Oct 18, 2018 - Further reading: Frostpunk review: an incredibly stylish and addictive survival management game. The Long Dark. In a sentence: Atmospheric survival in a Canadian post-apocalypse. Oxygen Not Included. Ark: Survival Evolved. Don't Starve.
. Developer: System Era Softworks. Publisher: System Era Softworks. Platform: PC, XBO.
Release Date: 2018 Astroneer is a video game title that was playable since 2016, although it was released as an early access title. Developers System Era Softworks has since stated that the game will be launching fully at some point this year. This is a sandbox adventure title that doesn’t have any real rhyme or reason. There’s no storyline to progress through nor does it have a set end goal. Instead, the game puts a focus on players to build, craft and simply survive the harsh elements of the world. Players take on the role of an astronaut who navigates to a world that can be shaped freely.
Likewise, the game will allow crafting and exploration through the use of various vehicles. However, the open world environment can be troublesome for our protagonist which ultimately means players will need to keep a sharp eye on their surroundings. Likewise, to keep your protagonist alive, players will need to gather resources such as fuel to power the spacecraft along with a healthy stockpile of oxygen reserve tanks. Frostpunk takes place in an alternate reality in which the world has been consumed by mostly frozen tundra leaving humanity to seek out shelter near heat sources. Within the game, players control a city and must manage its inhabitants to keep those safe who seek refuge.
This is a survival game mixed with a tycoon-style city builder. Not only are you growing your city but you’re also gathering resources to keep your civilians alive and healthy. This could mean adding medical treatment centers, training staff, sending out hunters to scavenge food, and of course, making big decisions that plays on a person’s moral beliefs. Conan Exiles. Developer: Funcom. Publisher: Funcom. Platform: PC, PS4, XBO.
Release Date: May 8, 2018 Conan Exiles is another title that’s been available since 2017, but it will soon have its full console release. This is an open world survival game set within the world of Conan the Barbarian, but the story won’t follow Conan, instead, players will create their own protagonist. From the start of the game, players will find that their character is sentenced to death by crucifixion under the beating sun. As you lay waiting for death, Conan comes by and rescues your character leaving players to navigate the harsh and unforgiving world. Developer: Gamepires. Publisher: Devolver Digital. Platform: PC.
Release Date: August 28, 2018 Scum from developers Gamepires is an upcoming survival title set to release later this year as an Early Access title. Overall, the video game acts as a televised show that follows a group of prisoners who are forced into battling each other on an island for entertainment.
For the most part, this is a battle royale video game where the last remaining player wins the game. Narrative wise, Scum places prisoners on an island where they must battle to appease their followers, gain sponsorship, gifts, and possibly a chance at life. There is a big focus on survival outside of combat.
Players will need to keep track of their character stat levels along with managing certain aspects such as nourishment and metabolic rate. If you enjoy video game titles such as PUBG then Scum could something well worth checking out.
Developed by Black Forest Games, the game is stated to include monsters that players will have to face when gathering resources. However, outside of the physical creatures and enemies that seek out our character’s demise, the game is said to also include harsh weather patterns. Through playing the game, players will be able to get a better grip on how the weather will affect Ash.
During your expeditions to gather resources, you’ll have to decide if Ash has enough resources and strength to press on or if he will need to seek shelter and wait for the storm to pass. The Forest.
Developer: Endnight Games. Publisher: Endnight Games. Platform: PC, PS4. Release Date: April 30, 2018 The Forest is finally comes out of its early access stage this year. Within the game, players take on the role of a man named Eric who is on a flight with his son. However, the duo finds themselves crashing down into an island where Eric witnesses his son being kidnapped. Being the only other survivor on the plane, Eric must gather resources around the island while seeking out his son.
Early on Eric will find that the island is home to a cannibalistic tribe that will keep watch over Eric and often attacks him at night. With no set missions or goals, players will need to keep Eric alive by gather resources and setting up a perimeter around his campsite. Likewise, as you explore the island, Eric will seek out his kidnapped son.
While the game doesn’t include missions to complete, there is an optional ending. Rust. Developer: Facepunch Studios.
Publisher: Facepunch Studios. Platform: PC.
