ARK: Survival Evolved: First Birthday Celebrated with New Trailer & The Dragon

ARK: Survival Evolved took the gaming world by storm a year ago today and the team is ready to celebrate. Players can enjoy a brand new trailer before heading into the game to take on The Dragon and its “fearsome flying minions”. The latest update also includes new tribe settings, training dummies, diseases and cures, more interactive child rearing, and two new creatures, Diplodocus and the Leech.

ARK: Survival Evolved: Looking for Something New? Check Out the Mod Winners’ Work

Studio Wildcard recently sponsored a Mod Contest where builder-types were challenged in a number of categories to create mods and wind a share of the prize package. Categories included Best Total Conversion, Best Map and Best Mod. Today, the company announced the winners in each category that might be worth checking out if you’re looking for something new to do in ARK: Survival Evolved.

ARK: Survival Evolved: Massive New Map, The Center, Deployed

ARK: Survival Evolved has deployed a new map called The Center. It is the first user-created mod to be added to the game after the recent announcement of the Official Mods Program. The Center more than doubles the game size and is, according to the Steam blog post, a stunning location filled with great lighting effects, mountains, misty floating islands and much more.

ARK: Survival Evolved: Official Mods Program To Launch In May

The ARK: Survival Evolved team has announced that it will be continuing to support the efforts of modding community with the release of the Official Mods Program, starting in May 2016. The first map to be released using the new program will be called The Center. The new tools will be fully integrated into the ARK system and will be available both for Xbox One and PC users.

ARK: Survival Evolved: New Structures, Creatures & Boss Arena Added

ARK: Survival Evolved has been updated with some nifty new things for players to check out. Two new structures have been added: the Chemistry Table and Primitive Cannon. The Broodmother boss arena is also now in game and two new critters are also included: Direbears and the Manta. Check out the video below for an overview of the latest big update to ARK: Survival Evolved.

ARK: Survival Evolved: Extinction Event Servers Added to XBox One Version

The v733.0 update has been added to the XBox One version of ARK: Survival Evolved that brings a unique feature into the game called ‘extinction event servers’. Extinction servers are separate from the main game servers. When extinction servers are enabled, players begin at level one and have a month to grow their characters with badges awarded at various milestones along the way. At month’s end, a meteor hits and all is destroyed.