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  • ARK at E3: Release Date, Pre-Order, Ragnarok, Griffin, & Xbox One X!

    Hello, Survivors! :Jerbhi:

    We have some very exciting news to share with you all today! :Jerblove:

    ARK: Survival Evolved has entered its final phase of core production, and will hit worldwide retail and digital release on August the 8th, 2017 for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Mac, and Linux.

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    The past two years have been one heck of a journey! Millions of ARK players worldwide have built gigantic bases, captured and trained armies of dinosaurs, crafted armories full of weapons and eaten billion of pounds of berries. With your help, we're now about to reach the completion of core content for ARK: Survival Evolved and release the full game to the world!

    That was just the beginning; now we'll be entering the next phase of our journey. Players who have been with us throughout this early access program and were excited with the launch of each update, have even more reason to be excited! ARK is going to become even more fun with surprise new content at launch and beyond, as we continue to have a massive amount of additional gameplay, creatures, and story elements in the works.

    Pre-Orders and Limited Collector’s Edition!

    There are three ways to get your dino-fix with ARK: Survival Evolved, all of which are now available to pre-order for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms.

    ARK: Survival Evolved ($59.99 USD)

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    This base game includes everything a burgeoning Jurassic adventurer needs to get started in the world of ARK. It's the core game, and all free content released up to this point, offering up hundreds of hours of gameplay to players.

    ARK: Survival Evolved - Explorer's Edition ($99.99 USD)

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    The Explorer's Edition takes the base game and adds even MORE - introducing a Season Pass that will grant access to all expansion packs, starting with Scorched Earth (available now) and including more packs launching later this year and into 2018.

    ARK: Survival Evolved - Limited Collector's Edition ($159.99 USD)

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    The ultimate ARK fan's dream, the limited Collector's Edition is a collectible faux-wooden chest box that contains the ARK Explorer’s Edition (base game + Season Pass) along with...

    • A handcrafted leather-bound Explorer's Notebook, featuring the Dossiers of every in-game creature
    • An official ARK necklace
    • A cloth map of the ARK island
    • A poster of the Studio Wildcard development team
    • The official ARK: Survival Evolved soundtrack, recorded live at Abbey Road with the Philharmonia Orchestra
    • Manufactured by Triforce, the best designer of high-quality video game collectibles!

    As of now, picking up this package is the only way to get the exclusive bonus items, however, if we’re able to sell out the initial stock, we will order another set that includes all of the above, minus the game. The reason we’re not able to do this currently is due to the high cost of producing these physical products.

    Visit www.playark.com now to pre-order ARK: Survival Evolved and get your hands on the Limited Collector's Edition!

    Introducing a new Official Mod: Ragnarok, available now on Steam and July 4 on consoles!

    We're excited to announce the first mod to be integrated into ARK: Survival Evolved as part of its ARK Sponsored Mods Program! Developed by the former creators of popular ARK mods Valhalla and Umassoura; David Miller, Matt Janz, and Jackson Lawrence came together to work on their latest project, “Ragnarok” which is being released today for Steam players as a free DLC Official Expansion ARK, and will be shortly making its way to consoles in July. Global Cross-ARK and isolated Official Ragnarok servers will be available for you to make your new home. Note that Ragnarok is still in primary development, and so it will continue to expand with updates over time.

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    Steam players download “Ragnarok” now!

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    The new map will contain:

    • A 144 sq kilometer map designed to be explored by land, sea or air
    • Tons of harvest-able or gatherable resources
    • Caves of all shapes and sizes, each designed to be built in
    • Distinct variations on former ARK creatures, as well a special brand-new creature unique to Ragnarok
    • Build tree platforms on unique trees/rocks
    • Expansive biomes that were built to reward hardy explorers
    • Some of the most challenging dungeons in ARK will await players
    • An active volcano that while erupting yields a high amount of resources in the form of lava crystal
    • Beautiful vistas and base locations as far as the eye can see
    • Hot springs that while dormant yield a relaxing buff, but when active, become dangerous
    • Ruins to not only explore but that can also be incorporated into base builds
    • A vast ocean with its own ecosystem
    • Upcoming future desert biome to find and tame creatures
    • Upcoming Explorer Notes that hold the key to Ragnarok's secrets and history

    Introducing the Griffin!

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    A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone's favourite gallant glider, the Griffin!

    Common name: Griffin
    Species: Gryphon Magnificum
    Time: Unknown
    Diet: Carnivore
    Temperament: Aggressive

    Wild

    Gryphon Magnificum is undoubtedly a sight to behold. Many ancient myths tell of various depictions of the Griffin over the ages, but what is never disputed is its majestic and mysterious nature. With the front half of an eagle and the back half of a lion, it is as if these two creatures somehow fused together to form a superior land and air predator.

