Try to hold back your shock: Sci-fi-dino-themed survival sandbox ARK Survival Evolved is really, truly, launching today, so put all those delay gripes and eternal early access jokes back in the grudge box. As of this morning, Studio Wildcard says the Xbox One download is up and running, while PS4 is lagging a few hours behind. Do remember that even on Steam, a newbie will be paying just shy of 60 bucks for the whole bundle. We’ve got a read on the new servers too:
“For ARK’s launch, we plan on providing new Official Servers for the following games mode: Regular/Vanilla, Non-TEK, Primitive+, Hardcore, Isolated Clusters, NoTaming, Extinction Servers and ORP. With the bulk of the servers being focused on the vanilla game mode (Both PVP and PVE), and smaller amounts of niche servers which could be increased based on player demand. The primitive game mode will be removed in favour of the Non-TEK Tier Servers.”
Want more ARK goodness? We’ll be chatting with the team at this year’s PAX, so stay tuned! In the meantime, we’ve rounded up the launch trailer, some of MJ’s streams, and our best content on the game. Plus, don’t forget you’re welcome to join our long-running ARK server.
Here’s a quick look at some (not all! there’s too much!) of our ARK-related content from the last year or two.
Gamescom 2017: ARK Survival Evolved’s launch trailer has otters
ARK Survival Evolved is nuking low pop servers in just one week
ARK: Survival Evolved’s August patches introduce otters, new weapons, and new biomes
ARK: Survival Evolved’s launch has been delayed another three weeks
ARK Survival Evolved won’t wipe exploit-infested servers ahead of August launch
Dean Hall calls the pre-launch price hike for ARK: Survival Evolved ‘outrageous’
ARK Survival Evolved has doubled in price ahead of August 8 launch
E3 2017: ARK Survival Evolved on scope creep, Xbox One X, and leaving early access
E3 2017: ARK Survival Evolved launches August 8
Primal Survival development has ceased for ARK: Survival Evolved
ARK: Survival Evolved gets working potty, is dirt cheap on Steam
The Survivalist: ARK Survival Evolved discusses early access, launch, and wipes
ARK: Survival Evolved rolls out bees, sharks with frickin laser beams, and an auction house mod
ARK Survival Evolved rolls back official servers following Amazon outage
Take a peek at the first 15 mods being funded through ARK: Survival Evolved’s new creator program
ARK: Survival Evolved promises big payout to modders, adds new air and water creatures
ARK: Survival Evolved rockets up Superdata’s January revenue rankings
ARK: Survival Evolved recruited one million players on PlayStation 4
ARK: Survival Evolved’s Jeremy Stieglitz on Scorched Earth and console launch
The Soapbox: The sorry state of ARK Survival Evolved
ARK: Survival Evolved launches on PS4 today, plans spring 2017 ‘final product’
ARK: Survival Evolved abandons most of its planned Halloween update
ARK: Survival Evolved introduces procedurally generated maps
Wildcard on why its selling ARK: Survival Evolved DLC while still in early access
ARK: Survival Evolved dev apologizes for saying expansion critics are ‘too cheap to pony up $20’
ARK: Survival Evolved’s first expansion, Scorched Earth, is now on Steam
ARK: Survival Evolved studio hit with lawsuit
ARK: Survival Evolved is splitting in two with a F2P version
Jukebox Heroes: ARK: Survival Evolved’s soundtrack
ARK: Survival Evolved is doing even better on Xbox One than PC
The Survivalist: Massively OP’s guide to multiplayer survival sandboxes
We stream ARK Survival Evolved extensively as MOP’s own MJ Guthrie maintains a public server for our readers and friends. Feel free to join us there or check out some of her streams of the game!