Release: February 8, 2018 You’re likely aware of Rust as the game was a big hit when it first launched as an early access title. The game is now out fully this year, where players can meet up and attempt to survive the online hostile world. Rust will force players into the wilderness with nothing more than a rock and a torch. From there, players are left on their own to meet other gamers online while crafting and gathering other precious resources. Most will find that the game works best if players join clans to help gather additional goods or raid other clans for their goods. Likewise, outside of gathering items and resources, players will need to keep an eye on their character to make sure they are not in danger of starvation, thirst or being too cold. Subnautica.
Release: January 23, 2018 (PC), 2018 (XBO) Subnautica is a survival adventure game that is currently available for the PC platform with an Xbox One release coming later this year. Set within the late 22nd century, players step into the shoes of an astronaut who are set to discover and colonize new planets. However, early in the game, our protagonist is the lone survivor of a crashed spaceship.
Trapped on an aquatic planet filled with creatures, some of which will be hostile to the player, gamers are free to explore the world and progress through the narrative. During the journey, players will have to collect a variety of resources to maintain nutrition, hydration, and of course, oxygen.
However, if you wish to up the difficulty with the game, players can try out the Hardcore mode that will still require players to gather resources to maintain their protagonist’s survival, but the game will no longer allow a respawn after a death. State of Decay 2. Developer: Undead Labs. Publisher: Microsoft Studios.
Platform: PC, XBO. Release: May 22, 2018 The sequel to State of Decay is slated to launch later this year. State of Decay 2 is an upcoming zombie survival game set in an open world where players will have to fight against a horde of zombies in a post-apocalyptic world. Players will be controlling a group of survivors where you’ll ultimately decide just who lives and dies as you progress through the gameplay narrative. Likewise, the game does offer multiplayer where players can work together in establishing a safe haven for others to live within. RPG progression is also said to be included in the game where survivor traits can be tweaked the longer you play the game. Furthermore, to assure a safe location, resources will need to be gathered in order to further build up your community to keep hostile zombies from gaining access.
FAR: Lone Sails. Developer: Okomotive. Publisher: Mixtvision. Platform: PC PS4 XBOX ONE OS X. Release: 2018 Within Far: Lone Sails, players will travel across an ocean that has since turned into a barren desert filled with scraps of a once thrilling civilization.
Players will operative a makeshift vehicle that can be maintained and upgraded in order to fight against the natural hazards and obstacles that come your way. The goal overall is simple, players are set to explore the old ruins while riding along in their machine in hopes to seek other survivors.
Release: February 9, 2018 Desolate is set two years after a disaster within the Granichny Island. The disaster has left monsters, madmen, among other horrors scattered around the island.
Players are Volunteers, a role in which civilians can be taken to the island and help research the various paranormal activities. However, every corner in this island is filled with terror and threats. You’ll need to scavenge the island, find other survivors and research the creatures inhabiting the island to learn how they can be defeated. Currently, the game is available to play on the PC platform, but it’s worth noting that the game is in early access.
Metal Gear Survive. Developer: Konami Digital Entertainment. Publisher: Konami.
Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO. Release: February 20, 2018 Metal Gear Survive follows the events from the end of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and before the events of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Upon Big Boss leaving Mother Base, a wormhole opens up and begins to absorb the remaining soldiers. Tossed into a new reality, you’ll find yourself against a slew of hostile zombie-like creatures. Can you find the materials needed to return home or will you be left as nothing more than a quick meal for the blood thirsty enemies? Players will have to scavenge for resources all the while fighting off the zombified creatures that lurk about.
Don’t Starve. Developer: Klei Entertainment.
Publisher: 505 Games. Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, PSV, Wii U, XBO, NS. Release: April 12, 2018 (NS) Don’t Starve, developed by Klei Entertainment, originally released back in 2013 but Nintendo Switch users have received their copy this year. The game is an open world survival video game in which players must help keep their protagonist, scientist Wilson, alive from the dark world.
