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  • ARK Survival Evolved for Mobile!

    We’re very excited to announce that the world of ARK: Survival Evolved is coming to mobile! Thanks to the efforts of veteran mobile developer War Drum Studios (the team behind the mobile versions of Bully, Grand Theft Auto, and Auralux), gamers will be able to join the massively multiplayer survival experience that is ARK right from their mobile devices!

    All gameplay footage for this trailer was recorded live using an iPhone 8.

    Designed and developed by War Drum Studios, ARK: Survival Evolved mobile is free-to-play and puts the dino-taming adventure in the palm of your hand, letting you join forces with tens of thousands of other mobile survivors. This on-the-go version of ARK features the online survival experience contained in the PC and console versions of ARK, including a gigantic island to explore, 80+ dinosaurs and primeval creatures to tame and train, multiplayer tribe mechanics, and of course, crafting and building! 

    Mobile features include:

    • Taming: Use cunning strategy and tactics to befriend, ride and breed the many dinosaurs and other primeval creatures roaming the dynamic, persistent ecosystems across land, sea, air, and even underground. 
    • Discover: Unearth rare blueprints and Explorer Notes written by previous human denizens of the ARK from across the millennia, detailing the mysterious Island’s creatures and backstory. 
    • Craft and build: Using any means necessary - survive, craft weapons, clothes, and items, and build shelters, villages, or even large cities. 
    • Plant, harvest, build, level-up, and customize everything visually and functionally, including procedurally-generated RPG statistics for creatures, characters, resources, clothing, gear, and weapons, both primitive and modern.
    • Play alone or team up to survive: Team up with, or prey on, up to 50 other players in a large-scale multiplayer online first-person environment, or choose single player mode to test your mettle against the world solo.
    • Join a tribe: The 'Tribe' system encourages cooperation, by supporting dynamic parties to share resources, experience points, and re-spawn points.

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    While maintaining the true ARK experience players have come to know and love, this mobilized version of the game has been completely adapted for handheld touch devices allowing for the ultimate survival experience on a mobile device. This includes faster paced gameplay, a unique user interface and a specialised control setup developed specifically for the mobile game. 

    The mobile version also offers optional upgrades survivors can acquire using special in-game resources that will allow players to progress faster, obtain certain buffs for periods of time, build special crafting structures, and even bring your beloved tames back from the dead!

    You can pre-register now to stay in-the-know with the mobile version of ARK: Survival Evolved. Keep informed about the beta, release date, special offers and more! There may even be some day 1 in-game bonuses thrown in to the mix for those Survivors that Pre-Register!

    Just head over to http://playark.com/mobile/

    In extra special news, War Drum will also be launching a limited closed beta on iOS, with a full worldwide launch anticipated later this Spring on the iOS App Store and Google Play Store. Interested ARK survivors can visit the link below to sign up for news on the game’s development and for a chance to participate in the ARK closed beta!

    For additional information on the closed beta you can read the Frequently Asked Questions page here:

    The ARK mobile community will exist here on survivetheark.com with its own dedicated News and Forum section that will be moderated by War Drum. Chat with the mobile developers, other mobile survivors, report issues, and offer feedback in the forum section below:

    https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/forum/20904-ark-mobile/

    For the latest updates on ARK mobile, you can follow @PlayARKmobile at the links below: 
    https://twitter.com/PlayARKmobile
    https://www.facebook.com/PlayARKmobile
    https://www.instagram.com/PlayARKMobile
    https://www.youtube.com/PlayARKmobile

    And make sure to sign up for the beta today!

    Edited by Jen

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    DarkRaptor13
    3 hours ago, HighFlyer15 said:

    You know that "oh poop, they shouldn't have done this" face whenever someone does something they shouldn't have because they still have a lot of other things to fix first?
    I'm pretty sure all the people still defending Wildcard are making that face riiiight about now. Even if it's developed by War Drum Studios which I understand isn't taking away time from Wildcard fixing ARK but I'm sure somewhere, somehow it still is. At least it's resources going to a place where no one really expected ARK to ever go?
     

    It's free ;) 

    I wasn't expecting that too. But it looks logic, they are expanding the ark universe to get a larger public. First on consoles, soon in VR, already a Minecraft variant (Pixark) and now on mobile. Of course PC players will find it useless but mobile players will like it. Next steps are probably a Switch edition and other kind of game/medias based on the Ark universe (war game, strategy game, maybe a card game or a movie/serie). Not sure about it but why not... That time/money spent can make ARK and WC bigger because of more money... And this could help to develop/update the original game as they are trying to extend their universe instead of rebooting it. 

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    MolyRolyPoly

    Wooooo! Well one of the game i really want to play is going on mobile!! Although i got the pc ver and tried to play it for a while, my laptop just couldn't handle the game so i stopped unfortunately ;-; but YES! NOW THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT! 

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    myksta0121

    Yes its free to play but you know what that means??? Pay to win! Also you know this game will be horrific on mobile. My xbox cant handle ark at times < 5fps so mobile really? Its a gimic! even if they make a game like ark that can run on mobile it will be plagued by so many bugs( think how long takes wildcard to fix a bug, now think of half the amount of devs patching said bugs as its a mobile game) then comes the control's. Lol ark on mobile no thanks!

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    GP
    2 minutes ago, myksta0121 said:

    Yes its free to play but you know what that means??? Play to win!

    Usually with games you do have to play to win. :ph34r:

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    myksta0121

    Lol you know what i mean!

    Pay to win!!

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    Because i cant spell :(
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    JohnFFL

    Yeah can't wait to raise gigas on my phone. I've been looking for a way to satisfy my addiction to this game on the go.

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    Joebl0w13
    2 minutes ago, Muffengamer said:

    Is it going to be free for iOS??

    The answer is in the post.

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    Daboss609

    So I signed up for the beta I’m I good to go when the beta opens up (if I get picked)

     

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    Ultriomangyga

    This better be a joke, because it merely mocks the pathetic performance-wise state of the game.

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    AVENGED

    This should be glorious. Not in a great way, but in a the sky is falling, why doesn't this work, people breaking their phones way. 

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    Gelantious

    It's a shame it is its own version instead of being able to play on pc servers.

    Kinda missed opportunity there, being able to check on your tames n what not even when away from home, also could have been a good chance to port it to switch(though Nin would have to allow crossplay for it).

     

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    kayleekristenn

    I’m very excited to see this coming to mobile! I absolutely love this game, having over 1400 hours on PC. 

    Hopefully I am chosen for the beta test, as I’m curious to see how the controls will be, and how the timers will work. 

    I’m so excited to bring this game everywhere I go, as if I’m not already addicted to it at home! 

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    jjfats

    So ark is going pay to win.  I hope this concept they have stays on mobile and doesn't start to leak into console and pc.  I would be mad mad if I just grinded out for two days and some one pays $100 gets everything and wipes my base.  That's why I can't play the mobile version.  I just hope that they use money from this cash cow they are making to help develop the core game on PC and console.  Don't turn this game into Mobile Strike.

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    Joebl0w13
    1 hour ago, MonsterTrox12 said:

    Will ios and android be able to play together?

     

    Yes.

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