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Ark devs distance themselves from AI-generated trailer: 'we did not know that they were doing it'

by Jody Macgregor

The reaction to the clearly AI-generated trailer for Ark's upcoming underwater DLC Aquatica was divided, in the sense that some people hated it and some people really hated it. "This is disgusting and you should be ashamed of yourselves" is the first comment underneath the trailer on YouTube, and it comes from an Ark YouTuber with more than a million subscribers... Read more.

Ark Survival Evolved devs "did not know" about AI-generated Aquatica trailer

by editor@pcgamesn.com

As part of its celebrations around the tenth anniversary of the Ark franchise, Snail Games revealed that the game that started it all, Ark Survival Evolved, is getting a new expansion - Ark Aquatica. However, it's already got off on the wrong foot due to its reveal trailer containing more than a hefty dose of AI-generate footage. Now, a Snail Games developer confirms that those actually creating the expansion "did not know" about the AI trailer, and calms fears that Aquatica itself may feature AI-generated content. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Revealed out of the blue, Aquatica is Ark Survival Evolved's first DLC in ages 18 of the best Ark mods in 2025 Free Ark survival game hits another huge milestone weeks after launch

Six-armed octopuses and other abyssal horrors from Ark: Survival Evolved's new AI slop trailer

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What's the going rate for a flight to attend GDC these days? I ask because I'd have loved to be buzzing my merry way about the convention walls when Snail Games USA unveiled this doozy of an AI-generated trailer for Ark: Survival Evolved's Aquatica expansion. I'd give it a solid nine on the "we're not even trying to disguise it any longer" scale. How bad is it? Bad enough that original developers Studio Wildcard hastily and firmly distanced themselves from the project, reiterating that their focus was on ARK: Survival Ascended and Ark 2. If I had to sum up the trailer in a single word, I would attempt to write that word out with four-day old regurgitated Alphabetti spaghetti, invariably failing to give voice to my flailing disgust before retiring to the corner to fart at god. This would still take approximately fourteen times more effort than whoever got paid to write "like the ocean, but worse" into their phone to tease out the following results. Read more

Revealed out of the blue, Aquatica is Ark Survival Evolved's first DLC in ages

by editor@pcgamesn.com

March 18 at 8:50am PDT Snail Games has now confirmed that Ark Aquatica is a new DLC for Ark Survival Evolved. The headline and body of this article has been updated to reflect the new information. Studio Wildcard and Snail Games have just thrown a big old party for the Ark franchise's tenth birthday. While Ark 2 is sadly absent, it has fully revealed the new expansion for Ark Survival Evolved and dropped a preview of the next season of Ark: The Animated Series. Oh, and out of the blue, it also announced a mysterious new project called Ark Aquatica. Initially sounding like an all new game that could be a seafaring survival adventure like Subnautica, it's in fact a new DLC for Ark Survival Evolved - the first expansion for the first Ark game in some time. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Ark Survival Ascended Lost Colony is set in a major new location, tees up Ark 2 New Ark map Astraeos transforms the survival game into a Greek fantasy adventure Ark Survival Ascended is cheap...

Free Ark survival game hits another huge milestone weeks after launch

by editor@pcgamesn.com

Ark: Survival Evolved remains one of the biggest and best survival games around. Taking the touchstones of crafting and base building to an island infested with dinosaurs, it continues to dominate Steam all these years later. With concurrent players regularly over the 40,000 mark and a whopping 536,000 reviews at 84% positive since launch, the original Ark is still some of the best the survival genre has to offer. This formula came to mobile late last year in the form of Ark: Ultimate Mobile Edition, and this version keeps going from strength to strength. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: 17 of the best Ark mods in 2025 New free Ark survival game hits one million players in 24 hours Ark commands - cheats and admin code list

New free Ark survival game hits one million players in 24 hours

by editor@pcgamesn.com

Ark: Survival Evolved has made the leap from PC to mobile, with the release of Ark: Ultimate Mobile Edition. But instead of being some Tamagotchi-style dinosaur-feeding game, this is Ark: Survival Evolved as you know and love it, just on a smaller screen. And it's off to a strong start, with over one million downloads in just 24 hours. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best Ark mods 2024 Ark commands - cheats and admin code list Ark remaster delayed, now early access, but cheaper

Ark: The Animated Series drops a surprise release, with Michelle Yeoh and Russell Crowe along for dino fun

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Remember when Ark: Survival Evolved was announced to be getting an animated series with a star-studded cast including the likes of Michelle Yeoh, Russell Crowe, Elliot Page, David Tennant and Malcolm-bloody-McDowell? I sure didn’t! That was over three years ago during the heights of a worldwide pandemic, though, so I think we can forgive ourselves a little. Anyway, Ark: The Animated Series has now arrived out of the blue, dropping its first six episodes on streaming service Paramount+. Read more