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    While one's first instinct might be to approach the creature and marvel at its beauty, that would be a very poor decision. Its range of attacks makes it one of the more versatile predators I’ve witnessed. If its presence alone isn't enough to intimidate potential hunters, it has the ability to dive from the sky to the ground with such force that it inflicts damage to anyone unfortunate enough to be below it, or carry its momentum back into a rapid uplift.

    Domesticated

    The idea of pacifying such a beast is nothing to scoff at. It's highly independent nature and disinterest with interacting with humans combined with its power and strength make the Griffin a challenge to domesticate. However, there have been those who are fearless enough to attempt and succeed at this miraculous feat. Once tamed, riding atop a Griffin along with a tribemate passenger, dashing through the air at high speeds, is a prize in and of itself.

    Xbox One X, Crossbuy, and Crossplay!

    We were also excited to unveil that this November, ARK will be a Launch Title on the Xbox One X! We are currently aiming to have the game performing on the EPIC Settings at 60 FPS, with every graphical effect including TrueSky. With this, we’re also excited to reveal that the game will be ready on Xbox Play Anywhere, so Xbox Owners will be able to play ARK on whichever platform they own, be it a Windows 10 PC, Xbox One, or the Xbox One X. This will also allow us to introduce crossplay between the 3 platforms! Keep in mind that this is a retroactive crossbuy, so if you already own ARK on the Xbox One, you automatically get it on the Xbox One X and the Windows 10 store, and will remain crossbuy going forward too! Plus as we announced yesterday, the Xbox versions and Windows 10 store version can all play together on the same servers using crossplay! So get ready to partner up with your tribemates on whichever Microsoft platform you want to survive on :)

    That’s all for now guys! Thank you so much for all the support the past 2 years, and we hope you are excited as we are about the news. As always, there’s still more planned for the ARK universe, both leading up to and beyond the August 8 launch. Survivors on all platforms can look forward to a lot more going forward, so stay tuned! 

    - Studio Wildcard :Jerblove:

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    I believe that a full wipe is good. If you have been playing the game as long as I have starting from  scratch is a snap. I believe giving all the new players that will come at release a fair start and a chance to build in good spot is the right thing to do.  So I know I might get blasted for my beliefs here but just know I not blasting and of you for what you believe in. 

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    20 hours ago, GP said:

    If you have the Early Access game then you don't have to re-buy it at release. Official wipe is unknown at this stage.

    There's no point wiping the servers, until you have sorted out the Duping/DDos roll backs!! I really enjoy this game (and have done for 2 years now, and also knowing its pre-access so can accept the issues) but unless this is sorted then the full release game need's to come with a consumer warning, that warns gamer's that maybe interested in playing on official/community servers will not be an even playing field!! The excitement of PVP/tribal wars through the fair means of big tribes and hard work is not how these servers work. Instead the ability to be able to force a rollback and Dupe your attacking Dinosaurs just because a tribe successfully defended themselves, and thus playing by dishonest means. 

    As I said, I accept its pre-release, and that this issues do exist and are part and parcel of the game as is... But by not warning a potential buyer that will pay is excess of £45/$60 for a full release version that this is inherent in the game you really are going from Decent game making Devs to money grabbing moguls!!

     

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    2 hours ago, Ravensigh said:

    I believe that a full wipe is good. If you have been playing the game as long as I have starting from  scratch is a snap. I believe giving all the new players that will come at release a fair start and a chance to build in good spot is the right thing to do.  So I know I might get blasted for my beliefs here but just know I not blasting and of you for what you believe in. 

    I see your point and I'm not going to blast you, but do you think "new players" will know that they have to find a server a.s.a.p. and put down pillars and claim territory to build? I dont think so, and if they do, they won't be as fast at it than alpha tribes or experience Ark players, all good spots will be gone anyways.  The bigger players will always be bigger, because they put the time and know the game.    I'v met players that don't even know these forums even exist lol.

    I think the bigger problems are the "DDOS" which dont seem to have a cure, duplicating, hopefully they find a fix, a wipe would take care of almost all of the dup. items, dinos and all, but all I ask is meet us, honest players, half-way, and let us save something from a complete wipe.

    Lag and disconnects are other problems but I think these could be improved with time? Idk... maybe lower tribe dino cap and building cap? Maybe this way the game wont crash when you fly over 3 alpha bases built in the swamp with over 60 rexes outside waving their tails around?...

     

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    On 13.7.2017 at 1:56 PM, TurboMonck said:

    its still cheaper than some of the collectors editions of call of duty and all you get is skins for your armour and guns what a waste

     

    No, it's not actually.

     

    The COD Collectors editions have never been that expensive. Not the digital ones.

     

    The physical CE for the COD titles have never been this insane.

