without Sweet Home, the 1989 Japanese horror movie directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, now better known for films like Cure, Pulse, and Creepy. Sweet Home had a huge influence on Capcom’s groundbreaking foray into survival horror, largely in part because the original Resident Evil began development as a remake of a video game based on Sweet Home.

The original The Strangers movie is quietly one of the creepiest movies of the 2000s. So when the trilogy of new movies in the series was announced late last year, it was fair to be a little skeptical. But the new trailer for The Strangers: Chapter 1 was released on Friday and it already looks creepier than the original, so there might be a whole lot more scares left in this franchise.

I’ve played both Ori games. I survived the Water Tower in Blind Forest. So I knew that, even though developer Moon Studios was changing genres for its next game, No Rest for the Wicked, I shouldn’t expect to breeze through it. And sure enough, after playing the first 90 minutes of an early build, culminating in a punishing boss fight, I had to earn every new piece of gear, every bit of loot, and every inch of progress. No Rest for the Wicked is beautiful, it is challenging, and it is rewarding. You are not a walking death machine here, like in Diablo. Instead, your enemies are the walking death machines, and you’ll need to learn how to survive them. It’s more like Dark Souls in an isometric-view action-RPG form.

Survival is the name of the game in Classic Hardcore realms, and while you don’t always have to go it alone, you might just want to. You can take the leap into a new adventure in Classic Hardcore with Self-Found mode.

Nacon has revealed Terminator: Survivors, an open-world survival game set in the iconic sci-fi franchise. The game will be coming to Steam Early Access on 24th October 2024, with a full release and console availability at some point down the line.

Nacon and its Milan studio have revealed their open-world survival game, Terminator: Survivors, along with a Steam Early Access release date of October 24, 2024.

Two years after the project's original announcement, Terminator: Survivors was unveiled during NACON Connect 2024. Developed by NACON Milan, it's an open world survival game based on an original story set in 2009, after the events of the second Terminator film.

Nacon has revealed Terminator: Survivors, an open-world survival game set in the iconic sci-fi franchise. The game will be coming to Steam Early Access on 24th October 2024, with a full release and console availability at some point down the line.

Developer Sand Sailor Studio and publisher Thunderful Games revealed today that the upcoming Viking sandbox survival builder ASKA will be getting a Closed Beta test in April. The Closed Beta will run from April 15 through April 21, with sign-ups open now through April 5.

The open-world Terminator survival game is called, quite aptly, Terminator: Survivors, and it hits Steam Early Access in October.

Terminator: Survivors will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam on October 24, followed by a full release across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC at a later date, publisher Nacon and developer Nacon Studio Milan announced.

Terminator: Survivors, a new open-world survival game set in the Terminator franchise, will launch in early access on Steam this fall, publisher Nacon announced Thursday at its Nacon Connect 2024 event.

This afternoon, Funcom announced the first in a series of Dune Awakening Direct showcases. Slated to go live on Monday, March 4 at 6 PM CET (noon Eastern Time, 9 AM Pacific Time) on Twitch and YouTube, it'll be hosted by Soe Gschwind and include new footage of the open world survival MMO. Fans will be treated to the Gameplay Reveal Trailer and a featurette titled Creating Worlds, from Book to Film to Game.

Nightingale is a gorgeous survival crafter game set in a post-apocalyptic world spread across mysterious realms. I’ve been relishing the opportunity to explore this setting and enjoy the good vibes, but I have to admit that I can’t do it alone. I’m not playing with any friends, but I was lucky enough to find a character named Percy, and he is beasting his way through every challenge I could possibly face.

In most survival crafting games, there’s one large world filled with multiple biomes for players to explore. That’s not the case with Nightingale. While there are procedurally generated realms to explore, players are the ones who craft them with an innovative Realm Card system. Anytime players feel like they’ve amply explored the realm they are in or feel like they need to go to a new one to gather resources, a portal must be found or built.

After 13 long years, Remedy’s Alan Wake finally received a sequel, and it has been a success, managing to sell a million units by December 2023.

The line between bugs and features grows ever thinner as Palworld developer Pocketpair apologizes for "inadvertently fixing a bug" that players were having a lot of fun with.