Our latest coverage of Population Zero. 5j2cz
Population Zero put up a good fight, but sadly, Valve has decided to quietly pull the unfortunately-named MMO from Steam’s digital shelves. Not surprising, considering that the game has been all but dead for over six months now. The game is no longer available for purchase but the soundtrack is still on sale for $1.99 on Steam. Why buy the [...]
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Population Zero has fulfilled the promise of its ill-omened title when Enplex Games quietly pulled the plug on the early access survival MMO, literally bringing the game’s population to zero. According to Steam players and reports from several MMO news sites, the game’s servers went offline weeks ago and never came back online. Launching the game client also brings up [...]
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Enplex Games should probably have chosen a better name for their survival MMO because the Population Zero playerbase has literally reached zero according to the latest stats on SteamCharts. The game peaked at 2 players over the past 24 hours and just 32 players over the last 30 days. Enplex’s lack of public posts and updates have also fueled rumors [...]
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As far as rocky launches go (and we’ve had a few these past few months), Population Zero probably had it far worse than other games. The bugs and stability issues that plagued the game from the get go coupled with difficulties in grouping with friends and the DLC pricing confusion resulted in a wave of negative reviews on Steam which [...]
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Enplex Games is doing all they can to keep the Population Zero player population from reaching zero with a Twitch drop campaign. According to the official press release, the campaign will run until June 12th, during which time players and fans stand the chance to win exclusive in-game items by watching certain Population Zero streamers. Here’s a list of the [...]
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Enplex Games is hoping to ramp up the rapidly-dwindling Population Zero playerbase (25 peak players in 24 hours) with a new “Play with your Friends” that should make it easier for players to group up with their buddies from the Game Mode selection screen. “After choosing the ‘Play with your Friends’ option, the player gets access to the “Play [...]
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As promised yesterday, Enplex Games is back with the Population Zero development roap for the month of May. This month, the developers will be focusing on fixing and optimizing various parts of the game starting with a fix for issues when ing a friend and sudden server reboots by Friday, May 8th. Enplex will also be enhancing post-effects and will [...]
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Population Zero officially launched on Steam Early Access earlier this week, and, like most MMOs, early access or not, ran into multiple problems on launch day, not the least of which are server crashes and issues. Creative Producer Denis Pozdnyakov apologizes for the inconvenience in a letter to the community posted on Steam earlier today. “No sugar-coating and straight to [...]
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Enplex Games has just released the Population Zero official launch trailer ahead of the sci-fi survival MMORPGs Steam launch on May 5th along with a new dev blog that talks about the game’s PvE and PvP modes. “There are gamers who enjoy tackling challenges set by the game itself: fighting mobs, overcoming environmental hazards, and managing different levels of difficulty [...]
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Enplex Games’ sci-fi survival MMO Population Zero will officially be launching on Steam in a week’s time. But before that, the studio is giving players a glimpse into the all the hard work that went into their flagship game, specifically how the game’s visuals evolved during its development. “For nearly three years, developers at Enplex Games have been hard at [...]
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