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We know that what you want is news on Genesis II, so let's not mince words and get straight to it: We have decided to push our final DLC release date to May 26th, for PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Stadia. First and foremost, please accept our humble apologies. We're disappointed and have no doubt, everyone, eagerly awaiting Genesis II will feel that along with us. As we have shared before, the Studio transitioned to working remotely near the beginning of last year, presenting some particular constraints. Being entirely virtual is quite challenging for various teams with a shift from an in-office workflow. In addition to the complications of working remotely, one challenge has been figuring out how to close out the ARK saga faithfully. From a narrative, cinematic, and end-game-wise perspective, it's something close to our hearts that we want to honor as the grand finale. This journey we've all taken through ARK: Survival Evolved over the past six years is important to our players and us, and the extra time will make a massive difference to the quality of the Gen II when it lands in your hands. We're passionate about delivering something truly special, and we're confident this extension will allow us to give you the epic finale you deserve. And on that note, we'd like to introduce you to the formidable Voidwyrm, a powerful and challenging new tame that will soar above the ARK with the launch of Genesis II! Download in high resolution Internally, we think of Genesis Part II as having two significant philosophical changes in comparison to Genesis Part I. These changes are a direct result of player feedback: The entire map is open and livable, with minimal no-build zones that avoid disrupting the over-world and an esthetically pleasing environment. Structures, items, and creatures have been designed to assist and improve gameplay and QoL for all of our players and designed to expand the meta in meaningful ways. Download in high resolution On behalf of the Wildcard team, we want to thank you for your ongoing support and passion. We're looking forward to sharing ARK: Survival Evolved’s final climactic chapter with you! Studio Wildcard EVO Event Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk! It will be active until Friday the 26th of February to Monday the 1st of March. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes: 2X Harvesting 2X XP Community Corner 🎥 Clips/Videos 🎥 🎥Creator: Gamology Anthropologist and Survival expert, Kinga Philipps, reacts to ARK. 🎥Creator: Raasclark Want to get your hands on the latest Federation Gloves? Raasclark shows you how in a recent video. 🎥Creator: Sven P Check out an epic castle build deep in the Redwoods biome with Sven P. We've also included a screenshot of the completed build in the screenshots section. 🎥Creator: Mr Dolphin Say goodbye to that TEK Skiff. 🎥Creator: Rockapolis Gaming Here's a quick 3x3 base that has all the essentials you need to get started! 🎨 Fan Art 🎨 🎨 KingCrownee - Zombie Fire Wyvern & Zombie Lightning Wyvern 🎨 NeoVanilluxe - ARK Thorny Dragon 🎨 Kohaku-senpai - Wyvern 🎨 Vahilor - Santiago Mek Pilot 🎨 HeatherPeoples - Griffin 📸In-Game Screenshots 📸 📸 sefiroultima#7980 📸Medusa Greek 📸 KingWillrus#2876 📸Keylleen Enjoy your weekend! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark View full article

Behind The LiveOps Curtain Hey Survivors, we thought it might be a good time for a little Live Operations Dev Blog of sorts. We’ve been very busy behind the scenes and sometimes during that hive of activity, we may forget that our players enjoy details outside of “We’re busy with X, more info soon” etc. So let’s give you more of a glimpse behind the LiveOps curtain. LiveOps LiveOps has been er...hectic of late. Let’s get straight to it. Transfer Issues: We encountered some serious problems on our networking side that led to some players losing items and/or characters. We initially implemented a quick fix in order to address it as quickly as possible, then pivoted to working on a more long-term upgrade to make our system more robust. We don’t find what occurred acceptable in the slightest and have some of our engineers focused on working alongside our host to upgrade the system and prevent these issues from occurring in the future. These specific problems were something we hadn’t encountered with the system in the past (even though the symptoms may appear similar to some of our