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Read More »‘Giving dinosaurs feathers is stressful,’ says Ark: Survival Evolved studio
Studio Wildcard discusses the difficulties of creating scientifically accurate dinos
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved dev: ‘Putting feathers on dinosaurs is stressful’
Scientists propose that dinosaurs likely had feathers – but Studio Wildcard says it will continue to focus on scaly lizards because feathers are ‘really hard to do’. In its dinosaur adventure game, Ark: Survival Evolved, players hunt and tame dinosaurs. But despite recent scientific discoveries, and countless messages from hardcore …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: July 5-11
Early Access hit Ark: Survival Evolved is once again perched on top of Steam’s top ten sellers weekly chart. No surprise, the game surpassed 1m sales during the period. Grand Theft Auto V and newcomer Rocket League finished behind in second and third, respectively. Elite: Dangerous jumped up to fourth …
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved gets UE4 modding tools
Hit Steam game racks up more than one million sales
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved hits 1m Early Access sales
The success story that is Ark: Survival Evolved continues to stomp all over the digital market. Studio Wildcard’s title has been getting a lot of attention from streamers, helping it to hit the sales milestone in a little over a month on the market. It was previously announced that the …
Read More »Steam top ten: June 28 – July 4
Ark: Survival Evolved continues its dominance of Steam’s top ten sellers chart, beating out GTA V again during the past week. The two titles have been cemented in their respective positions on the list for more than a month now, with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt …
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved offers players $100 for finding game bugs
Ark: Survival Evolved developer Studio Wildcard is offering a $100 to players who discover hacks that can be used to exploit the game. The offer is open to anyone who can provide evidence of a hack that can have an impact on gameplay or server stability on its official servers, …
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved dev offers $100 bounty for reporting game exploits
First user already paid for discovering server crash hack
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: June 7-13
Early Access release Ark: Survival Evolved has come out on top of Steam’s best selling products for the second week in a row. The dinosaur-themed game beat out Grand Theft Auto V, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and a slew of games on discount for Steam’s summer sale to take …
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