The game offers a day and night cycle in which the day portion puts players into collecting resources such as food and firewood while at night the game tosses monsters for players to avoid. This can be a difficult game for players to go through as well simply due to the fact that your world will be randomly generated and the included permanent death implementation. Since its initial release, several editions and DLC has been released giving players even more content to go through such as Don’t Starve Together which brought in a multiplayer expansion. Developer: Hello Games. Publisher: Hello Games.
Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO. Release: July 24, 2018 (XBO) No Man’s Sky was a massively hyped video game as it was leading up to its release on PC and PlayStation 4 platforms.
However, once the game came out, the hype was quickly killed away where most fans felt that the developers failed to deliver a product that was promised. However, over the years the developers continued to add content that better shapes up the game to those original expectations. Within July of this year, the game was officially released on the Xbox One platform. Overall, the game puts players into a massive universe where they are free to explore countless worlds. As you reach a planet, you’ll be able to explore the land, gather resources and meet new alien creatures. Likewise, there is a flight simulator aspect where gamers may find themselves getting into dogfights over pirates in search of easy loot. Hello Games have also featured an end goal for players to reach.
Throughout your journey, players are tasked with reaching the center of the galaxy which will give players another chance to restart their exploration all over again. Players will also need to be weary of exploring too far away from their ship as the different planets could hurt certain aspects of your character’s health. As a result the game forces players to gather resources or make upgrades in order to safely wander the planet. We Happy Few.
Developer: Compulsion Games. Publisher: Gearbox Publishing, Microsoft Studios.
Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO. Release: August 10, 2018 We Happy Few is a survival title that takes place in an alternate mid-1960s.
Set in a dystopia where society requires its civilians to take a hallucinogenic drug to prevent them from being exposed to the true world, players will have the ability to go through the game with three different characters, all of which will have their own narrative journey and reasons behind avoiding the drug. Players will have to gather items and weapons to stay alive as they flee the government control. However, keeping under the radar will be a challenge as you’ll have to look and act the part of being under the drug control. To help progress through the game and achieve the characters end goals is a skill tree which will help in aspects such as combat and stealth. Regardless, the game will likely leave you on edge especially if you decide to go through the game with permadeath turned on.
Luckily, this is an option for players so if you’re not feeling up to losing your progress, permadeath can be disabled.
We’ve certainly had our fair share of disappointing MMO releases over the past few years — most notably (R.I.P.) and Revelation Online. But, there are quite a few promising new hitting the market in 2019 (and beyond) that we can’t wait to get our hands on. We’d hate for you have to spend hours and hours creating a character and wasting your life away on one of these games that don’t have a pay-off.
All too often, these types of games can just be an endless time sink. That’s not what we’re looking for, though; we want something juicier, something meatier. Something that isn’t pay-to-win. This list contains all of the best-looking in the MMO genre for 2019 that are set for a North American release. We’ll note that we tried to include every upcoming MMORPG we could find in development, but we excluded browser-based and lower quality titles simply because, well, they’re not worth our time (nor are they worth your time). So if you’re looking for a new MMORPG to play, here are all of the upcoming new MMOs of 2019, 2020, and beyond: See Also: 1. Legends of Aria Release Date: January 8, 2019 Developer: Citadel Studios Publisher: Citadel Studios Legends of Aria is another one of those promising upcoming MMORPGs that touts its living, breathing world that’s actually influenced by players. Players can play on official or player run servers, and the ability for creating massive servers using a cluster server, which each server having unique rule sets.
It’s the first game that allows you to run and moderate your own game worlds that will support thousands of users at one time. At least, that’s what the marketing jargon says, and hopefully, the game will live up to its promise. It’s created by the lead developers of Ultima Online, so you know it’s in good hands. No word on an official release date, but at least we know it’s on the way and the devs are hard at work. Our initial impression of LoA noted that the game just wasn’t ready for releasebut that was way back in March 2018.
Hopefully, the January 2019 Early Access release will be more formidable. 2. Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen Release Date: TBA Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is an MMORPG based on high fantasy, and it is, of course, set in a large open world. It will have a strong focus on group-oriented content and social interaction. It’ll take place on Terminus, a world populated by deities and heroes. The player takes on the role of a legendary hero, and you’re tasked with reclaiming long-lost relics. The combat will focus on preparation and awareness, allowing players to be challenged through scenarios that require understanding and skill to rise above their opponents.
