WatchSurvival is on Twitch! Plus my recent H1Z1 addiction.

Hello survivors!  I recently started up a twitch stream for those who are interested in that kinda thing.

Watchsurvival Twitch

I won't have no regular schedule or nothing but most of the time my playing times will be mid to late afternoon.  I will be streaming a lot of H1Z1 most likely but I will stream 7 Days,  The Forest,  The Long Dark ect as well.   Which brings me to the second point of this post!

H1Z1 is awesome!  Seriously,  I'm having a blast. So much so in fact that I've still not posted a survival list update because I can't stop playing the game.  I've been playing it almost every day since the launch day.  The devs have been really great with updates and community feedback and they have the game rolling in the right direction.  I try not to be biased here on Watchsurvival but I will be honest I'm enjoying the game a ton more than Dayz mod or Dayz Stand Alone.   H1Z1 has been built from the ground up to handle this genre and SOE has the means and the developers to make it into something great.   Please don't let the cheesy reviews scare you away from this one, there has been a lot of feedback from idiots trying to say this game is pay2win and that is simply not true which they would realize have they actually played the game in the first place before bashing it. Trust me I can't stand pay 2 win titles and I would not be playing this game if it was. Most other negative comments have already been worked out of the game as the game is indeed early access and many things need to be added and tweaked.  I sort of wish steam would not allow for reviews on early access titles because as I said most negative reviews are about things that simply need adjusting because it is a game in Alpha, but I understand why they do it. 

I'll end this post with a quick video of me and my wife and another close friend taking a truck some of you might find amusing!

Carry on survivors!
Zargo

Updates coming soon!

Hello fellow survivors!  I know it has been a while since my last post but I'm still alive and kicking.  I'll will be updating the list this weekend to include quite a few new games as well as another Tag that people are requesting.  Survival list just keeps getting bigger and bigger!   Lot of good hopefuls this year.   H1Z1 Starts early access on steam tomorrow.  I am looking forward to that.   Project Zomboid just keeps getting better and better and I'm currently having a blast with the latest build of that as well. I've also been enjoying The Long Dark, it is quite nice.   Look forward to updates soon! Hope everyone had some Happy Holidays!

Keep surviving out there!

Zargo

Watchsurvival Games List Updated! The Long Dark , Still Alive, H1Z1

Hello and well met survival fans!  I have updated the Survival game list to include a few more games headed our way!  I may not post much news as of late but I am indeed still trying to keep the survival games list updated which is the reason most of you are here anyways.  I really recommend following Watchsurvival on Facebook if you want to see updates for games and what most of them are currently up to as it is much easier to follow updates there from the different developers and games.  Thanks everyone! Keep surviving out there!


The Long Dark
Homepage: http://intothelongdark.com/
Forums: http://hinterlandforums.com/

The Long Dark seems to be getting a lot of buzz right now and is being talked about as being a great survival game that will be more based on actual survival than most other games out there.  I am really looking forward to see this game take shape and see which direction it goes in. 

Still Alive
Homepage:  http://www.stillalivegame.com/
Forums: http://forum.stillalivegame.com/

Still Alive seems to be a great little 2d based multiplayer survival game. 

H1Z1
Homepage: https://www.h1z1.com/home
Forums:  Not Seeing an official forum yet.

H1Z1 probably doesn't need much introduction by now unless you are living under a rock.  As an avid gamer of Everquest for years and a personal fan of SOE online games, I cannot tell you how excited I am for this game.  I am really looking forward to it and I believe it may be the zombie survival MMO that I honestly wanted Dayz to be.  I am trying to not jump on the hype train to keep myself from getting disappointed but I really hope this game is everything SOE is claiming that it will be.  

Kickstarter for Still Alive up and kicking!

Hello and well met everyone! I wanted to make a quick post here to let everyone know about a new upcoming survival game that's recently made it's way to Kickstarter.  The developers contacted me and asked if I would let everyone know about there game and after seeing the trailer and looking at the Kickstarter campaign, how could I not?

The game is called Still Alive and it's a qoute "2D Multiplayer Platformer PVP Survival Game for PC, Mac & Linux."   The art direction looks really cool and different from what is out there and it sure does have a lot of really cool survival elements.  The page can be found at the link below and they have also listed Stretch Goals and rewards and many more other things.  Check it out it may be something all of you fellow survival fans are interested in.  I will perhaps post more updates later about this one as development continues.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/binji/still-alive


Keep surviving out there!

Zargo

Project Zomboid Multiplayer!!! MP Test starting soon as possible.

