[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press.]
SEATTLE, WA – July 1, 2015 – Studio Wildcard
announced today that the open-world survival game
ARK: Survival Evolved is
available now for Mac and Linux on Steam Early Access, and is among
the first large-scale Unreal Engine 4 games released for these new
platforms. The Mac and Linux versions share all of the features and
content of the PC game and include seamless cross-play no matter
which platform survivors choose. ARK players can dive into the
dynamic island ecosystem where they craft weapons and tools, build
multi-story houses, commune with other tribes, as well as tame,
train, and ride dinosaurs from the vicious T-Rex to the monstrous
Spinosaurus and soaring Pterodactyls.
In celebration of the new launch, ARK is on sale at the
discounted price of $24.89, from the regular retail price of
$29.99, on all platforms:
store.steampowered.com/app/346110/.
Today two new oceanic dinosaurs have also been released on ARK
– Plesiosaurus and Ichthysaurus join the 70-plus dinosaurs
available at launch. Much like the Brontosaurus on land,
Plesiosaurus is an excellent beast used to transport large
quantities of goods across water. These powerful creatures are so
large that they can be used as mobile water bases. Ambitious tribes
can build bunkers right onto the backs of Plesiosaurus instead of
building cargo ships. Ichthy is a speedy ocean-mount for rapidly
exploring the seas and waterways around the island. It is a
comparatively fast, agile swimmer with a friendly curiosity much
like a modern-day dolphin.
ARK is the most popular open-world Early Access game on Steam,
bringing a new level of depth to the survival genre with a unique
blend of emergent multiplayer cooperation and competition. Players
awake naked and starving on the beach of a mysterious island among
a herd of other confused humans and must explore the vast island of
ARK to survive. What is the secret to survival? Each person must
contribute to the effort as they collect resources, craft tools,
hunt for food, defend against aggressive dinosaurs, research
technology, and build simple shelters or complex fortresses to
protect against lurking human predators, scorching days, freezing
nights, and volatile weather systems.
Developed by Studio Wildcard, in conjunction with Instinct
Games,
ARK: Survival Evolved
will launch in June 2016 on PlayStation®4 with
Project Morpheus support, Xbox One via the [email protected] program, and
Steam, including Oculus Rift VR support and a thorough integration
of Steam community features such as Steam Economy and Steam
Workshop for custom maps and mods. Players also are able
to host private/LAN servers, and now have access to a custom-built
version of the Unreal Engine 4 Editor for creating mods. The world
of ARK is designed to be modder-friendly and ever-expanding!
To join our growing band of survivors, journey over to the
Steam site now to download
the game and view a detailed feature list. Follow us on
Twitter, like us on
Facebook, subscribe to us on
YouTube, visit the Website at
www.playark.com and watch us tame and train
leviathan dinosaurs on
Twitch.TV.
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ABOUT STUDIO WILDCARD
Studio Wildcard was founded in 2014 by Jesse Rapczak, former
Technical Art Director at Microsoft Game Studios, with the mission
of bringing AAA quality to ambitious indie productions designed for
core gamers. With 12 years of industry experience across multiple
independent and studio-backed titles, Jesse has teamed up with
other veteran developers for a Seattle-based development studio
that also includes distributed team members across multiple
continents. Wherever talented, driven developers may reside, Studio
Wildcard intends to seek out and work with them!
ABOUT INSTINCT GAMES
Instinct Games is Egypt’s leading game development studio.
Started in 2011 by former Timeline Interactive co-founders, the
Instinct Games team develops and produces video games on all major
platforms utilizing its competent technical team. Its mission is to
collaborate with world class partners to foster Egypt’s video
game development ecosystem and set a precedent of high quality, low
cost, entertaining indie games with worldwide
appeal.
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