Category: ARK: Survival Evolved News

Studio Wildcard has sent out a new trailer and information about the new ‘TEK’ tier content that’s coming to ARK: Survival Evolved. In December, the TEK Tier update will allow players to craft sci-fi armor, weapons, structures and gear. TEK saddles will add mounted energy weapons to dinosaurs and special plasma rifles will give players the ability to snipe enemies from afar while a jet pack makes for a hasty retreat.

ARK: Survival Evolved players will be entering into a whole new world with the arrival of Fear Evolved 2, a Jurassic world of dino skeletons, eerie quests, the fearsome DodoWyvern and……clowns.

ARK: Survival Evolved has expanded with a new update that introduces procedurally generated maps to the game to increase replayability and player customization. Players can find maps that include valleys, o

ARK: Survival Evolved esports component will be taking the spotlight later today with the Survivor League Championship. Teams will be vying for $65k in prizes during the tournament that will take place at 8 am Pacific / 11 am Eastern.

ARK: Survival Evolved is expanding! The team announced the Scorched Earth expansion today that will see players “stranded naked, dehydrated and starving” in an arid unforgiving world. Players will have to seek water, shelter and a way to protect themselves from the intense heat. Scoreched Earth is complete and on sale via Steam for $19.99. For those who do not yet own ARK, which is required to play Scorched Earth, the base game is 40% off.

Studio Wildcard has announced the release of full Steam Workshop support for the Survival of the Fittest competitive multiplayer mod tools for PC, Mac, SteamOS, and Linux. Tools include mods, maps and total conversions for all platforms.

If you’ve been sitting on the fence about whether or not to purchase ARK: Survival Evolved, this weekend is right up your alley. Starting today, players can take part in a free weekend starting today and running through Sunday, July 31st. To celebrate, a big new content drop landed on servers that adds the Primitive+ player-created mod to the game along with new creatures, a new fishing rod and mechanic, and the usual bug fixes and feature enhancements.

Kayd Hendricks has posted on the PlayStation blog that the PlayStation 4 version of Ark: Survival Evolved is on hold in order to prepare the main game for final release. Hendricks indicates that the delay will enable an earlier release of Ark. There is no indication in the post about a future PS4 release window.

Ark: Survival Evolved is proving that bigger is, if not better, then at least scarier with the arrival of the Redwoods biome that not only brings in the gigantic trees of the same name, but also the Titanosaur. Players can literally build a mobile fortress on its back as it can carry structures, defenses and even other creatures as it rumbles through the landscape looking for veggies to nom.

At E3 this afternoon, ARK announced a new zone for Red Wood trees which players can explore. Also, some new dinosaurs will be coming to the game.