Official Site:Â ARK: Survival Evolved, Steam
Studio:Â Studio Wildcard
Launch Date:Â June 2, 2015 (Early Access)
Genre:Â Dino Survival Sandbox
Business Model:Â B2P (One-Time Fee)
Platform: PC, Xbox One
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The Stream Team: ARK’s desert titan days
Massively OP's MJ has already gotten up close and personal with ARK: Extinction's forest titan. Now it's time to meet the rest of the...
The Stream Team: Seeing red (drops) in ARK
Massively OP's MJ is seeing red! At least she hopes to: She's seeking out those powerful red drops in ARK: Extinction. Although it's sure...
The Stream Team: The Love ARK
Love, exciting and new
Come to ARK, Dinos are expecting too!
And love, with babies galore
Raise them up, and then breed some more
The Love ARK, soon...
The Stream Team: Timber goes the ARK forest titan
Last time on Live and Die with Dinos, Massively OP's MJ experienced summoning the giant green forest Titan on ARK's Extinction map. Now, she...
The MOP Up: FFXIV tickles the ivories
One of the best (of many) features in Final Fantasy XIV is its amazing soundtrack. And just when you think you've heard it all,...
The Stream Team: Deep-diving ARK Extinction’s green cave, part II
Last week, Massively OP's MJ and the crew delved into ARK: Extinction's green cave. Except, it was eerily empty and quiet for most of...
The Stream Team: Going to the green cave in ARK’s Extinction
The green cave. It's an interesting little death trap on ARK's Extintion server, and Massively OP's MJ can't wait to explore it! Her team...
Battle Bards Episode 136: Overlooked MMO soundtracks
Ever feel like the Battle Bards have covered every MMO soundtrack in existence? It’s actually far from true, and today’s episode is Exhibit A...
The Survivalist: Seven survival game features I want to see in 2019
A new year is all about new hopes, new goals, and -- hopefully -- new features and content. I am talking about games, of...
The Stream Team: A forest flight in ARK: Extinction
One of the very last places Massively OP's MJ has to explore in ARK's Extinction map is the massive forest underneath the city. And...
Perfect Ten: Mobile MMOs to watch in 2018
Love it or hate it, MMOs are going mobile in ever-increasing numbers. Last year saw a crop of acclaimed titles making their way to...
The Stream Team: Getting the drop on ARK: Extinction drops
Massively OP's MJ loves presents that drop from the sky. However, other than Raptor Claws she has yet to participate in an ARK: Extinction...
Steam lists Elder Scrolls Online, Black Desert, and Warframe among 2018’s best sellers
While not technically an awards show, Steam's "Best of 2018" page effectively serves as one as it looks at the best-selling and most-played titles...
The Stream Team: Celebrating Christmas in ARK
Just because Massively OP's MJ needs to fight for her life amid monstrous corrupted dinos that want to tear her face off doesn't mean...
Smilegate taps Mail.Ru to run Korean MMORPG Lost Ark in Russia as early access package sale goes live
Smilegate is continuing its global rollout of Lost Ark, now with the selection of a publisher for Russia and the CIS region, according to...
Interview: New World’s Rich Lawrence on solving PvP problems and defining the sandbox
I think it's fair to say that New World is the biggest MMO currently under production in the west, at least among those games...
Pirate MMO Atlas is trying to psych you up for tomorrow’s early access launch
We here at Massively OP don't know everything there is about sailing, but we're guessing that in about thirty seconds, that giraffe up there...
Perfect Ten: MMOs to watch in 2019
The MMO genre is in a strange and uncertain place right now -- but also one that is quietly thrilling. We've long passed the...
The Stream Team: A day in ARK’s desert dome
Massively OP's MJ already took a trip to the ice dome on ARK's Extinction map, and it was pretty productive. So now can she...
Ask Mo: The hits and misses of Massively OP’s 2018 predictions
As we do every year, today we're going to peek back at the horrifying outcomes of last year's MOP staff predictions for the genre and the games within it to determine how well we did. After all, what would be the fun of making predictions if we couldn't giggle over our guesses a year later?
So did we nail it or fail it? And did you fare better? Let's find out.