2024-01-15 12:10 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Do you like trapping innocent, extinct animals in diabolical, broken worlds of your own devising, miring them in a purgatory of genre comparisions from which they may never escape? Because Ark: Survival Ascended developers Studio Wildcard and Grove Street Games are promising/threatening to "put the power of unbridled game creation directly in your hands" with the game's next major dev kit update, which will release by the end of January. This will greatly expand the game's moddability, though concrete details are thin on the ground. It'll ship with a "Mario-inspired" platformer to show you how
2023-01-07 01:02 UTC · Community Announcements · complexminded
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/16930072/efd65fd1ee16b94e4d72e8303c8df3639f2d44d9.jpg It's been a joy to watch the community participate in TSOTF matches this past week! We've seen several nail-biting matches and clever uses of the new mechanics that TSOTF provides. It is a memorable experience for us to watch these high-intensity matches play out on a grand scale. Who’d imagine we’d see little dilos, monkeys, and small creatures being mind-controlled at end-game!? We'd also like to give a nod to the ARK content creation community for keeping our screens full of nonstop entertainment. Since the original la
2022-12-23 20:39 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
When we first checked out Ark Survival of the Fittest back in 2016, battle royale games were still fairly niche - they were the province of modded game modes and custom Arma servers. That's all changed a lot since then, and Studio Wildcard's entry in the genre now has a prototype version available on Steam with loads of quality of life and other updates, six years later. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: ARK: Survival of the Fittest is the playable Hunger Games you always wanted
2022-12-23 19:23 UTC · Community Announcements · complexminded
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/16930072/ea7609d8b569db63b131855841fdfa6064698837.png We are excited to announce that ARK: The Survival of the Fittest prototype is now available on Steam! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/16930072/13390cf3cabcbc334d52b314ad0e882a9b72047e.jpg ‘ARK: The Survival of the Fittest’ is a prototype spin-off of ARK: Survival Evolved, pitting up to 60 combatants against each other in a fast-paced, action-packed struggle for survival, where players are ultimately pushed into an epic final showdown leading their Dinosaur Armies into battle. ARK TSOTF is the only Battle Royale that focuses on large-s
2019-08-08 20:59 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Emily Gera)
Multiplayer dinosaur-riding island-surviv-a-thon series Ark: Survival Evolved has taken inspiration from my fever dreams and will be introducing giant sea turtles who double as islands which then double as an open construction site for your future home. The next chapter in the ongoing Ark saga, known as Ark: Genesis, will be made up of two hefty expansion packs. These will introduce tameable albeit shapeshifting animals – new biomes, and something that’s being referred to as “mission-based game mechanics” which I can only assume is a genetically mutated version of story
2017-08-29 17:17 UTC · Product Release · Valve
ARK: Survival Of The Fittest is Now Available on Steam! ARK: Survival of the Fittest is a Multiplayer Online Survival Arena (MOSA) game that pits as many as 72 combatants against one another in the struggle for survival in a harsh, changing environment packed with deadly creatures, Evolution Events, and other players.
2016-12-17 07:58 UTC · Community Announcements · Jen
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/455236206129343287/45FC18CD445ED87E21FF6F67EE601172C1E785D9/ The ARK: Survival of the Fittest All Stars plus Naughty & Nice matches will take place from 11 am EST to 3 pm EST tomorrow, Saturday the 17th December 2016! The final games will be shout-casted by typeForced! We invite all ARK fans to come watch the epic battles at that time on our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/survivetheark To those competing: may fortune smile upon you, brave Survivors!
2016-12-17 07:58 UTC · Community Announcements · Jen
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/455236206129343287/45FC18CD445ED87E21FF6F67EE601172C1E785D9/ The ARK: Survival of the Fittest All Stars plus Naughty & Nice matches will take place from 11 am EST to 3 pm EST tomorrow, Saturday the 17th December 2016! The final games will be shout-casted by typeForced! We invite all ARK fans to come watch the epic battles at that time on our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/survivetheark To those competing: may fortune smile upon you, brave Survivors!
2016-12-17 07:54 UTC · Community Announcements · Jen
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/455236206129343287/45FC18CD445ED87E21FF6F67EE601172C1E785D9/ ARK: Survival of the Fittest initially started as the original Total Conversion for ARK: Survival Evolved. It’s a game mode which puts places in a battle arena where they fight to the death. Since it’s inception in August 2015, it has undergone a lot of changes. However, we are officially announce the hiatus of ARK: Survival of the Fittest. This means that there will be a halt in active development for the game mode whilst we consider our options for the game’s long-term direction. This a
2016-12-17 07:54 UTC · Community Announcements · Jen
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/455236206129343287/45FC18CD445ED87E21FF6F67EE601172C1E785D9/ ARK: Survival of the Fittest initially started as the original Total Conversion for ARK: Survival Evolved. It’s a game mode which puts places in a battle arena where they fight to the death. Since it’s inception in August 2015, it has undergone a lot of changes. However, we are officially announce the hiatus of ARK: Survival of the Fittest. This means that there will be a halt in active development for the game mode whilst we consider our options for the game’s long-term direction. This a
2016-11-16 23:41 UTC · Community Announcements · Jen
The ARK: Survival of the Fittest October Survivor League Championship matches will take place from 11 am EST to 2 pm EST on Saturday, 19th of November, with a bounty of more than $65,000 in prizes to the winners! The Survivors who have qualified for the event are listed here: https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/survivor-league/ Over the coming days you will receive a steam invite to a special group, join the group as that's what we'll be using to communicate with you during the tournament. The invite will be coming from: http://steamcommunity.com/id/SoTFLeague The championship games will be s
2016-11-16 23:41 UTC · Community Announcements · Jen
The ARK: Survival of the Fittest October Survivor League Championship matches will take place from 11 am EST to 2 pm EST on Saturday, 19th of November, with a bounty of more than $65,000 in prizes to the winners! The Survivors who have qualified for the event are listed here: https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/survivor-league/ Over the coming days you will receive a steam invite to a special group, join the group as that's what we'll be using to communicate with you during the tournament. The invite will be coming from: http://steamcommunity.com/id/SoTFLeague The championship games will be s
2016-10-17 18:14 UTC · Community Announcements · Jen
October Survivor League Begins! Hello again, Survivors! Today we are announcing that the October Survivor League qualifiers has begun. The scores from previous have been reset due to changes made in the most recent update possibly affecting scores. However we hope this reset will give all players new and old a chance at the top this month. The qualifying period will run for 28 days and end on the 14th of November. And the end of these 28 days, the top placing competitors will participate in the Championship games. The October Survivor League Championships will be played and broadcast live on T
2016-10-17 18:14 UTC · Community Announcements · Jen
October Survivor League Begins! Hello again, Survivors! Today we are announcing that the October Survivor League qualifiers has begun. The scores from previous have been reset due to changes made in the most recent update possibly affecting scores. However we hope this reset will give all players new and old a chance at the top this month. The qualifying period will run for 28 days and end on the 14th of November. And the end of these 28 days, the top placing competitors will participate in the Championship games. The October Survivor League Championships will be played and broadcast live on T
2016-10-15 18:22 UTC · Community Announcements · Jen
September Survivor League Championship! Last weekend we held our latest Survivor League Championship Matches! The best survivors went head to head in 3 epic matches for a chance at $65,000 and their spot in August Survivor League! If you missed the games, you can check them out here: https://www.twitch.tv/survivetheark/v/93716019 Congratulations to the winners, who can be found on our updated Survivor League page, listing their placing as well as how much of the prize pool they’ve walked away with! http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/437236342924064933/FDF88A9BA8EF0BF39DDC2F509C68006
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