Abiotic Factor, a popular survival crafting game on Steam, has been added to Xbox Game Pass, allowing players to team up with up to six friends to explore, build, and survive in an underground research facility filled with paranormal and inter-dimensional threats.
Tencent subsidiary Polaris Quest has announced 'Light of Motiram,' an open-world survival crafting game for PC, featuring mechanized animal beasts reminiscent of the Horizon franchise. Players will explore a world dominated by colossal machines, build bases, and train 'Mechanimals' to survive and face formidable bosses. The game offers realistic physics-based building, precise combat, and cooperative play for up to 10 players. It will be available on Steam and Epic Games Store, though no release date has been announced.
The Planet Crafter, a well-received survival crafting game, has officially launched version 1.0 on Steam, introducing a 10-person cooperative multiplayer mode and three new biomes. Players can now explore and terraform an alien world while encountering new, large animals and uncovering additional lore. The update also includes end-game content, procedural wrecks to discover, new crafting items, and various improvements. The game is currently available at a 30% discount until April 24.
BitCraft: Age of Automata, a survival-crafting sandbox MMO, has made significant progress since its 2021 announcement, offering players the opportunity to build a civilization with the help of thousands of others. The game features a claim system to protect player-built structures, a landlord system for renting out homes, and prototype dungeons with puzzles. With ambitious plans for large-scale player interaction and social dynamics, the game's first closed alpha test is set to begin on April 2 for PC.
Inflexion Games, the developer of the Steam survival crafting game Nightingale, is prioritizing the development of an offline mode, acknowledging the demand from players. Despite the initial focus on a shared, connected universe, the developer now aims to release the offline mode as soon as feasible. Regular updates for new content, fixes, and bug work will continue alongside this development. Nightingale, which launched in Steam Early Access, offers a flexible and engrossing gameplay experience, although concerns about the longevity of base building have been raised.
Nightingale, a shared-world survival crafting game with RPG elements developed by ex-BioWare developers, is set to be released in Early Access for PC on February 20. The game offers an in-depth look at its gameplay, showcasing its unique features and mechanics in an official extended overview.
Inflexion Games previewed their debut survival crafting game, Nightingale, ahead of its early access launch, revealing pricing at $29.99 and emphasizing player agency and expression. The game features an alternate history with Fae magic, Realmwalkers, and a diverse cast of NPCs, including historical figures like Ada Lovelace and Henry Hyde. Nightingale supports cooperative multiplayer and asynchronous play, with dedicated servers and a focus on exploration and survival in varied biomes. The game will offer ongoing updates and improvements, with plans for new biomes, creatures, weapons, and more.
LEGO Fortnite's v28.20 update introduces the craftable Hunting Dagger, available in four different strength rarities. To unlock and craft each rarity, players need to ensure their Crafting Bench is at the required level and collect specific items. The Common, Uncommon, Rare, and Epic Hunting Daggers each have their own recipe and materials needed for crafting. This update brings further enhancements to the survival-crafting mode, adding to the game's evolving gameplay mechanics.
Palworld's server costs have surged by 359% since January, reaching almost $500,000 for February alone due to the influx of 19 million players. Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe estimates that maintaining the game during its early access period could cost over $5 million a year at this rate. Despite the high costs, the team is committed to ensuring uninterrupted service for players. With upcoming updates and potential fluctuations in player numbers, the server costs are expected to vary throughout 2024.
Enshrouded offers a solid foundation for a survival crafting game with its impressive building system, reminiscent of Valheim, and a massive prebuilt fantasy world. While the central concept of the Shroud falls short, the game's building mechanics shine with an intuitive and powerful system. The combat is solid but lacks variety, and the game has technical issues in its early access stage. Despite its flaws, Enshrouded shows promise and potential for future success in the survival crafting genre.
Palworld is a new creature capture game with base-building and survival crafting elements. Beginners can benefit from tips such as assigning Pals to jobs, prioritizing cloth for cold protection, spending technology points wisely, watching health bars during combat, utilizing berries for food, building a parachute for traversal, strategic respawning, finding mounts for faster exploration, preparing for raids, obtaining free Pals at Syndicate Camps, understanding elemental strengths and weaknesses, and other quality-of-life tips to thrive in the game.
Lego Fortnite is currently attracting more players than Fortnite Battle Royale, with over 2.1 million players at peak times. The Rocket Racing and Fortnite Festival modes have around 800,000 and 600,000 players respectively. In the Lego mode, players collect Lego items to build houses and objects, and over 1200 in-game costumes have received free Lego variations. While not all skins will receive this treatment, licensed properties like Star Wars and Marvel have Lego versions of their in-game skins due to existing licensing agreements.
Lego Fortnite has introduced a survival-crafting element to the game, and here are some tips and tricks to help players navigate the learning curve. Players can customize their world settings to make the game easier or more challenging, and AFK battle pass progression is possible with passive XP. Utilizing villagers for resource gathering and refining can be beneficial, and eating snowberries or spicy peppers can provide protection from the environment. Beds are not necessary for players, and objects can be deleted by punching them. Holding down the button allows for continuous eating or harvesting, and caves can be found near large rock formations. Building blueprints are not required after reaching level 3, and building storage chests can help with inventory management.
LEGO Fortnite is a new survival crafting game developed in partnership between Epic Games and the LEGO Group. Players can create their own worlds using LEGO bricks digitally, with the option of sandbox or survival gameplay. The game features procedurally generated worlds, resource gathering, crafting, and combat mechanics similar to Fortnite Battle Royale. Players can invite friends to their worlds and choose from over 1,200 LEGO-ified Fortnite skins. The game also includes animal interactions, farming, and the ability to build villages and vehicles. LEGO Fortnite is available for free on multiple platforms.
Treehouse Games has announced Voyagers of Nera, an open-world survival crafting game set in a vibrant ocean world. Players can bond with a living island, protect villages, and explore ancient ruins. The game will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam in 2024, supporting up to 16 players in cooperative gameplay.