players). Anything resulting in data loss for our players is of critical importance to us and we apologise to those affected. Meshing: Meshing is still a focus for the team - we’re constantly working on patching out methods and holes as we learn of them. We saw an uptick in meshing incidents on Playstation recently. In general, we’ve made significant strides in reducing meshing and, overall, incidents are way down in comparison to a year ago. That said, in a sandbox game, people always find new methods. Some of our solutions to further counter meshing include: Zipline patch. Players can no longer jump on a zipline to get through a small hole. Implemented an automated system that will now try to detect projectiles, so when players are firing rockets, ziplines etc inside the mesh they will get destroyed before they’re able to make an impact. Unfortunately this system can’t hit every location but we’re happy to have made some impact in this regard. World Borders: Soon, we will be updating world barriers on all maps so that anything outside of a world border will be destroyed. Boom. This is live on The Island on PC and there were some edge-case issues with it being oversensitive but that’s now been fixed and we’ll be rolling out to other platforms soon. We consider our continued approach to meshing to be three pronged: Better detection to prevent it in the first place Destroying what has slipped through the cracks Identifying specific areas that can be exploited and patching them. We’ll share more on the world border changes when that goes live. Enforcement Some of you don’t feel your reports lead to action so we want to share more info about the action taken against players who cheat or otherwise break our Code Of Conduct. We are working on some solutions for better visibility for those affected by cheaters into punishments and actions taken against players that are consistently ruining the game via third party software etc. We hope to roll those out in the near future. Performance and Stability Client and server performance was a focus through 2020. That said, over the years, we’ve learned to stop counting dodos before they hatch in regards to how noticeable performance improvements are. But now that we can see the combined impact of a year's changes, we can confirm some tangible improvements when comparing performance at the start of 2020 to performance today. Servers Transfer system: We completely moved to an in-network solution Now have more control over what can go in and out of the system on a network level This system is faster, more reliable, and more cost effective (though it still needs some work to get it where it needs to be! ;)) DDoS protection: We added additional hardware and software solutions to our already existent DDoS solution through Nitrado Incoming traffic can be more finely tuned on the packet level rather than at a higher more general level than prior Performance in-game Structure placing and demolition performance update. The most significant boost to performance in-game that we implemented on our Official Network last November is the structure placing/demo update. Eliminated server calculation in relation to placing structures: Previously the server had to do some massive calculations involving checking all snapped structures to the structure being replaced to verify structural integrity. That calculation has now been eliminated as it is a replacement rather than the placement of a new structure in a new area. This is most noticeable on busy servers with large save files. Optimised server calculation for demolishing structures: The demolish change was a reduction on how much is actually being calculated. It’s less complex in the way in which the server checks these things now so demolishing things will be less intensive aka “cheaper”on the server’s performance thereby reducing lag, stalls and/or server frame drops when demolishing. We're not taking these gains as cause to stop iterating, though. There's still room to improve, so we’ll keep pushing those out throughout 2021 too. Community feedback/connection In some ways, when we update the game, we’re really updating something that’s no longer ours. It’s yours; it’s a creature, mechanic or DLC that millions of players may have grown to love, and we want to make sure we do good by you all first and foremost. This is a reason why we released an Official Discord, so we can get more feedback from players on the direction we’re headed. Thanks to a breadth of functionality, lots of our players have embraced the ARK Discord as a semi-public community platform. We find observing our player's thoughts and chatter, along with sometimes interacting with you in a “live” medium useful and enjoyable. This along with the more traditional forums and various feedback channels helps us to stay connected to the community. If you’ve made it this far, thank you for sticking your head behind the curtain with us. Do let us know if you find write ups like this interesting. Studio Wildcard EVO Event Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk! It will be active until Thursday the 25th of February. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes: 2X XP Community Corner 🎥 Clips/Videos 🎥 🎥Creator: sotfleague This week was the first monthly tournament for the player-run SoTF league with a prize pool. Icebox came through with first place in the duos. This early game bow fight leads to a priceless reaction from the announcer. 🎥Creator: Syntac Check out the latest Love Evolved update with Syntac! 🎥Creator: Alexby11 You have to answer when nature calls 💩 #ARKADIA 🎥Creator: AaronLongstaff1 Take a look at Aaron's stream of a Japanese-styled temple. He's building on Crystal isles, a perfect backdrop for this awesome build! 🎥Creator: Feederi XD Throwback Clip: Fifi and tek jump pads go brrrrt 🎨 Fan Art 🎨 🎨 Sonne-Spiritwind - ARK: Coelophysis 🎨 SlappyShotte - Com|Aberration 🎨sis_6193 - Let's go home early 🎨TekARK3 - Locke Terranova 🎨 Slither06#9236 - Otter (Discord) 📸 In-Game Screenshots 📸 📸 @mocco1218ga 📸 Sandi#9998 📸 Tinner The Big Red Dovah#2333 📸 Vattghornn#9974 Enjoy your weekend! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark View full article

Welcome to the latest edition of the Community Crunch! Love Evolved is live from February 11th - February 18th, and packs new skins, chibis, 3x rates and more! Check out the post below for more information. Playstation Update: We have set the event rates live on our Official Playstation network, and, we're eager to get the Love Evolved Event content into our Playstation Community's hands. The build is good and currently going through the publishing process. We hope to be able to set that live for you today. Apologies for the delay in deploying the update. We'll keep you posted! Last Week In ARK This week we take a look at the average level of a player when a wild dino kills them. We've seen a lot of interest in these stats and we'll continue digging up interesting stats for you to see! Video Evidence for Support Tickets Solving some types of enforcement tickets comes down to having good evidence. For reports regarding certain cheats and exploits, a video goes a long way towards our enforcement team's investigative process. We've updated the Navigation Bar, under Support, in the website to include a helpful guide in recording videos depending on the platform you're playing on. We hope you find this helpful when creating your support tickets! Steam Lunar Sale 🏮 Happy Lunar New Year! We're kicking off the Lunar New year with an ARK sale. Get it now while it's up to 80% off! 🏮 ARK | Steam Lunar Sale EVO Event There is an ongoing EVO Event from February 11th - February 18th as part of the Love Evolved event. 3X Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation) 3X XP 3X Harvesting 3X Taming Community Corner 🎥 Clips/Videos 🎥 🎥 Creator: Rubius Z #ARKADIA, an ARK event by a group of content creators, launched this week with much excitement. Join Rubius Z as he starts his ARK adventure! Check this out to find out more about the content creators that are involved and be sure to give the event Twitter account a follow. 🎥 Creator: sam_stimo Check out this Viking town build, complete with a port, docks, houses, a blacksmith, and more! 🎥 Creator: nohistoryheregaming Never know when a friendly raptor is looking to welcome you to the neighborhood 🤗. 🎥 Creator: Sheplaysit You really can't rush a good ale 🍻. 🎥 Creator: UpFromTheDepths In this documentary-style video series, UpFromTheDepths explores ARK in an entirely new way. This episode, Snowbound, focuses on the harsh winter season. 🎥 Creator: NoHistoryHereGaming You never know when that friendly raptor wants to welcome you to the neighborhood 🤗. 🎥 Creator: IamMacMan Join I Am MacMan as they take us on a tour of their Owl Trade Base in this build showcase video. 🎨 Fan Art 🎨 🎨 EmilyStepp - ARK Armored Reaper Concept 🎨 NeoVanilluxe - ARK Dodorex 🎨 Natahi-4 - Spinosaurus Aquareliga 🎨 RRRaven#0666 (Discord) 📷 In-Game Screenshots 📷 📷 GirlKingThatOddThing#2542 📷 KingWillrus#2876 📷 Sandi#9998 📷 auztyle#7907 See you next week! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark View full article

