Looking to get started in the ARK universe? Play ARK: Survival Evolved for FREE starting now through Monday 12/20 at 10AM PST. You can also pick up ARK: Survival Evolved at 67% off the regular price! Start your quest for survival on Lost Island, the first community map released with three new creatures, and the first to include a creature chosen by the ARK community! If you already have Steam installed, click here to install or play ARK: Survival Evolved. If you don't have Steam, you can download it here. https://store.steampowered.com/app/346110/ARK_Survival_Evolved/

Continue Reading

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/7460b1744a3adf8248ab2db383993986d19e1a3f.png Explore the soaring heights and hidden depths of ARK's newest official community map, featuring three new creatures for you to tame! Lost Island boasts 150 square kilometers of new biomes, new challenges, and mysterious ruins. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/6ed2f61ec4e38a9ca81e5d7e97984f5ba14176b6.jpg Discover jungle valleys fed by giant waterfalls, build a treehouse high in the forest canopies, get down and dirty in vast mangrove swamps, dive deep underwater, brave treacherous snowy peaks, or spelunk uncharted cave systems in search of treasure… There's something here for everyone! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/0b50f608ff24de1f8227123b97a772e0fcfb35da.jpg Lost Island is the first community map released with three new creatures, and the first to include a creature chosen by the ARK community. Unleash thermal hell from atop your Amargasaurus, glide into battle with Sinomacrops at your back, or treat your enemies to a shower of Tek-disabling Dinopithecus dung! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/f353d31f69def23d27e64e15c7c1507266db0091.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/2025b6e758faca95fb0faf4ffb3057461d77d98b.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/4305f40ade9887dae60d8eef68de1f7e71363d8d.png A 150 sq km map with a wide variety of unique biomes to explore Cascade Rift, a rainforest

Continue Reading

🌲 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/6f93540b8edc3366f7a59c2d4cf45ff3df315699.png 🌲 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/6aef8cc3c73ddaae874c1f6bc2f683e7ae7039a1.jpg Download in high-resolution Deck the halls with boughs of holly! Winter Wonderland will be making a triumphant return with new presents and goodies for ARK survivors. The epic winter-themed holiday event begins on December 14th and will last until Thursday, January 6th. All maps will receive Winter Wonderland and all its content. RaptorClaus will be sailing across the star-filled night sky in his sleigh, dropping off presents filled with high-end loot as well as Mistletoe, and Coal for 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 triumphant return to help RaptorClaus spread the holiday cheer! GachaClaus will be roaming all maps looking for eager recipients 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 an animated TV Show Parasaur skin, a full-body Santa costume, new skins, weapons, armor, or 5 new Chibis! â„ï¸ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/885f263830fab40bcdd93ddb3107b4e778417fa2.png This event can be manually activated with the

Continue Reading

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/b2d4398202310d58612e3d9280888abf102a2258.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/e94139cc4515b5a791c8b8c5242dd9b0f92f37a1.jpg In 2019, the launch of the Snail Games Initiative, Classic PvP, created an exciting and competitive playing experience for PC players. Throughout the course of the seasons, the meta was watched closely and changes were made to shake things up and create an experience tailored for PvP gameplay. Continue on the quest for the ultimate PvP experience with the introduction of Classic PvP Season 5! Classic PvP Season 5 launches on the 14th of December with Lost Island! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/8df11369c8ace9718b4f6711f18b96f856dcdc1f.png Experience gain, taming, gathering have been quintupled compared to our standard Official Servers (5x) Breeding, hatching, and raising rates have been quadrupled compared to our standard Official Servers (4x) 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, Lost Island, 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

Continue Reading

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/c6309c018d8cf444ed4d54f60ffb8dfdc49f1304.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/17f5bc7f803025a6334182ae92de18b69f02b939.jpg Download in full resolution From Tuesday, November 23rd through Tuesday, December 7th jump into a large-scale scavenger to hunt and carve up rare “Super-Turkeys†that have been unleashed across the ARK for Turkey Trial 5! By harvesting Super Turkey Wishbones from these ruthless, genetically-modified creatures, you can craft their very own fashionable Turkey Costume, Ugly Sweater skins, or choose to summon the devastating DodoRex creature to do your bidding for a limited period of time. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/a1f8748ca2540d1b01b17edb13ff1eca84ec7735.png This event can be manually activated with the server arg parameter: -ActiveEvent=TurkeyTrial Dates November 23th to December 7th Rates *Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates. Official Servers: 3x XP, Harvesting, Taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.6x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, 4.5x Harvesting, 4.5x Taming, and 4x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.6x Mating Interval, 1.5x Hexagon Bonus ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, 5x Harvesting, 5x Taming, and 5x Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.6x Mating Interval,

Continue Reading

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/1c59f04469ed0898eb1a07b75a9a3b9681f07d97.jpg It's been another amazing year taking part in ExtraLife and raising money for kids in need! During our annual 24-hour ExtraLife stream, the ARK Community raised a staggering $184,502! The ARK community helped us reach new records this year. The Studio Wildcard team was the #1 team for most of Game Day and the highest we've ever been before (previously #3)! Additionally, we reached #2 on individual fundraising setting a new record for individual donations! This seventh year of participating in GameDay with ExtraLife puts us well over $400K raised and we couldn't have done it without the ARK community! We are grateful for our generous, supportive players, partners & sponsors, & the opportunity to help facilitate this endeavor. Here's a recap of everything you may have missed during the 24-hour event! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/0d254d4025f4f4b44624817ba6fa129423be7f82.png AMD Nvidia GeForce Blue (Yeti) Corsair Elgato Xbox Discord Nitrado Grove Street Games If you've won one of these amazing giveaways, please be patient! We'll be in touch over the coming days! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8729288/4321a7442434313de38c54c673a1125394b55ff7.png Syntac ARK Charity giveaway Phlinger Phoo RoyaleWithCheese Raasclark & Aaron Longstaff Belle Shockist TELMO SAMPAIO Ryan Chavez Elite

Continue Reading