ARK: The Animated Series released with Free In-Game Cosmetics

by complexminded

ARK: The Animated Series has arrived on Paramount+! When 21st century paleontologist Helena Walker (Madeleine Madden) finds herself resurrected on a mysterious primeval island populated by prehistoric beasts, she must learn to survive with new allies from throughout time, while trying to uncover the true nature of their strange new world. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/197c64e1ca952ad982345b1dca6c99c266993f8c.jpg Featuring a star-studded cast including Michelle Yeoh, Gerard Butler, Russell Crowe, David Tennant and Vin Diesel, ARK: The Animated Series is now streaming in the US and Canada. Coming to other countries with Paramount+ starting April 19th. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/81d2fc6d9cc23a47b95bd8d57756a4b82f5d6b0d.jpg Aligning with the release of ARK: The Animated Series, we've now added two new free animated cosmetics to ARK: Survival Evolved! Server owners may need to optionally update to version 358.24 to enable the additional cosmetics. Survivors may also need to respawn or 'Reset D...

ARK: The Animated Series is apparently a thing and has just surprised-dropped six episodes onto Paramount Plus

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An animated series for Paramount+ based on ARK: Survival Evolved (now Ascended) ahead of the launch of ARK 2 was announced in 2020, but we don't blame you if you'd forgotten, as that pterosaur flew under most folks' radars. Now, the streaming service has surprise-dropped six episodes of it in the US and Canada. One would think this production was a smaller one, yet we're looking at huge names such as Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Russell Crowe (The Loudest Voice), Gerard Butler (Plane), David Tennant (Doctor Who), Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction), Elliot Page (The Umbrella Academy), Madeleine Madden (The Wheel of Time), and Vin Diesel (Fast & Furious franchise). They're not messing around, eh? The show itself, which released a lengthy trailer in late 2022 too, looks okay and like your average streaming-only animated adaptation based on a video game. That is, below Castlevania's level and on par with stuff like DOTA, Dragon's Dogma, or the upcoming Tomb Raider for ...

ARK: Survival Ascended is on Sale!

by complexminded

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44719856/f56781e231cc7d60c69bfa2bc3e266cface7706a.jpg Don't miss your chance to experience the ultimate dino adventure! Click the link below and start your ARK: Survival Ascended journey today! But hurry, this dino-mite deal goes extinct soon! ⏳ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2399830/ARK_Survival_Ascended/

Ark: Survival Ascended lead designer Jeremy Stieglitz admits 'the servers are ass, they run like ass, and their stability is ass'

by Christopher Livingston

rk: Survival Ascended, the Unreal Engine 5 remaster of Ark: Survival Evolved, had a heck of a launch in early October. With 600,000 copies sold after only two weeks, it looked like it'd quickly march right up the list of the most played games on Steam, where the original dino survival game perched for so many years... Read more.

Ark: Survival Ascended devs switch off cross-platform PVP to combat widespread cheating

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Ark: Survival Evolved remake Ark: Survival Ascended has seen its cross-platform PVP multiplayer temporarily turned off for Windows 10 users in an effort to crack down on PC cheaters. Read more

That new version of Ark's just had its crossplay yanked out of the PC version because you're a big old bunch of cheaters

by Rich Stanton

Studio Wildcard has yoinked PvP crossplay from the PC version of Ark: Survival Ascended, its recently released remaster of Ark: Survival Evolved. The reason is that a whole lot of PC gamers have been put on the naughty list for cheating, with hacks letting them do everything from move like The Flash to blowing away console players through walls... Read more.

ARK: Survival Ascended is available now!

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Respawn into a new dinosaur survival experience beyond your wildest dreams… as ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of videogame technology with Unreal Engine 5! You awake on a mysterious island, your senses overwhelmed by the blinding sunlight and brilliant colors bouncing off every surface around you, the azure waters of a verdant Island lapping at your bare feet. A deep roar echoes from the misty jungle, jolting you into action, and you stand up – not afraid, but intrigued. Are you ready to form a tribe, tame and breed hundreds of species of dinosaurs and other primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain? Your new world awaits… step through the looking-glass and join it! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/4d78094a2259e9d3f77e53b31a1b75e16c659b61.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/0e7fce8936129a4fc0a575a32beab9109eb44fba.png ARK: Survival Ascended has completely recreated and redesigned the artwork and worlds of ARK to take ...

6 years after Ark: Survival Evolved left early access, Ark: Survival Evolved's remaster enters early access

by Christopher Livingston

It was way back in 2014 when ambitious multiplayer dinosaur survival game Ark: Survival Evolved entered early access on Steam. It was a complete smash. Despite issues like glitches, bugs, dismal optimization, and no small amount of behind the scenes drama, Ark became one of the most played games on Steam and would remain that way for nearly a decade... Read more.