You read the title correctly! Project Zomboid is hot on the multiplayer trail. Get ready to survive the zombie apocalypse with all your friends. Even that one friend that always steals all the good loot.  A lot of recent news is coming down the pipeline with multiplayer info,  check out the good stuff below.

Most Recent Blog (little talk about multiplayer including MP public test soon)
http://projectzomboid.com/blog/2014/01/lazy-look-at-these-photos-of-us-in-a-pub-mondoid/

Last Weeks Blog (lots of multiplayer talk and multiplayer videos.)
http://projectzomboid.com/blog/2014/01/the-third-act-twist/


More videos to Watch Part 1 of  8
http://youtu.be/xFPEfTF_wJo

Enjoy!

Watchsurvival Update! Raindrop added to survival game list. "The Forest" information and gameplay trailers.

Just throwing up a quick update for everyone.  The survival game Raindrop has recently came to my attention and looks quite promising so far.  I'll be keeping my eye on this in the future.

Quote from Website.
"Raindrop is a surreal, environment driven, first-person survival game that includes fully explorable levels with intuitive, complex puzzles. "

Homepage: http://www.raindropgame.com/
Forums:  http://www.indiedb.com/games/raindrop  (official forums not found so indiedb page included.)


Another survival game The Forest on my list is getting some love recently and have released some good gameplay trailers. Check out the IGN link below for the information and the trailers.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/13/the-forests-storytelling-and-gameplay-details-revealed

Dayz Stand Alone is released on Steam Early Access plus Eidolon, Project Redfield added to survival games list.

The Day is here!  Dayz the game is now made available! The game is still technically in beta so do not expect perfection but it is already the top selling game on Steams List.  Check it out below, rest assured I will be diving into this very soon.  I've updated the forums link as well. 

Steam Store Page
http://store.steampowered.com/app/221100/

A couple of new survival games have recently came to my attention as well.  I've added Eidolon to the games list, the information can now be found below or on the survival games page.  This is apparently a survival game based on  post-human Western Washington. The art style looks good and appears to offer a unique mix of graphics. Created by the company Ice Water Games.   

Homepage:  http://www.icewatergames.com/ 
Forums:  http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=36910.15  (apparently not their own forums but  thread linked from their official site.)

Small write up about the game can be found at Rock,Papper,Shotgun

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/12/07/eidolon-is-a-survival-game-about-mystery-beauty-and-life/ 


Project RedField is another survival game (MMO) recently brought to my attention.  The information for the game can be found below.

Project RedField
Homepage: http://projectredfield.com/
Forums: http://projectredfield.com/forums/index.php

Thanks everyone for your support! Keep surviving out there!

Survival Games List small update! Starbound, Nether, and Rust now playable Steam Early Access. 7 Days to Die also comes to Steam Early Access.

I did a quick update to the survival games list today and added playable tags to the following games, which are all now accessible on Steam's Early Access program.

Starbound
 http://store.steampowered.com/app/211820/

Nether
http://store.steampowered.com/app/247730/

Rust
http://store.steampowered.com/app/252490/


7 Days to Die which has been playable for some time now also comes to Steam Early Access.

7 Days to Die
http://store.steampowered.com/app/251570/?snr=1_7_15__13

Project Zomboid Monday Status Update, 7 Days to Die Alpha 4 is ready.

Hello and well met!  Had a few minutes to spare and thought I would post a quick spot about two of my recent favorite games giving out even more updates.

Project Zomboid Monday status update is out and let's us know what is going on.  Seems like some good map working is in development and Items and loot are getting bug fixed and improved.  Check it out below.

http://projectzomboid.com/blog/2013/11/next-steps/


7 Days to Die is also releasing updates faster and faster recently. Their Alpha 4 update is already ready to go and I just posted about Alpha 3 not long ago.  This update adds some cool melee weapons and new recipes for the crafting system and also a good mix of bug fixes as well.   Check out the patch notes below or read my copy and paste.

http://7daystodie.com/alpha-4-is-available-for-consumption/



-copy and paste-

 7 Days to Die

Official Alpha 4 Release Notes

Added

• Added scrap metal recipes from candy tins, air filters, and hub caps
• Added new feature for preview position and rotation for placing blocks. Before placing a block a semi-transparent preview of the block is displayed and player can rotate it using LMB
• Added Femur bone club\crafting item
• Added Hunting Knife
• Added Bone Shiv
• Added recipe for bone shiv
• Added recipe for hunting knife
• Added femur to zombie & deer loot
• Added hunting knife to loot
• Added new block rotate sound set
• The“empty glass” can now also be filled with water at toilets