     

    For buying the Conan Exiles Barbarian edition i received twice as much swag, both physical and digital and the price tag was only $59.99

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    On 7/13/2017 at 2:24 PM, Rios9 said:

    Hmm how about.... It's just an idea, before wiping if it does happen, just letting us know when is happening, and letting us upload lets say... 10 Dinos, 10 slots of items, and our characters to the "Ob Official clouds" and not wiping that? You can set the limit per person, is that something possible? You can DESTROY/WIPE CLEAN the worlds which are the problems, duplicating, and all the other problems but allowing us to be a bit further and not take away absolutely everything!

    I'v had this game for so long and it would be a slap to the face to loose everything, specially since WE - preview owners supported the game for so long until now.  PLEASE DO THIS.

    No. Wipe it all. Every single PvP/PvE official server. No dino uploads, no item uploads, not even sparing your own person. Dedicated/private servers should be fine where they're at; the poison needs to be washed away from this game before it remains one toxic cesspool for generations to come.

     

    Of course, I could already be late to that punch...But at least certain problems will be fixed with an official wipe.

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    To wipe or not to wipe there are pros and cons and a lot of frustration.

    So with the Rag being a awesome map and threats of wipes I decided to set up a dedicated server

    Best way to play the game.

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    Will Ragnarok be transfer active? I hope not might bring back some of the decent player base and also stop the duping, allowing the PVP aspect of the gane to be decent once again!! Can you confirm wild card? Also can you confirm what your plan is to stop rollback being forced!!

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    i have Ark on Steam and I am about to instal 1080 TI in my aging pc, and also PlayAnywhere Win10/Xbox version. 2 Xbox one S so i can have a ded server on xbox. 

    I would LOVE to order a stand alone season pass and all the collectable goodies but after reading for hours can not find out what my options will be.

    i may have passed over the info so if anyone knows please reply. ty

     

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    I read that on august 8th we will get PC powered dedicated server options as a console gamer. is that true? and how will that work? i planned on setting up my xbox one as a dedicated server and then play on win 10 on this server.

    any official news that i missed?

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    39 minutes ago, Donkeywong said:

    I read that on august 8th we will get PC powered dedicated server options as a console gamer. is that true? and how will that work? i planned on setting up my xbox one as a dedicated server and then play on win 10 on this server.

    any official news that i missed?

    It's not pc powered servers. Well not your pc anyways. You rent a server from nitrado. Prices start in the 13-20 dollar range a month and go up from there depending on how many players you want allowed on at one time. 

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    1 hour ago, Rickyh24 said:

    It's not pc powered servers. Well not your pc anyways. You rent a server from nitrado. Prices start in the 13-20 dollar range a month and go up from there depending on how many players you want allowed on at one time. 

    so you can´t host on your own pc? this german site was very vague when they wrote about an official statement from wildcard, which i am unable to find :/

     

     

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    10 minutes ago, Donkeywong said:

    so you can´t host on your own pc? this german site was very vague when they wrote about an official statement from wildcard, which i am unable to find

     

     

    You will be able to control the server from your pc. It will be hosted by a company on their rigs and you will need to pay them monthly or yearly though.  

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    6 minutes ago, Rickyh24 said:

    You will be able to control the server from your pc. It will be hosted by a company on their rigs and you will need to pay them monthly or yearly though.  

    ah crap, i hoped, that you could use the same method on your pc as on your xbox to make them a dedicated server :( as we aren´t many, i don´t think it is necessary to rent a server, my second xbox never let me down ;) but thx 4 replying!

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    So I'm planning on getting an Xbox One X and I was wondering if I'll be able to host and play a dedicated server on the same console, considering the power that this console will offer.

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    MAKE THE DOSSIER AVAILABE SO THE PLAYERS WHO BOUGHT THE GAME ALREADY DONT HAVE TO BUY ANTHER COPY COZ WITH OUT USSS THERE WOULD BE NO RELEASE DATE OR SELL IT SEPARTE BECAUSE IF THATS THE CASE IM NOT GUNNA BUY IT I ALLREADY DID

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    whats happening to the poeple that already own ark that want the pre-order skins do we have to buy the game again just to get that or will there be a special deal for us??

     

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    When is ragnarock releasing for xb1? Server says july 4 but it's August 4 now. Kinda feelin like a heroine addict without the narcan right now! 

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    On 7/27/2017 at 2:16 AM, AlexRuiz said:

    So I'm planning on getting an Xbox One X and I was wondering if I'll be able to host and play a dedicated server on the same console, considering the power that this console will offer.

    The answer is no. You will need a second xbox 

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    I was just curious about the game preview on Xbox One and if it will update to the full version over time?

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    5 hours ago, SuperSurvivior12 said:

    So does this mean if you had owned the game before release you don't have to buy it again

    That's right, you don't have to buy it again.

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