Back in January Studio Wildcard revealed that the team is working on a remaster of ARK: Survival Evolved. Dubbed ARK: Survival Ascended, the Unreal Engine 5 remaster was originally planned to launch in August. This was then delayed to October. While we still have yet to get a concrete release …
Read More »ARK 2’s 2025 release date is “just a typo” claims studio
The sequel to ARK: Survival Evolved has had an interesting development. First announced all the way back in 2020, ARK 2 was stated to be coming in 2023. While this has clearly not been the case for a while now, a new report from support studio Digital Domain claimed it …
Read More »Microsoft spent $2.3 million to bring ARK 2 to Xbox Game Pass day-one
We often wonder how much money changes hands when Microsoft or Sony sign a game up for one of their services, like Xbox Game Pass or PS+. The amount tends to differ per game as deals are negotiated on a case-by-case basis. Thanks to recent IPO filings for from Snail …
Read More »ARK’s second attempt at a Switch port looks much better than the first
ARK: Survival Evolved was first ported to the Nintendo Switch all the way back in 2018. Unfortunately, the port was neither performant nor pretty, making for a highly sub-standard experience. In an unexpected move, it was later announced that the Switch would be getting a brand new port of the …
Read More »The Switch is getting a built-from-the-ground-up version of ARK
ARK: Survival Evolved offers an interesting and unique take on the survival genre, dropping your character into a world filled with dinosaurs. Unfortunately, the title is not known for its optimisation, especially on Switch – which looked and ran poorly. In an unexpected move, ARK has been wholly rewritten for …
Read More »ARK: Survival Evolved leaves Early Access, Season pass plans announced
After a couple of years in development, a price hike and a delay, Studio Wildcard has officially launched ARK: Survival Evolved, bringing it out of Early Access for good. The popular dino-themed survival game has received its 1.0 update, so the studio’s attention now turns to the future, with the …
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved now has the biggest dinosaur in gaming
Ark: Survival Evolved is a game all about monstrous dinosaurs stomping around a mixed-tech island with a few humans running between their feet, but it turns out they were all just an appetiser. In its latest update, developer Wildcard has added the Titanosaurus, the largest dinosaur in Ark and very …
Read More »The Ark: Survival Evolved lawsuit has been settled
Earlier this year, it looked like the studio behind the early access hit game, Ark: Survival Evolved, could be in quite a bit of trouble, as a lawsuit was launched at them over a non-compete contract clause regarding one of the key team members behind the game. A studio known …
Read More »ARK: Survival Evolved offers bug bounties up to $100
Using a bounty system to hunt out bugs has proven to be an effective system to get your community involved in the QA process of software making. The same goes for games as much as anything else, which is why the developers of ARK: Survival Evolved have now begun offering …
Read More »ARK: Survival Evolved giving Stomping Land players free content
Did you get burned by the promises of open world dinosaur hunting, survival game The Stomping Land? Many gamers did, when the developer absconded with their crowd funded money and stopped updating the early access title. To try and ease that pain, the developer of ARK: Survival Evolved, Wildcard, has announced …
Read More »ARK could be the dinosaur hunting game we’ve been waiting for
There have been a lot of disappointing dinosaur games over the years, from many of the lacklustre Jurassic Park experiences, to more recent fare like the buggy and expensive The Hunter: Primal, or the Kickstarter disappearing act, The Stomping Land. Still, perhaps one developer can finally end this drought of …
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