Changes

• Reduced polygon density on the barbed wire fence trap, candy tin landmine, hub cap landmine and air filter landmine for better performance and to keep people from reaching max vertices in a chunk
• When pressing the ALT key in 3rd person the camera can be moved freely around the player. Old state was: when shooting it was shot through the screen middle. New state: the crosshair is removed and shooting is done along the players view
• When the Z menu is opened, the full text search is auto selected and the old entered text is cleared
• Increased time that zombies play their roam sounds
• Increased block damage on explosions to allow better TNT chain reactions
• The turn speed of entities (like zombies or stag) is now dependent on their speed: the faster they move the faster they turn
• Increased colliders for inventory slots so that horizontally there is no space any more. Vertically there is still a small gap in the bag
• Spikes can now be placed only on a solid cube. So stacking of spikes isn’t possible

Bug Fixes

• Fixed problem that chunk could not be saved when building a column > 190 blocks
• Configure Controls: fixed bug that “left shift” and “right shift” were not selectable
• Fixed problem that when placing a bedroll/bed the other block was removed without a check. This could be abused for fast mining. Also set the orientation of a bed correctly
• Fixed problem that when running a server for a long time and the entity ids get greater than 16 bit, no player was able to connect to the server any more
• Added delay to food items so they don’t disappear until used

Known Issues

• Animals get knocked back quite far when hit
• When you light a pipebomb and don’t throw it, it will explode but the pipebomb is not “deleted”/removed from your inventory. If you die, all of them are dropped, including the one that exploded.
• Stability on Bridges are still a little weak in the middle
• Players can sometimes get stuck in small vertical spaces less than 2 blocks high like on top of a cinder block or trash pile
• Sometimes there are missing polygons in the world

7 Days to Die Alpha 3 Update, Project Zomboid Update, Minecraft 1.7.2

Hello fellow survivors! If you are following Watchsurvival on Facebook  (https://www.facebook.com/Watchsurvival )  you have probably seen this information. I wanted to let everyone know about a couple of recent fun updates.  First on the List 7 Days to Die has just released a new update after only 10 days or releasing the last update.   This game is coming along nicely.  Read about all the additions and changes below.

http://7daystodie.com/alpha-3-is-out-oh-my/


Project Zomboid has recently released their newest Monday blog which talks to us about their most recent updates and all the new wonderful things in store for zomboid, which keeps getting better and better. 

http://projectzomboid.com/blog/2013/11/buildin-it-up/


Probably already old news to quite a few of you but Minecraft also released a new update that was quite awesome 1.7.2 The Update that Changed the World.  I'm making a note of this update because it has been a long time since I've picked up Minecraft and played it and I found this update worth checking the game out again. Others that have not played in a while might find this one worthy of your time.  The new biomes are a great addition to the game in my personal opinion and really help freshen up the seeds  and make the world more fun to explore again.

https://mojang.com/2013/10/minecraft-1-7-the-update-that-changed-the-world/


Keep surviving out there!
Z

7 Days to Die Alpha Update 2 is on the way.

Hello everyone! Just making a quick post to inform everyone about the recent 7 Days to Die update that is rolling out soon.  This game just got a ton of new features and a lot more difficult.  I can't wait to try this out. From the previews cropping up it looks pretty deadly.  Check it out below.

Youtube Preview from Rhinocrunch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAZp5hd7oVw

 
Forum Posts

http://7daystodie.com/forums/showthread.php?134-Alpha-2-Out-Next-Week


http://7daystodie.com/forums/showthread.php?212-Alpha-2-Preview-Video

Watchsurvival Message Board / Forums is up!

Hello survivors! I'm posting to let everyone know the Watchsurvival Message board has now started up.  You can reach it at the link up top now or by clicking here  http://watchsurvival.proboards.com/

Keep in mind it is currently very basic and will obviously need more work but I figure it is a great start. My time was short so I'm not finished with it just yet.   Looking forward to hearing everyone's survival gaming discussions.  Please sign up and start up some chatter!  I've also already added a post for everyone to post their suggestions for the Survival Games List.   Thanks everyone and enjoy!

Don't Starve Update Trailer Six Feet Under

Don't Starve has released their newest update trailer for us labeled Six Feet Under!  Check out the trailer below and visit the forum link for more information.

Video
http://youtu.be/3_QEZ9zwIRQ

Forums
http://forums.kleientertainment.com/index.php?/topic/28264-update-trailer-six-feet-under/

Long Winded Watchsurvival updates! New Games! News and My thanks!