The developers at Visionary Realms note that there will be activities in which players can do on their own, but the majority of the content will need to be conquered with others, with a strong focus on the importance of a player’s reputation. The game remains in a pre-alpha state, which it has been in since December 2017. Dual Universe Developer: Novaquark Publisher: Novaquark Release Date: TBD, Full Release Slated for Late 2020.
Dual Universe is an upcoming sci-fi space simulation MMO, with every construction and ship built in-game by players. It’s essentially a sandbox where players are tasked with building all of the civilizations, economy, trade, and warfare. That means players will create their own enemies (or defend themselves against others).
That means players will form their own alliances, stake claim to their own civilizations, and could potentially block off rare resources from other players with a military force. The possibilities are endless. Dual Universe is the first game with a fully editable universe that is going to be built by players. And, at this point, it’s hard to tell if that’s going to be a good thing or a bad thing. On one hand, we all love building stuff and crafting.
On the other hand, though, you’ve got griefers, which has always been a problem with similar games before. How will Novaquark control griefers is the question. Still, it’s a promising concept, and it uses a continuous single shard server – meaning you’ll essentially be able to play with millions of other players, instead of thousands. The game is currently in the pre-alpha playtesting stage, so we’ve got a while yet before it ever sees the light of day. The dev team announced pre alpha access for those who took part in the Kickstarter campaign, but other than that, there’s no release date in sight. But we’ll keep you posted.
For now, you can. Crowfall Release Date: TBA (you can buy Early Access right now) If you’re looking for a simulator, with players battling for their right to the throne, check out Crowfall, a recently funded that hit over $1.7 million. The throne war sandbox MMO will contain five systems of worlds, known as campaigns, and each world will have a different set of rules. The economy will be player-driven, allowing users to build their own mercantile empire. And, the game will contain unique archetypes, according to the devs.
It even features Game of Thrones -esque house banners right on the. The last we heard about an official Crowfall release date was in June 2018 when we were told that we would get a soft launch in 2019. You can get your hands on the early access version right now.Update 5/20: There’s a growing concern that Crowfall’s developers are focused too much on raking in the money and not on being fair. We’ve just learned of a very strange VIP monthly access system that feels very much like pay to win.
For a better explanation, check out the video from ItsZiz: 5. Trials of Ascension: Exile Release Date: TBA (Available in Early Access) Trials of Ascension: Exile is being called a “host your own” MMO fantasy sandbox game by its developer, Forged Chaos. Players are able to create their own private islands, set the rules as they’d like, and invite up to 64 other players into their world to share the experience.
Players are able to choose from several different biomes, pick what races are allowed in the world, and determine how scarce resources will be in the world. Players will be able to play by themselves, with friends, or the entire TOA: Exile community. Every item available in the game is crafted by human characters, with items being made from natural resources found throughout the islands. Wood from trees, hides from animals, fiber from plants, ores, etc will allow players to create tools, weapons, armor, clothing, equipment, food, building and defenses.
Players will even be able to play as a dragon. We’re not sure how it is all going to play out, but we’re sure as hell excited to find out. Every item available in the game is crafted by human characters, with items being made from natural resources found throughout the islands.
Wood from trees, hides from animals, fiber from plants, ores, etc will allow players to create tools, weapons, armor, clothing, equipment, food, building and defenses. Players will even be able to play as a dragon. We’re not sure how it is all going to play out, but we’re sure as hell excited to find out. Also, there are weekly development updates on their forum, so at least we know they’re hard at work on it. Project TL Release Date: TBA 2019 Project TL. We just got the reveal trailer from NCSOFT late last year, and it was one of the best game trailers of the year!
There’s a lot of visually stimulating ideas to chew on here, including abilities with vibrant colors, some interesting-looking abilities we haven’t seen before, and a great top-down perspective you don’t see in the genre much. We also see a character scaling a big dilapidated structure of some sort, which implies scalibility and verticality. It’s the rebooted version of what was originally Lineage Eternal, and now, it will use the Unreal Engine 4. We certainly shouldn’t expect it to release in 2018, but maybe, just maybe, we’ll get some sort of beta at the end of the year. Please, NCSOFT, give us THAT! The big concern here is that it’s NCSOFT as the publisher, and they’ve had so many problems in the past.
