ARK: Survival Ascended on Unreal Engine 5 is a different beast from its predecessor. Nanite virtualized geometry, Lumen global illumination, and the Chaos physics engine run server-side, meaning ASA servers…

Migrating a live game server between dedicated hosting providers without losing players or progress is one of the most challenging operations a server admin faces. A poorly executed migration means…

7 Days to Die remains one of the most punishing survival games to host yourself. Its fully destructible voxel world, zombie pathfinding AI, and persistent progression mean anything less than…

Palworld’s open-world survival mechanics demand more from a server than most games. With up to 32 players exploring, building, and fighting simultaneously, the server must handle AI pathfinding for hundreds…

Minecraft Dungeons brings a dungeon-crawling action RPG experience to the Minecraft universe. Unlike the Java Edition, Minecraft Dungeons does not ship with official dedicated server software from Mojang. However, community-developed…

V Rising servers are surprisingly light on paper and surprisingly demanding in practice. The dedicated server simulates the entire open world of Vardoran — castle building, servant patrols, boss respawns,…

Counter-Strike 2 servers are lightweight compared to survival games, but they punish sloppy CPU and network configuration. A 64-slot community server running 128-tick needs a fast single core and low-latency…

Most Minecraft server threads start with a hardware shopping list and end with buyers’ remorse, because the parts that look impressive on paper rarely match what the game actually stresses….

Satisfactory is a factory game that lives and dies on CPU. The dedicated server keeps your factory running 24/7 — belts moving, trains hauling, constructors smelting — even when nobody…