Good day survivors!  I had some time off tonight so I thought I would go through some updates with all these recent comments.   The website is really picking up and I think that is great.  It is very awesome to see so many contributing to Watchsurvival.

The Watchsurvival facebook page is starting to pick up as well and is getting followers and likes. https://www.facebook.com/Watchsurvival   That doesn't seem like much to a lot of you I am sure, but to me I think that is really great.

 I also want to note I do not "advertise" Watchsurvival,  I do not buy "likes"  Every like on facebook and every comment on this website are all from the real deal survival gamers.  You found this website on Google or from my posting on survival game forums or from friends.   I think it is silly to try to force people into likes or gaining followers.  I will not "buy" likes.  I don't want random people who have no clue "Liking"  Watchsurvival on facebook or joining in on Watchsurvival.  I want the real gamers and real survival game fans to enjoy this.  This community is growing and it's all because of you real survival gamers supporting the cause.  For that I give you all a very big Thank You. 

Which also brings me to another problem and that is spammers.  If you visit the site often you will probably see these comments from time to time.  I'm on edge about it because on one hand I get so many awesome comments from a lot of you under anonymous and get good new game info from all of you Anon's as well.   This is the part I enjoy.  People can post quickly and not take up much of their time worrying about memberships and logging in ect.   The problem with this is that it makes it very easy for Spammers and spam bots to also post on this website.  For the time being I am keeping anon on because of all you awesome anon's that post. I am posting a warning here though. If the spamming gets too out of hand or too out of control I will be forced to take action and disable anonymous posting.  I just wanted to give all you friendly anon's a heads up.  Keeping anon posting for now but may have to disable in the future.

Which brings me to another point.  It's obvious a lot of you enjoy your time here and a lot of you enjoy good survival game discussion with other fellow survival game fans.   Because of this I am considering opening up a Message Board/ Forum for Watchsurvival!  This will probably be happening sometime soon in the future.  


Anyways on to the reason your here! The games!  New games added to the survival game list are:

Sir, You are being hunted
Wrecked (mini game)
Xsyon  (MMO)
No Return
Nether (MMO)
Zombox
The Stomping Land

All Comments I have addressed are below for your viewing pleasure.

"Darkwoods has a forum btw http://forums.acidwizardstudio.com/"

Nice Catch! I've updated the survival games page with their forum link.

"A survival game called 'Sir, You are being hunted' has recently came onto public alpha on Steam and other stores. "

Added this game and their forums to the Survival games list.  Thanks for finding it.  

"Here's one to add to the list, it's called "Wrecked"

Done. I've added it to the outdated section as I'm honestly not sure what category to post this one under, perhaps I will make a "Mini Survival" games section in the future. 

"survivor fps
  xsyon
drath's list Wilderness Survival Games"

Survivor fps is already added to the list thanks. Good Eye on Xsyon I've added it to the list under the MMO section.    As for the Wilderness Survival games list, I have noticed a lot of those are already on Watchsurvival. I will review the others soon that are not on Watchsurvival and add them accordingly.  

 'NO RETURN' -- 3D Open World Wilderness Survival & Hunting Game"

Added to the list. Thanks for the find.  I've included the indiedb page as their forum page.

 "Nether -- SURVIVAL-HORROR MMO"

Done. Added to the List under MMO Will update forums once they add it in.

"This game looks promsing and you might wanna add it to your list :) (Cool site btw, just needs better categories I think! eg. Zombies! haha)  Zombox
Cool as :)"

Nice find! I've added Zombox to the survival games list.

 "Hey just found your website and i was looking through the list and i didnt see a survival game i have been following, the name is "The Forsest". And Now that i think of it, Not sure if you have it or not, but Also "The Stomping Land".

The Forest is already listed on watchsurvival thank you!  As for The Stomping Land I've add it to the list under the MMO section!  Thanks for that, good find!

State of Decay Steam PC version is out! Early Access!

Hello survival fans! Just writing a note to let everyone know the PC steam release of State of Decay is out!  Please remember this is the early access version which means there is still updating to do and bugs to fix ect. As of this post the game seems to only work with an xbox controller as PC controls are probably being worked on.  Finally get to play this wonderful game.  I've been waiting for the PC release for a while now.   Read all the information below at the link.

http://undeadlabs.com/2013/09/news/greetings-pc-players-the-steam-release-date-is/

The Steam Early Access Page below

http://store.steampowered.com/app/241540/

7 Days to Die 1.1 Update

Well met! 7 Days to Die has released a new small update for us.  This one includes a lot of bug fixes and few recipes and mac support! Also includes more server options for multiplayer.  Read all of the patch notes below. 

