[Spoilers for this past season of The Walking Dead.] In terms of his moral development, Carl Grimes was pretty far along the day that his life ended. According to Kohlberg, the social contract stage is way above the punishment avoidance sta...

Naughty Dog's Vice-President Neil Druckmann has set tongues wagging with a vague message on his twitter account, hyping an upcoming reveal for sombre sequel The Last of Us Part II.The tweet simply features an image of a miserable-looking ba...

Let me introduce you to The Refugees. They're a hardy bunch, ten survivors who banded together in an abandoned strip mall. Every member of their post-apocalyptic community brings a little something different to the table. Oscar, or Grouch a...

Green Hell is a psychological survival game in which you'll need to regularly check your body "for parasites, infections, and wounds" while trying to escape the harsh Amazon rainforest. I don't know what it says about me that I'm into that ...

I didn't think we'd ever see a numbered sequel to 2007's S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, a game that will probably still be getting new mods long after we're all gone, but these are strange times. Today, a teaser website appeared with...

[The Actual Charlton Heston reviews the best game about walking for the Band of Bloggers prompt, The Forest. A game where you walk, very quickly, away from mutant cannibals. Want to see your own blogs promoted to the front page? Start your ...

Mention "Conan the Barbarian" to me and I'm more likely to think of a certain redheaded late-night comedian in cosplay than I am to think of Robert E. Howard's iconic savage. Similarly, talk to me about "survival games" and my only real poi...

The Humble Store has started up its spring sale, and even if you aren't in the mood to buy anything, it's worth swinging by right now. The site is giving away The Flame in the Flood for a limited time. Originally released a couple years ago...

The Forest is a survival horror game in a very literal sense. It has all the survival elements you'd expect, such as gathering materials to construct your base and craft items, to managing various stats such as hunger, stamina, and even san...

Rust can be a savage, unforgiving place, but with this week's update, players will have just a little more breathing room. Facepunch has added the Compound, a scientist-run area that acts as a safe zone. There's absolutely no weapons, killi...

Here are some thoughts that popped into my head while playing Frostpunk: These damn cripples are useless! Why is the work day so short? I need to do something about this. If you don't like working a 24-hour shift, maybe you'd like to head ...

This War of Mine developer 11 bit studios is onto something special with Frostpunk, its newly-released "society survival game." In just over two days, the title passed 250,000 sales, with 11 bit CEO Grzegorz Miechowski confirming post-relea...

After spending a little over a year in Steam Early Access, Funcom's open-world survival title Conan Exiles is nearing its official release. The publisher has put out a final trailer to showcase the game in its completed state.In the game, t...

There are a lot of good hellscapes out there, but being stranded on a tiny raft-city while sharks roam the waters is pretty high on the list in terms of terror. Axolot Games is tapping into that innate fear of the deep with Raft, a survival...

While I pride myself on being open to new things, one of the few styles of gaming I’m just not a fan of is the burgeoning survival genre. These games aren’t similar to how some might associate "survival" in gaming (Resident Ev...

For me, Rust tends to bounce between two very different experiences. Sometimes, it's a nerve-wracking game about establishing a safe haven where you won't be found and promptly murdered in the night. Other times, it's a reckless game about ...

Ooh. Don't Starve is coming to Nintendo Switch, and soon! Klei Entertainment is bringing its tough survival game to the Switch eShop next Thursday, April 12 for $20. While this version won't have Don't Starve Together's co-op functionality ...

2014's miserable survival title, This War of Mine, is available to play for free on Steam until the end of the weekend. Developer 11 bit studios announce the trial in part celebration of their new game Frostpunk, which launches later this m...

Studio Wildcard has made the announcement today that ARK: Survival Evolved -- the survival game with dinosaurs, dragons, and naked people getting shot by other people with machine guns riding said dinosaurs on the beach -- is making its way...

The very large MMO about giant dinosaurs is coming to the platform that's physically the smallest. ARK: Survival Evolved is getting a mobile adaption. Developer Studio Wildcard just announced that ARK will be released on both iOS...

I had a decent enough time with Metal Gear Survive and, going forward, I'm curious to see how long its post-release support lasts. Today's update has new co-op rescue missions in which you'll sneak around Wanderer hordes with a survivor on ...

There's a fatalistic cycle at the heart of Rust. Every life begins the same. Players spawn on the shores of an uncaring island, naked and ill-equipped to make it through the day. Every life ends the same, too: with the clinical inevitabilit...

Subnautica is a lonesome and oftentimes harrowing underwater survival game, so the rare moments of levity you might come across on the game's hostile alien planet are worth cherishing while they last. Here's one such unexpected moment that ...

Responding to a fan on twitter, developers of open-world survival title DayZ have announced that the game will finally be arriving on Xbox One this year, as part of the console's Game Preview range of work-in-progress titles.DayZ has been i...

Konami is giving Metal Gear Survive beta players a few accessories for the full version, including a bandana, Fox Hound name plate, and Metal Gear Rex headpiece. That was already known, but there are a few other new bonuses lined up specifi...