Most recently, they let us down with how they handled WildStar, which is. Lost Ark Lost Ark is an upcoming action MMO with a fantasy setting that’s pretty far along in development (in fact, most were expecting its release for 2017). Unfortunately, that didn’t happen, and they’re still in closed beta testing at this time. We still don’t have a western release date of any kind, but we’re salivating over every bit of footage we see. It’s fast paced, and it allegedly has a strong emphasis on exploration. Footage so far shows brilliant visual effects.
We also don’t have confirmation of a western release, although there is a and, in all likelihood, we will eventually see one. Chronicles of Elyria Release Date: TBA 2020 Taking the massively multiplayer online genre to the next step is Chronicles of Elyria, a game that was recently funded on (check out the Kickstarter video above).
There are a lot of interesting ideas contained in Elyria, and hopefully, we’ll be able to get a hands-on with an alpha sometime soon. The main idea behind Chronicles of Elyria is that your character actually ages and dies in the game. It will also have a closed economy, FINITE RESOURCES, and quests that aren’t repeatable.
What’s more, it has fully destructible environments that will allow the game to be experienced differently for every character. Each time players login, there will be a dynamic world waiting. And, we certainly can’t wait to login. We’re hoping that we’ll hear some more details about this highly anticipated game.
Ascent: Infinite Realm Release Date: TBA Developer: Bluehole Publisher: Kakao Games The company behind, Bluehole, has an MMORPG in the works, and it looks quite promising. It definitely has an action-oriented feel to it, all with a steampunk fantasy aesthetic. Players will use airships as their primary mode of transport, and the game will have aerial combat. We also know that it will have an emphasis on Realm vs.
Realm PvP combat. The game will use Unreal Engine 3. Hopefully, Bluehole will optimize the game before releasing it into the wild. Unfortunately, we haven’t received any news regarding Ascent: IR’s development in 2018 as far as a release date is concerned, which clearly isn’t a good sign. Hopefully, we’ll hear something in early 2019 regarding an early access release.
We did learn recently, however, that the game will have solo dungeons and that players will be able to deck out their own living space according to their personal taste AND invite friends to visit that space. In fact, you can find a slew of cool-looking screenshots on their. Identity Release Date: TBA (Now available in Early Access) Developer: Asylum Entertainment This game has a lot of ambition — and in all honesty, it appears as though it might have too much ambition, trying to be an ultra-realistic simulation MMORPG. It’s touting itself as a “new breed of MMORPG”, and if it lives up to its claims, it just might very well be. Players will interact in the world with “absolute freedom”, where the actions of your player and the other players determining your fate in the world. You can live like a criminal, a police officer, a business person, or anyone else — the video above even touts that each level of police (Sargeant, chief, DEA, etc) is played by actual characters.
There’s also a formidable housing system, with every house in the game being for sale. Players can buy houses for themselves to live in, decorate, and customize to their own liking, or they can purchase a house with the full intent on renting/flipping. Playing the real estate market can be lucrative!
Identity will take place in a fictional land in the eastern United States, heavily inspired the Carolinas and Georgia. The land is massive, with the initial world size being a whopping 200 square km. Asylum also states that the vast majority of items found in shops around the world are created by actual players, with everything from furniture to weapons and vehicles being crafted by peers.
In all likelihood, we probably won’t see Identity get a full release for years to come, but Asylum Entertainment is working on it right now and they now have an Early Access version live on Steam. However, buyer beware: the reviews are saying that there’s not a lot to do at the moment and the EA release was too early. Ashes of Creation Release Date: TBA Developer: Intrepid Studios Ashes of Creation is quickly becoming one of our most anticipated MMOs on the horizon, and with every bit of new in-engine footage we see, we get more and more excited. One of the key features of this high fantasy MMO is a player driven world with a unique node system that will allow players to build the world up around them. Will you build up your defenses or set out to destroy other player creations?