http://7daystodie.com/alpha-1-1-official-release-notes/

Alpha 1.1 Official Release Notes

• Mac version support
• New recipes for brick, decayed brick, pavers red wood
• Fixed console pop up on errors bug
• Improved Memory management
• Duplicate item exploit fixed
• Fixed damage delay on spike traps for the player
• Fixed bug that when placing chest it was filled with loot
• Fixed bug that zombies dance on stairs
• Fixed bug that fat zombie broke the stairs
• Server checks client on connection if this client is activated
• Max player limit is now 6 in GUI mode
• Password is encrypted now in registry and on web access
• Fixed bug when close shots went through zombies
• Fixed bug that doors had wrong orientation on placing them
• Fixed problem that if during reloading clip was removed gun was full though by removing clip on start of reload
• Fixed exploit that two people could pick up an item at the same time
• Important – New dedicated server command line syntax change you use -OPTION=VALUE, like -port=8 (old was -port 8)

New Dedicated Server command line options

• gamemode=0|1 (0 = coop, 1= pvp). In pvp you dont see the other player on the map
• maxplayers=X (any number <= 64 is valid). In GUI mode max players is always 8
• difficulty=X (X between 1 and 10, limits the wave spawning to day X)
• world=X (name of the world to load, currently only Navezgane)
• name=X (name of the game)
• dedicated (must be last option to start the dedi server)
• ip=X (ip the dedicated shall listen on, this is only for the extra socket connections. Unity listening cannot be limited)

Dayz Stand alone Developer's Blog Update from Rocket September 2013

Hello and well met! I thought I would make a quick post to show off some new Dayz Standalone information.  Rocket has released a developer blog recently that explains what is going on and what they are up to and some of the new features.  Check it out below.

Project Zomboid Updates

Hello! I've not talked about Project Zomboid in a while so I thought I would take some time and post about the newest updates going on.   The developers have been hard at work smoothing out the game and making things more fluid and easy to use while adding in new content.  The most recent update was about now getting the game on your steam account through desura! Official Steam release is not ready yet but will probably be ready to go very soon.   However for current Zomboid players you can now use desura to transfer to a steam key for the game.  There is also a short video on the new zoom features going into the game.  The update is below.

http://projectzomboid.com/blog/2013/09/steam-keys-available-to-all-customers/

Also in case some of you missed it.  I'm placing last weeks update on here cause it is pretty cool and includes some good news like more map updates coming soon.

http://projectzomboid.com/blog/2013/09/whats-steam-in-russian/

Keep surviving out there!

Watchsurvival Updated with Playable Tags!

Hello survival fans!  I've updated the survival games list with part 1 of the new tagging system I'm working on.  The survival games list will now inform you if the game is playable or not without having to figure that part out yourself.   I've also moved all games marked as playable to the top of their categories.  Hopefully this helps you game more and research less.   Have a good day everyone!

Z

7 Days to Die Information Roundup.

So a lot of you have brought 7 Days to Die to my attention through comments and emails and after doing some research I must admit it has impressed me and seems to be a wonderful game.  I thought it would be great to share a lot of the information with others as well as those of you who have never heard of the game may want to keep your eye on this one.

 They (The Fun Pimps, http://thefunpimps.com/) were recently successfully funded on Kickstarter (over 500k) and have already made a huge amount of progress on their game. This game impresses me because it combines a lot of my favorite elements from different survival games into one game and appears to do so very smoothly.  According to their website the purchase page is currently down as they are changing servers but will be back up tomorrow, so those of us that didn't have the chance to support the Kickstarter can still buy the game and get access to the alpha version build as they continue updating it (like Minecraft, Project Zomboid, Don't Starve, ect).

Anyways on to the information, Starting with the basics.

Homepage  http://7daystodie.com/
Forums http://7daystodie.com/forum/

Kickstarter page (Already funded)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/7daystodie/7-days-to-die-zombie-survival-game

Steam Greenlight
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=160808204&searchtext=7+days+to+die


Youtube Videos / Let's Plays / Trailers

Official Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh2D15oy_sQ
Kickstarter Trailer  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVFc0esJiSQ

Let's Plays

Rhinocrunch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqmHuO0mUQ8

DevilDogGamer First Look Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=681Lt93w944

FRANKIEonPCin1080p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2P3gr92Ap8

PsiSyndicate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE6-XIMLf0A

Dead at the Gate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQZ59DKL0d8

Following those will also take you to a few more videos if you're wanting more.  All of this should mostly get you up to speed and updated though.   Looking forward to this!  Keep surviving out there!