Our latest coverage of ARK: Survival Evolved.
Last week Studio Wildcard chose to take their King of the Hill battle mod ARK: Survival of the Fittest and return it to a game mode within ARK: Survival Evolved, meaning it's no longer a standalone free-to-play title. Although players who previously played Survive of the Fittest will still own the game and be able to play it without purchasing Survival Evolved. [...]
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Anyone up for some Sabertooth Salmon fishing? Get your fishing gear in check as ARK: Survival Evolved introduces a new fishing system this July. Now you can get your daily dose of seafood without getting your limbs anywhere near those vicious Megapiranhas. Studio Wildcard also announced changes in the Biome Unsafe Area Walls coming with the next update. Players within [...]
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ARK: Survival Evolved celebrates its first anniversary in Early Access with party hats, “birthday suits”, a giant birthday cake, and a massive fire breathing dragon. Say what now? Dragons aren't Dinosaurs... or are they? The fearsome Dragon makes its first appearance in ARK's Birthday Patch, Patch 242. Players can now go up against the mighty beast and its minions by dropping [...]
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With the newest installment of patch v240 Ark: Survival Evolved is adding in many fierce new dinosaurs to test out players. The one that really caught my attention was the Sabertooth Salmon in the sea which is essentially a giant fish that swarms you and sucks out your blood. On the bright side these fish are mighty tasty and offer great meat to [...]
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Studio Wildcard announced yesterday at PAX East that it is launching the ARK: Official Mods Program, a new initiative in which mods are made into official content. The first addition will be a map called The Center, which will be added in May. The Center features "tons of new biomes, dungeons, floating islands, end-of-the-world waterfalls, massive ancient ruins, along with [...]
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Studio Wildcard announced today that the first ARK: Survival of the Fittest Survival League will be ending on April 15th, exactly a month after the game's initial launch on Steam. What is the Survival League, you ask? On the 15th at 12 PM EST, the top 10 players from each game mode will be awarded the honor of being part [...]
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April 1st. The day you begin to question what is a real announcement and what isn't. The day that so many unique ideas are put into games for only a few days, just to be removed right after. April Fool's Day is back and MMO developers have spared no expense this year. We've got War Thunder's 18th century ships that [...]
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Studio Wildcard announced today via a livestream on Twitch that ARK: Survival Evolved would be splitting into two games, just as H1Z1 did recently. The new game will be called ARK: Survival of the Fittest and will consist of familiar gameplay from the game's Survival of the Fittest mod. An employee from Studio Wildcard has confirmed that ARK: Survival of [...]
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1. Adding New Mechanics Grappling hooks, breeding, and carrying your friend around in a prehistoric kangaroo pouch (that he can fire a machine gun out of) are just a few of the awesome mechanics the developers have been pumping into the game. Wildcard studios has done a great job at keeping the game fresh You can leave for a couple [...]
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1. No moderators on official servers Rampant hacking, racism, verbal abuse, and threats are constant in the global chat of Ark: Survival Evolved. Players record video evidence of hackers in the act and are met with zero response from Steam or developers. Entire servers have been rendered unplayable due to this unmanaged invasion of game-breaking hacks. Players that work for [...]
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