❤️ Love Evolved 2 ❤️ Love is in the air! From Thursday, February 11th through Thursday, February 18th ARK will be under Cupid's spell for Love Evolved 2. For the duration of the event, Valentines Coelacanth will be fishing for some love. Reel in these amorous fish and be showered in candies, chocolates and even chibi pets! Event Details This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=vday Dates 2/11 - 2/18 Activities Valentines Coelacanth can be caught for chibis, chocolates, candies Mating can randomly drop chocolates and candies! Rates Increased breeding rates to 3x (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation) Increased taming rates to 3x Increased player XP rates to 3x Increased harvesting rates to 3x Skins Valentines inspired shield skin *NEW* Valentines inspired sunglasses skin *NEW* "Cupid Couture Bottom" (Pants Skin) "Cupid Couture Top" (Shirt Skin) "Halo Headband" (Hat Skin) "Teddy Bear Grenades" (Grenade Skin) "Bow & Eros" (Bow skin) "Love Shackles" (Handcuffs Skin) Items Box o' Chocolates Valentines Dino Candy Emotes Flirty Emote Chibi's Crystal Wyvern *NEW* Mesopithecus *NEW* Otter *NEW* Enforcer *NEW* Velonasaur *NEW* Wild Event Creature Colors Lavender *NEW* Cream *NEW* MediumLavender *NEW* Peach *NEW* DeepPink *NEW* LightPink *NEW* Dark Red *NEW* Red Magenta Light Red White Last Week In ARK In this week's update, we take a look at bans and average deaths per server (PvE and PvP) over the past seven days. There were a total of 732 bans this week between the enforcement team and BattleEye. The Enforcement team bans are done manually after investigation for various infractions of our Code of Conduct and BattlEye's bans are implemented for detection of third party software/cheats. We are curious as to why our Xbox players have so many PvE deaths. Haha! EVO Event There will be no EVO event this week. The next upcoming EVO event will be on February 11th. Community Corner Clips/Videos Creator: Simfinity_nin Tranquil rafting on the ARK. Kick back, relax, and sip on a nice brew in the sunshine 😎 Creator: IceBox IceBox doing what IceBox does best in an awesome player-run Carry Your Bob SOTF Mod Tournament! Creator: Zilara It's fine! This is fine! 🔥 New vault drop meta 💪 Creator: Circaskys We're not sure what is going down but ARK RP'ers don't do things by halves! Creator: bobbysama1 Awkies heh 😬 Fan Art Feather Light - kawarayane Gen 2 Teaser - Locke.ARK#6239 (Discord) Standing Ground - RedGear17#6109 (Discord) The Dodo's Are In Love - NeoVanilluxe#0900 Noglin Bro - @RoboticHat717 In-Game Screenshots 📷mangostars#7256 📷CHipZz - Ark Builds#9595 📷 @ChristySoffe - My Little Beach House See you next week! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark View full article

Classic PvP Season 4 Season 4 kicks off on Friday 2/5/21 at 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST. Classic PvP is a competitive player experience for PC players that focuses on the PvP experience from the days of old. Season 3 saw the introduction of breedable Wyverns and Stegos which brought an impactful change to the meta, so this season. Each season will introduce new changes and will continue to evolve along with the base game. This week we'll be kicking off Season 4 of Classic PvP (bringing an end to the current season). If you're unfamiliar with what Classic PvP is, there's a quick breakdown below. Classic PvP Breakdown Experience gain, taming, gathering, breeding, hatching, and raising rates have been doubled compared to our standard Official Servers (2x) Tribes are set to 25 players max Tribe alliances are disabled, though informal alliances are allowed Servers have a maximum player count of 100 These maps will be available: The Island, Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Valguero, and The Center Tek dinos (Tek Parasaur, Tek Quetzal, Tek Rex, Tek Raptor, Tek Stego), Paracer, Tapejara, and the Titanosaur are not available for taming on Classic PvP All Aberration and Extinction content is unavailable on Classic PvP Scaling of weapon damage has been reduced No TEK Engrams No cave building Cryopods enabled Season 4 Changes Tamed Stegosaurus Resistance reduced by 35% Tamed Quetzal Resistance reduced by 20% Tamed Wyvern Resistance reduced by 20% Tamed Wyvern Damage reduced by 20% Reaper Queen added to the Valguero Aberration Zone View full article

