27 News this week for survival

Aska, a Viking-themed survival and city-building game, received a major update introducing custom world settings, new buildings, and improved AI in villager behavior. Future updates are planned to bring new enemies, raids, dedicated server support, combat upgrades, and more.

The article describes the events of a video game called Disaster Report Diaries (SOS: The Final Escape) Part Seven, where the player navigates through a disaster-stricken area, facing various challenges and enemies along the way to reach safety.

A video game journalist shares their latest gaming obsession, Oxygen Not Included, developed by Klei Entertainment in 2019. The game offers complex simulation and strategic gameplay as players manage resources like oxygen, food, toxic gases, power, and water to ensure the survival of their colony.

Studio Wildcard has released another patch for Ark Survival Ascended, with version 1.052.008 on PS5 and 52.9 on PC, including gameplay adjustments and not just performance improvements.

Once Human, the sci-fi survival game, remains popular with over 100,000 concurrent users daily. The developer is addressing community feedback by introducing a new blueprint conversion feature and holding a community survey to adjust server tags and opening frequency.

Inflexion Games is giving its survival game Nightingale a major overhaul with the Realms Rebuilt update, offering players more freedom to build and create in the game. The update includes changes to building limits, with composite structures now supporting 1,500 pieces and pre-placed structures no longer counting towards the total.

Dark and Darker Season 4 introduces a new feature where players can entrust their loot to the Expressman in order to save it if they die in the dungeon, adding a new level of tension and strategy to the gameplay.

Sean Murray, founder of Hello Games, has teased that the No Man's Sky Worlds Part 2 update is close to release with a cryptic emoji on Twitter. Fans speculate that the update may focus on overhauling artifacts and points of interest within the game.

Marvel and Fortnite may be working on brand synergy as an event related to Absolute Doom season got leaked before Downey's appearance at San Diego Comic-Con 2024. Fans of both Marvel and Fortnite are excited for the upcoming event.

Satisfactory 1.0 is finally getting an official launch on September 10, 2024, with new phases, tiers, a story mode, achievements, and reworked alt recipes and hard drives.

Microsoft announced a return to the Tokyo Game Show with a special Xbox broadcast event featuring content from Xbox Game Studios, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, and Bethesda, as well as games from third-party partners based in Japan and Asia.

The development roadmap for the upcoming open-world RPG life sim game Mirthwood has been unveiled, with updates such as fishing, companions, seasonal events, creating families, co-op multiplayer, and more scheduled for release.

Ark Survival Evolved has just received two sizable updates, including a remaster of the original game's popular Aberration map and the new content Bob's Tall Tales: Steampunk Ascent, which features airships and a new traversal mechanic.

Thirty years after the first chapter's conclusion in Frostpunk, humanity is still struggling to survive in the neverending frost and icy climate. The upcoming Frostpunk 2 game will introduce a new feature of multiple colonies, raising the stakes and tension for survival.

Capcom has removed rewards for risque photos from Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster as it is no longer relevant to the game's mechanics. The developers explained that they do not view 'Erotica' as a relevant part of the photography gameplay anymore.

Undead Labs announced that the next major update for State of Decay 2 will be the game's final update as they shift focus to working on State of Decay 3, but State of Decay 2 will still be available.

Players are once again experiencing issues with logging into Minecraft's Realms service, with reports of it being down on September 4 affecting players worldwide.

The developers of Planet Crafter have released a new update adding a highly requested vehicle, two new biomes, a fifth animal species, and announced the upcoming paid DLC, Planet Humble, which will feature a new map, snowy biomes, caves, flora, fauna, story, and secrets.

Green Hell, a survival simulation game by Creepy Jar, has received its final update titled Decorations after six years in early access. The update adds various decorations like tables, chairs, and animal trophies for players to spruce up their camps.

Astroneer is getting its first DLC called Glitchwalkers, which will introduce a new planet, new biomes, technology, gameplay features, and a villain. The expansion will be available on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One later this year.

Try out co-op horror game Panic in the Woods on Steam next Friday the 13th. Play solo or with a team of up to four to navigate an eerie forest and survive against fearsome creatures.

Funcom, the developer of Dune: Awakening, is facing challenges in preparing the game for the lower-powered Xbox Series S, with optimizations needed before the release on the Xbox. The game is set to debut on PC early next year, with console versions for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S without a confirmed release date yet.

LEGO Fortnite has recreated iconic Call of Duty maps including Nuketown and Rust, with the entire project taking a couple of weeks to complete.

The zombie survival game, Doomsday: Last Survivors, has teamed up with the classic arcade shooter, Metal Slug 3, for an exciting crossover event offering new hero, themed rewards, and special challenges.

The Last Viking is a first-person multiplayer cooperative survival game where players become young Viking warriors, exploring Norse mythology, crafting tools, and unraveling ancient secrets to survive on an island full of danger and mysteries.

ASTROBOTANICA, a debut title from Space Goblin Studio, will be available for Early Access on Steam in 2025. Players will take on the role of Xel, an intelligent alien botanist searching for a cure on Earth during the Pleistocene era.

Survive on an alien planet filled with cataclysms, resources, industrial building, extreme temperatures, and hostile creatures in the sci-fi survival game StarRupture.