Developer: Studio Wildcard, Instinct Games, Efecto Studios, Virtual Basement LLC Publisher: Studio Wildcard Release: Out now! On: Windows, Mac OS, Linux From: Steam, Humble For: 15.49, $19.99, 16.79 (Ark: Survival Evolved base game required) I ve built an army of inflatable flesh bags that puff themselves up to three times their normal size and then launch into the air like oversized, leaky balloons. They re called Gasbags, and they re my favourite dinosaur in Extinction, the latest expansion to Ark: Survival Evolved. Whenever I don t fancy aimlessly floating around on the back of one, I can load any metal I ve collected into their giant inventories and puff my way back to base. They re brilliant. Extinction s new creatures are some of the best in Ark so far: alongside the Gasbags you ll find new friends including the lumbering,

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I had it all planned out. I’d reach level 21 and unlock tranquiliser arrows, which I could then shoot at a triceratops to knock it out long enough to tame it. Then I d craft a saddle for my newly-owned Trike (as it s known in the game) and stomp around collecting more berries than I could feasibly eat in a lifetime. I d use those berries including Narcoberries, which help keep dinosaurs asleep while you tame them to breed a small army of raptors, more Trikes and a flying Pteranodon to transport me around this tropical island. It was one arbitrary goal among an infinite sea of possible arbitrary goals in Ark: Survival Evolved , a sandbox craft-and-survive multiplayer game set in a world where dinosaurs can be mounted with cannons. The game left early access two weeks ago, and here’s wot I think. (more…)

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Sharks are cool. Lasers are cool. What happens when you mash them together? You get the latest update to ARK: Survival Evolved , in which sharks can shoot lasers from a saddle on their back and giant bees roam the redwood forests. …

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