Category: ARK: Survival Evolved News

Sitting on the fence about ARK: Survival Evolved? Then get ready to take off to a remote and dinosaur infested world from today, Thursday, August 27th through Sunday, August 30th during ARK’s free Steam weekend.

Alienware has partnered with the ARK: Survival Evolved team to entice players into the modding tool with the announcement of a $25,000 contest. The prizes are awarded in the form of new desktop PCs, the first prize one valued at $15,000.

Ever since I watched The Hunger Games I’ve been in love. No, not with Jennifer Lawrence’s portrayal of hero Katniss Everdeen (though she was pretty cool), but rather with the idea The Hunger Games was built upon. Yesterday, I was able to finally have a part of that dream realized, and I cannot stop thinking about it. The developers of Ark: Survival Evolved rounded up a bunch of writers and YouTube personalities and threw us into our own Battle Royale, and it was incredible.

During today’s Microsoft press event, it was announced that ARK: Survival Evolved will be headed to XBox One this winter. The story is developing so we’ll keep you posted!

This Saturday will mark a seminal point in the competitive PvP portion of Ark: Survival Evolved with the arrival of the Survival of the Fittest battle for $20,000 in a no-holds barred deathmatch. The team will be broadcasting the event live this Saturday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern.

On August 1st, 35 teams will be thrown into a single arena for a "Hunger Games" last-tribe-standing PvP deathmatch. The winning tribe will take home $20,000 and other prizes. The event will be streamed live via Twitch. Viewers won’t be idle either and will be voting on "world-altering sequences" to take place every half hour that can change the face of battle.

Ark: Survival Evolved players with a creative bent will be pleased to hear that a "simplified Unreal 4" mod kit has been released. A brand new workshop site has opened up on the Ark main site that gives a few tutorials on how to get started and how to get mods on Steam for other players.

Mac and Linux fans of ARK: Survival Evolved will be pleased to hear that both system operating systems are now available via Steam. All Early Access players will be able to take part in the game via a seamless system that allows for a cross-platform experience.

After the last update to Ark: Survival Evolved, a serious duplication bug was detected by players that saw unlimited ammo, guns, metal walls and C4. As a result of community outcry, developers have announced that all PvP servers will be wiped but that character progress will remain intact.

The ARK: Survival Evolved team has updated its Steam portal page with the contents of this Friday’s big patch.