The server will have dynamic, ever-changing content because of the unique system, with each server having different ebbs and flows. Players will have their own housing, as players can build and own buildings around the world — from farms to mansions. One of its other key features is the ability to siege castles. Build up a guild filled with allies to take down other castles and create your own dynasty. Everything we’ve seen from Ashes of Creation so far points to it being a wildly unique experience where players shape the world around them.
With player housing, a player-driven economy, and an apparently lawless land, it looks like we’re in for something incredible. The game will hit Kickstarter on May 1st, and it hit well over their goal of $750K in just over 12 hours.
People are hyped, us included. In fact, Ashes of Creation is now our most anticipated MMO currently in development, and we can’t wait to hear more about this new mmorpg.
See Also:. 12. Magic: The Gathering MMORPG Release Date: TBA Developer: Cryptic Studios While we don’t have much along the lines of details just yet, Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment announced a new this morning. What we know so far is that it won’t be titled simply Magic: The Gathering, as its official title has yet to be revealed. We also know that it’s going to come to PC and consoles, although how far away its release has yet to be determined. What’s more, we exclusively learned that the ‘AAA RPG’ they were initially teasing in the press release is actually a free to play MMORPG.
Our most recent update came from Gamasutra, which pointed out Cryptic’s hiring blitz, clearly looking for more devs to get this baby rollin’. We’ll keep you posted when we get more MTG MMORPG news, but for now, that’s all we have.
13. Camelot Unchained Release Date: TBA 2019, Beta Access July 4, 2018 Developer: City State Entertainment Publisher: Snail Games If you’re looking for something with a more traditional fantasy style, check out the upcoming Camelot Unchained, a fantasy MMO running on the developer’s own Unchained Engine. The game was crowdfunded through a Kickstarter campaign — it raised over $2.2 million from over 14,000 backers — as well as backing from Mark Jacobs, the designer of Dark Age of Camelot. Camelot Unchained is said to be the spiritual successor for DAoC.
It’ll have a significant focus on PvP, with large-scale battles set as the focus. There are also some interesting and unique mechanics at play here. For one, you’ll be able to craft and build your own unique home, fort, or castle, instead of having to buy a premade one (which might be what we’re most excited about).
You’ll have to defend your home against enemies as well. On top of that, the majority of the environment will have been built almost entirely by players.
So, towns and cities will be crafted by players, and when they’re sacked by enemies, they’ll have to be rebuilt again. Secondly, the proprietary engine will deliver massive, real-time battles between layers (up to 500 of them right now), with huge draw distances and a procedurally generated environment. The game has been in development for quite some time, and we have no idea when we should expect to get our hands on it. There was recently an update that noted that we can now expect the Camelot Unchained Beta 1 BY July 4, 2018 (the devs noted that if they can get it out sooner than that, they will, but July 4th is their buffer date). However, hopefully, we’ll see a full release sooner rather than later.
New World MMO Release Date: TBA 2019 Developer: Amazon Studios Publisher: Amazon Studios Newly formed Amazon Studios is creating its own fantasy massively multiplayer online game, and early concepts look absolutely incredible. It’s set in an alternate reality, set in 17th-century colonial America where magic is real. Devs tease nature things out in the wild and horrible things hiding in the shadows, so let’s go ahead and assume there will be fantastical monsters aplenty. How you play and what you do, and what sort of player you are is entirely up to you. In the only brief teaser video we have for New World, the devs tease that you can be a farmer, a soldier who protects others, an explorer, or anything else you want to be in this world. It’s intriguing, and the fact that it has a big Amazon budget behind it makes it even more interesting. Unfortunately, we haven’t heard anything new about New World since last year, so here’s to hoping we will get some new information soon.
City of Titans Release Date: Still TBA There are two big genres we’ll never get tired of here at Nerd Much?: zombies and superheroes. Of course, the latter is the reason that City of Titans is on our radar. The upcoming superhero MMO from Missing Worlds Media is being touted as a spiritual successor to City of Heroes. Of course, those are some big superhero boots to fill, but this Kickstarter-funded MMO brought in double its initial goal of $320K.