Last Week In ARK Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch! In Last Week In Ark, we've seen some changes in the Players Killed By Weapon Type. While things remained the same on XBOX, we saw slight changes in both XBOX and PC in the weapons players chose to use compared to last week. Kills By Wild Dino Type shows us the same creatures but overall deaths by these four creatures have reduced by 14.9% when compared to last week. We'll keep looking for more interesting stats to share with you! EVO Event There will be no EVO event this week Community Corner In light of all the amazing content being shared by the ARK community, we'll be expanding the Fan Art section and renaming it 'Community Corner' to include more than fan art. You can expect to find a variety of community content that is being shared across social platforms (Twitch, Discord, Twitter, Youtube, Reddit, Facebook). Clips/Videos How to Build a Large House/New Roof Building Design - The Pilgrimz The Pilgrimz demonstrates how to build with a new roof design in his latest video. How to Build a Modern House - Aaron Longstaff Aaron Longstaff designs a modern house and takes you along for the ride. Star Wars Astromech Droid Speed Build - Sypher Sam Pulling off a Star Wars build is no easy feat, but Sypher Sam does it with ease in this video. Fan Art ARK Rock Drake - Sonne-Spiritwind Strawberry - algiz0 Reaper Queen A3 - sevvydeb WIP (Discord) - niceguysrage#2040 In-Game Screenshots Roxy#2612 (Discord) Khal Alastor -Dusk-#8673 (Discord) Project Fjördur - Nekatus Enjoy your weekend survivors! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark View full article

Last Week In ARK Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch survivors. In the past, the community has expressed an interest in analytics so we'd like to pilot a new segment called "Last Week In ARK" that highlights general analytics and statistics we collect on the back-end. Consider this a sample of things we might be able to provide if there is community interest. What types of things are you interested in seeing? Are there particular metrics that interest you more? Sound off and let us know! EVO Event There will be no EVO event this week Community Fan Art Cnidaria Ark Encounter by fernsylhouette Would You Like To Cut It by sis_6193 Desert Base by nonoARK House by the Dock by sam_stim Gasbags (Discord) by NISIS#1565 Wishing you a stress-free weekend. Catch you next week! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark View full article

Happy New Year! We hope you had a fun and relaxing holiday. We're energized and busy working on the next adventure: Genesis Part II! In the meantime, let's take a look at some amazing fan art and screenshots from the community. EVO Event There will be no EVO event this week Community Fan Art Warm With You by sis_6193 Deinonychus by eagleclaw6089 Merry Christmas by hipapparitiongamer The T-Rex And The Butterfly Based On Ark 2 by adamsalive4kids Lightning Wyvern by cyanimus Griffin by kawarayane By greyjan#9071 (Discord) By theyaa#6363 (Discord) We'll catch up with you next week! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark View full article

It’s been a year! We know -- we already wrapped up (pardon the pun) with our end of year post and event but we’ve opted to throw one more Holiday treat in for our awesome community: A New Year’s Eve mini-event. At midnight EST on Dec 31st and midday EST Jan 1st, our Official Networks will be bombarded with raining gifts in a hail of fireworks to mark the end of 2020. These gifts will contain a collection of your favourite skins from past events that are currently unavailable and a chibi bonanza! And by bonanza, we mean, the drop rate of Rare, Very Rare and Legendary chibis will be dialled to over 9000! We greatly appreciate all of your support and enthusiasm and hope this little treat will help mark the bringing in of healthy and happy New Year for us all! Cheers, The Studio Wildcard Team View full article

Happy Holidays from Studio Wildcard As 2020 winds up--a year that has been eventful and challenging for all of us--we wanted to take pause and extend our heartfelt gratitude to the ARK community for the tremendous support you've shown us throughout the years. ARK is a community-driven game and you continue to put your dedication and passion on display daily. We pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. We embrace that passion so that we can continue creating epic entertainment for our players. Irrespective of who you are or where you’re located—if you’re a part of our evolving and vibrant community, you're a part of what makes the ARK Franchise what it is today. Gaming brings people together across the globe. We're humbled that we can bring some joy and fun into player's lives, especially during a challenging year when connection and comraderie can help us all. The 'Poglin' skin is a prime example of something born of community love, humour and passion. The 'Poglin' mask became a reality after the ARK community began to create memes inspired by the debut of the Noglin with the Genesis II teasers. Although the addition of the skin is minor, we wanted to show that the ARK community is major to us. As we move forward to 2021 and the release of Genesis Part II, we strive to reciprocate the creativity, excitement and passion you've continually shared with us. Speaking of excitement, we couldn't move onto 2021 without a little more teasing of Genesis Part II: Introducing the Maewing! Engineered to be the ultimate interstellar wet nurse and surrogate parent, in addition to automatically taking care of your babies, the Maewing can steal enemy offspring by luring their young in for an irresistible suckle at its bounteous teats! A 2020 wrap up..... Genesis Part I February We launched Genesis Part I, a whole new chapter in the saga of ARK: Survival Evolved. Genesis Part I created new challenges that have yet to be seen in prior ARK experiences! ARK: Genesis represented a new, story-oriented beginning in ARK’s epic saga of survival. You gained a robotic companion, HLNA, to help you overcome the simulation’s rigorous tests. You not only needed to tame and fight but you also had to adapt just as the environment around you does. Crystal Isles Launch / Epic Games Store Launch June We invited you to explore a new world, Crystal Isles, a supernatural beauty won the hearts of the ARK community since its debut as a mod in 2016. Crystal Isles offered rainforest canopies, mysterious floating islands, and introduced three types of crystal wyvern for you to tame and breed and a new custom boss arena. With the launch of Crystal Isles we held an anniversary event that introduced new chibi's and skins. In addition to the launch of Crystal Isles, we launched on Epic Games Store with a free-to-own week to give players another option for experiencing ARK. ExtraLife November As we have done in prior years, we held a 24-hour charity event for Extra Life. During the stream we gave away Collector’s Edition boxes, and game keys! We also gave away information about the upcoming DLC Genesis Part II and had special announcements from Jesse and Jeremy. Thanks to the ARK community, this years Extra Life turned out to be a huge success! We hit $482k lifetime donations as a team and $182,553.24 as a team in 2020 alone! A huge thanks to the generous ARK community for helping us do some good for children in need. Tender Loving Care 3 November We were able to launch our highly anticipated patch: Tender Loving Care 3. When the opportunity presents itself, we like to go back and show some attention to creatures that may need more love or things that our community would like to see addressed. We were particularly excited about TLC 3 and the introduction of insect and wyvern breeding to the game. In addition to creature and balance changes, the community saw a rework of the taming UI. ARK 2 and ARK: The Animated Series December: Just recently we announced ARK II, a brutal new world of primitive survival against both beast and man, facing down the ever-present threats of hyper-realistic intelligent dinosaurs, aggressive alien fauna, and the exotic environments of an unearthly planet. Survivors will continue ARK's dramatic eons-spanning story of humankind's evolution, in this next-generation sandbox survival experience! To accompany the ARK II announcement, we announced a partnership with acclaimed director Jay Oliva (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox) to executive produce and co-showrun an original animated television series based on the hit video game ARK: Survival Evolved. From cutting-edge animation studio Lex + Otis and with music composed by Gareth Coker (Ori and the Will of the Wisps), ARK: The Animated Series chronicles the story of a mysterious primeval land populated by dinosaurs and other extinct creatures, where people from throughout human history have been resurrected. However you spend the end of your year, we wish you health, happiness and good fortune (and a lot of rest and nice snacks). Take care of yourselves and each other and we'll see you all in 2021 with a slew of hype and energy! All the best and happy holidays! Studio Wildcard View full article