Finally, after a super long development period, City of Titans will be playable in Early 2019, although any sort of date hasn’t been penned just yet. 17. Project Gorgon Developer: Elder Game, LLC Publisher: Elder Game, LLC Release Date: Now Available in Early Access, Full release TBA Genre: Fantasy Survival This is a fantasy RPG that’s now available via Steam’s Early Access, but we don’t have a lot of hope for it, given the terrible-looking graphics that would make the original Xbox cringe. If you can ignore its ugliness, there could be a gem of a game waiting for you, as it does have an ambitious skill based-leveling system that will allow you to shake the current trend of pre-determined class systems. The devs also tout that they won’t be holding your hand through it, meaning you’ll have to discover everything on your own.
One interesting mechanic that I don’t think we’ve seen in any other MMORPG is the fact that Shopkeepers keep inventory, so you can actually buy items that other players have sold to them. The game is, surprisingly, rated ‘Very Positive’ on Steam from over 280 reviewers, so maybe there is hope for it. For now, it’s on our radar and we’ll be keeping an eye out for it. Dark and Light (Xbox One) Developer: NP Cube Publisher: Snail Games Release Date: Release Date TBA Genre: Fantasy Survival.Coming to Xbox One (confirmed at ). In Dark and Light, you’ll be tasked with harnessing and controlling the magical energy that courses through the planet Gaia. The game contains over 100 magical skills relating to survival, exploration, attack, defense, and more, and players will learn those skills as they progress through the game. The game will feature dragons, griffins, unicorns, goblins, and many other mythical creatures.
Players will be tasked with building their own bases as well, and because the game is an “endless sandbox”, they’ll be able to build anything from underground bases to their own island fortress. The game touts that if you can reach an area, you can build in that area. There are still so many questions surrounding D&L, but at least it’s now on our radar. Now, we are a bit skeptical that this will even make it into 2018 for the Xbox One, as it currently runs quite poorly on PC. So, we can’t imagine it running smoothly on Xbox One just yet. We wouldn’t be surprised if this hit in 2019.
See Also: 19. Life is Feudal: Sandbox MMORPG Release Date: MMORPG is TBA, but ‘Your Own’ version available on Steam Life is Feudal is one of the upcoming MMOs that we’re most excited about because it will apparently take a more hardcore nature. It’s set in a fictional medieval world, and players will be able to shape terrain in any way that they’d like. Digging tunnels, shoveling moats, and building castles are just a few of the terrain-changing things you can do in the game.
In fact, the game will be a sandbox MMO that will allow players to do whatever they want. It’ll contain full loot, open PvP, asset destruction during sieges and raids, and complex crafting system. It appears that the game will take a focus on building and defending your home from invaders. Population Zero Developer: Enplex Games Publisher:?
Release Date: TBA 2019 Population Zero is an upcoming sci-fi survival MMO set in the distant future that’s planned for release in 2019. It’s giving off strong Firefall vibes, at least as far as the world aesthetics and character design are concerned. You’ll play on a multi-biome planet named Kepler, where you (a colonist) are tasked with investigating the planet’s flora and fauna while fighting for survival. You’ll play with “hundreds” of other players in a single world built by hand by the devs, without any procedural generation. The world is also multi-factional, and you’re set right in the middle. Population Zero will be a full-loot PvP title, but the devs promise it won’t be a grief-fest, as they’re preparing systems that will ensure that veteran players will.
The game will also be faced with intense survival elements, as they’ll have to scrounge for food/water on an unfamiliar planet. We also know that the game won’t use leveling/grinding for progression, but will, instead, use tech trees. And, there will be a strong emphasis on crafting. We’ll be keeping a close eye on Population Zero here at Nerdmuch.com, so stay tuned for more news as we get it. Untitled Alien MMO Shooter Developer: Cold Iron Studios Publisher:?
Release Date: TBA Along with this morning’s announcement of Alien: Blackout, a mobile game (yeck), comes the news that Cold Iron Studios is working on a ‘massively multiplayer online shooter’ set in the Alien universe. The title of the upcoming Alien MMO is still being kept under-wraps. There’s no information about it available just yet, though we’ve inquired to see if we can get any more details. Coming to Consoles in 2019: Black Desert Online (Xbox One) – March 4, 2019 Like this helpful list and want to see what other great content Nerdmuch.com has to offer?
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