🌲 Winter Wonderland 5 🌲 Winter Wonderland will be making a triumphant return for the fifth time with new presents and goodies for ARK survivors. The winter-themed holiday event begins on December 17th at 10am PST for PC, XBOX, and PS4 and will last until Thursday, January 7th. All maps will receive Winter Wonderland and all its content including RaptorClaus and GachaClaus. Our very recognizable helper, RaptorClaus, is returning to drop off holiday gifts filled with loot, event items, mistletoe, and lumps of coal for all those naughty survivors. You'll be able to catch RaptorClaus flying across the skies at midnight (game time) on all maps. GachaClaus is also making a come-back to help RaptorClaus spread the holiday cheer! GachaClaus will be roaming all maps in true holiday spirit while sporting holiday-themed colors. He will be accepting your coal and in exchange will gift you holiday-themed items, or you can trade-in your mistletoe and coal for a chance at event items. weapons, armor and 7 brand new Chibis! Event Details This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=WinterWonderland Dates December 17th to January 7th Rates 2X Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation) 2X Player XP 2X Harvesting Event Creatures RaptorClaus GachaClaus Event Skins Rex Sweater Skin *NEW* Carolers Sweater Skin *NEW* Bulbdog Sweater Skin *NEW* Blue Winter Beanie *NEW* Purple Winter Beanie *NEW* Green Winter Beanie *NEW* Male and Female Noglin Swimsuit Skin *NEW* Male and Female Yeti Swimsuit Skin *NEW* Candy Cane Club Skin Christmas Bola Skin Nutcracker Slingshot Skin Dino Ornament Swim Bottom Skin Dino Ornament Swim Top Skin Jerboa Wreath Swim Bottom Skin Jerboa Wreath Swim Top Skin Ugly Bronto Sweater Skin Ugly Carno Sweater Skin Ugly Chibi Sweater Skin Gray Winter Beanie Skin Purple Winter Beanie Skin Red Winter Beanie Skin Felt Reindeer Antlers Skin Santa Hat Skin Event Chibis Shinehorn *NEW* Featherlight *NEW* Glowtail *NEW* Bulbdog *NEW* Top-hat Kairuku *NEW* Reindeer *NEW* Gacha Claus *NEW* Event Items Festive Dino Candy Holiday Lights Holiday Stocking Holiday Tree Gift Box Snowman Wreath Wild Creature Colors Jade *NEW* PineGreen *NEW* SpruceGreen *NEW* DarkMagenta *NEW* Glacial *NEW* PowderBlue *NEW* Teal *NEW* DarkViolet *NEW* Red Green Light Grey Light Red Dark Green Dark Red Dino Light Red Dino Light Green Dino Medium Green Dino Albino NearWhite ARK II & ARK: THE Animated Series To celebrate our latest news of ARK II and ARK: The Animated Series, we've created some special skins you can obtain in-game. Be sure to view the trailers from the ARK main game menu to get your hands on a cool anime raptor inspired from the animated series, or a hatchet and spear skin inspired from ARK II! Check out this article for more information on ARK II and ARK: The Animated Series! Official Network PC Server Maintenance The Official PC Network will be undergoing maintenance at approximately 10PM on Wednesday, December 16th. We are expecting up to 3 hours of downtime during this maintenance period. We are scheduling this downtime so that it impacts the least amount of players. If there are changes to the proposed maintenance window timeframe, we'll provide a more specific timeframe prior to the maintenance period. EVO Event Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event as part of Winter Wonderland! It will be active from Thursday the 17th of Dec at 1 PM EST until Thursday the 7th of January at 3 PM EST. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes: 2X Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation) 2X Player XP 2X Harvesting Fan Art Springloaded by Kylie Langton Giga in ARK 2 by Robinson Vronti (Discord) The Dragon by MoltenElement Feeling Nostalgic by naeriie Griffin by Toxin Yuty by Amberghini ARK 2 by AdamsAlive4kids Wishing everyone safe and happy holidays! Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Discord: discord.com/invite/playark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110 Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark View full article

ARK II ARK II, Sequel to the Multi-Platinum Dinosaur Franchise has been announced with major moves to expand the iconic survival universe! We’re so excited to share the trailer with you! ARK II thrusts players into a brutal new world of primitive survival against both beast and man, facing down the ever-present threats of hyper-realistic intelligent dinosaurs, aggressive alien fauna, and the exotic environments of an unearthly planet. Survivors will continue ARK's dramatic eons-spanning story of humankind's evolution, in this next-generation sandbox survival experience! Catch the Official full length high-resolution trailer featuring Vin Diesel as the hero protagonist, Santiago Finally, here's a special treat from Gareth Coker, the first two Official tracks from the ARK II soundtrack! ARK: Animated Series Studio Wildcard has partnered with acclaimed director Jay Oliva (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox) to executive produce and co-showrun an original animated television series based on the hit video game ARK: Survival Evolved. Created and executive produced by the game’s creators Jeremy Stieglitz and Jesse Rapczak and associate produced by the game’s product managers, Jatheish K and Ihriel E, ARK: The Animated Series is currently composed of fourteen 30-minute episodes and has two seasons currently in production in anticipation of a 2022 launch. Marguerite Bennett (Batwoman, DC’s Bombshells, Batman, Supergirl, Batgirl, Josie and the Pussycats) and Kendall Deacon Davis (Halo 4, The Wolf Among Us, Honor of Kings) are the lead writers for ARK: The Animated Series, which features an extraordinary voice cast! Voice talent and character descriptions, in alphabetical order: Gerard Butler plays General Gaius Marcellus Nerva, a brutal ancient Roman despot. Devery Jacobs plays Alasie, a peppy 17th century Inuit teenager, now finding her place on the ARK. Cissy Jones plays The Gladiatrix, a formidable commander in Nerva's army. Madeleine Madden plays 21st century Australian paleontologist Helena Walker, newly awoken on the ARK. Deborah Mailman plays Deborah Walker, a 21st century Aboriginal Australian activist, and mother to Helena Walker. Zahn McClarnon plays Thunder Comes Charging, a 19th century Lakota warrior who leads a thriving community on the ARK. Malcolm McDowell plays Senator Lucius Cassius Virilis, a manipulative aristocrat during the reign of Caesar Augustus. Juliet Mills plays Chava, a wise healer and village councilmember. Elliot Page plays Victoria Walker, an idealistic humanitarian aid worker, and wife of Helena Walker. Ragga Ragnars plays Queen Sigrid, a bellicose 10th century Viking warlord. David Tennant plays Sir Edmund Rockwell, an egocentric 19th century scientist harboring dark ambitions. Alan Tudyk plays The Captain, a crusty buccaneer who profitably sails the dangerous waters around the ARK. Karl Urban plays Bob, a recent square-jawed ARK arrival. Jeffrey Wright plays Henry Townsend, an 18th century American watchmaker and Patriot spy. Michelle Yeoh plays Meiyin Li, a 3rd century Chinese rebel leader, known on the ARK by her reputation as the formidable “Beast Queen.” Ron Yuan plays Han Li, a 3rd century Chinese rebel leader and brother to Meiyin. With Russell Crowe playing Kor the Prophet, an eccentric ‘dino-whisperer’ hailing from a time before recorded history. And Vin Diesel playing 24th century ‘Mek’-pilot, gearhead, & freedom-fighter Santiago. Vin Diesel has joined Studio Wildcard as President of Creative Convergence and will act as executive producer of both “ARK II” and “ARK: The Animated Series.” Diesel will also lend his voice talents as Santiago, a fully rendered hero protagonist, who will cross over from the newly announced video game sequel to the animated television series. From cutting-edge animation studio Lex + Otis and with music composed by Gareth Coker (Ori and the Will of the Wisps), ARK: The Animated Series chronicles the story of a mysterious primeval land populated by dinosaurs and other extinct creatures, where people from throughout human history have been resurrected. When 21st century Australian paleontologist Helena Walker awakes on the ARK after tragedy, she must learn to survive and find new allies, or die again at the hands of ruthless warlords -- all while trying to uncover the true nature of their strange new world. ARK fans will recognise many aspects of the lore and witness new depth and development to familiar characters. We can’t wait to share more as we near the airing! View full article