Ark: Survival Evolved Out Today on PS4

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Ark: Survival Evolved Out Today on PS4

Everyone at Studio Wildcard is thrilled to announce that Ark: Survival Evolved is available today on PS4! Whether you dream of being an intrepid explorer, a peaceful Parasaur breeder, or a battle-hardened T-Rex-riding warrior, we think you’ll find something to engage you within the vast, primal worlds of Ark.

We’re particularly proud of the work that our partners at Abstraction Games have done with Ark on PS4, as the game looks beautiful and also gains substantial performance benefits from the PS4 Pro.

Ark’s going to receive a great many updates on PS4 between today and its ultimate “content complete” point next Spring, and beyond that we will continue to add many more creatures, items, and game mechanics. Please keep in mind that by joining Ark, you’re joining a work-in-progress game with a passionate community of players, and true to its namesake the game will continue to “Evolve” over its long lifetime.

In the weeks and months ahead you can expect some dramatic new additions to the Ark, including a complete redesign and expansion of the underground cave systems; a whole new Tek Tier of weapons, structures and items; an expanded menagerie of wondrous creatures; further increased game performance and optimization; per-pixel canvas painting; infinite customizable Procedurally Generated Arks; new systems such as hair customization and the “Ascension” end-game cycle; and limited-time holiday events & cosmetics.

One feature we’re particularly excited to bring to PS4 players early next year is the concept of player-run, PC-hosted dedicated servers for PS4 users to play on. These servers will have higher maximum player counts and lots of customizable settings, for hardcore server administrators to tune everything to their liking. We’re working on it, and it’s looking promising!

Something that I love about Ark is there are so many ways to play it. If you’re looking for hardcore, large-scale PvP, persistent online Survival warfare, Ark has plenty of servers geared specifically towards that play type. If you’re interested in more of a peaceful PvE constructive experience, there are servers and detailed game systems for that, too. If you just want to play in single-player or split-screen local multiplayer with your couched family, Ark has an option for that; or if you want to play a non-dedicated private session with just your close PSN Friends, Ark’s got you covered. Or if you shun all modern technology and just want to “live-off-the-land” with primitive tools, Ark has several game modes oriented towards that as well. Even though we’re a relatively small team at Wildcard, we’ve tried to provide “something for everyone” in Ark, because we know that every gamer has their own preferences.

Finally, I should mention: please be nice and courteous to your fellow Survivors! Unless, of course, you intend to knock them out, shackle them in a cage, and play loud Britney Spears music over voice chat until your captive eats poop to sicken themselves to death. For that venerable endeavor, you have our full permission. In all seriousness though, remember, we’re all in this together: the worlds of Ark can be harsh and unforgiving, so you often have more to gain by cooperating than by competing!

We really appreciate everyone’s support in helping to grow the Ark universe, and we are looking forward to seeing and hearing about the amazing Dino-sized stories, challenges, and adventures that PS4 players will now get to experience.

Welcome to the Ark, PS4 Survivors!

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  • hopefully now they have gotten this release out off the way the game can get back to how it used to be and they can start fixing some off the bugs

  • What is the founders edition i live in na do i have to buy the scorched earth one or can i get just the game for cheaper and if i buy it for 55 when it comes out in the sprong do i have to buy it again for 60$

    • You can bank on pretty much having to buy twice with that, they’re making already founders pay twice for their game when other companies have done that same and given their founders something for supporting them.

  • Voice chat is not working me and a few mate met up left our party and nothing just a few buggy noises will this be patched because makes it less of a survival game if you can’t talk to strangers.

  • The Game Is Good For Sure , But Ive been wondering is it going to be Crossplatfrom Later(between ps4 & Pc Users) Or Not ?

    • Not likely I had already sent them a email over this and apparently because platform files being different makes it difficult or impossible, can’t understand how warframe, warthunder, smite, paragon does it then =/

  • If they get more dlc and I buy it now they will give me those dlc

    • Chances are not likely since they pretty much stiff their pc founders when other companies would thank and send them something as appreciation when it becomes a success on another console but nope and not to mention the dlc they put up as paid dlc is not big or content filled enough to demand a 26 or so price point. In short I can’t really see studio wild card caring much for fans and founders/ buyers alike, also they had a pretty heated legal battle over this game too.

  • Well the patch dropped and invites/ joining them still dont work. Why do we need to have nat open to host private matches? I was really hoping to play a private match with friends and now i have to wait who knows when to play it.

    • I thought that type 2 was classed as open but doesn’t work it’s annoying that you can’t just play multiplayer with a friend/s

  • Is anyone else still having problem with playing with friends on a non-dedicated server? Its that still after the patch my friend can’t join me and vice versa! Anyone know when this will actually be fixed

  • I was so excited for this game to come to PS4 and now I am thoroughly disappointed in the price difference between consoles. And the price us Canucks are being charged. Think I will pass on this for a long long time. Maybe buy it when it hits the bargain bin, maybe….way to alienate a whole user base..

    • Usually game companies that make Early access games or alpha’s give their founders something to say thanks, Pc founders that bought it on a gamble get some pretty poor founders items and then don’t get a free code or discount code to buy it on ps4 or xbox one, so there’s basically no thank you for supporting us as appreciation here’s this or something like that, nope pay twice and they add the cyber rex skin XD that is a steam workshop dlc that is free in steam.

  • Can someone please help me. I just bought Ark Survival Evolved (PS4) today from the playstationstore, but I have a problem finding servers. If I join the game and it is loading servers, the loading takes very long and then after all this waiting there are no servers found. I have no idea how to fix this and am just refreshing all the time but there aren’t coming any services so far. Already tried restarting the game and the playstation ofc.

  • Just downloaded. I have no idea what I’m doing. I’ve watched a lot of videos on the Neebs Gaming channel on YouTube. But I can’t even figure how to chat to other players.

  • Can you share play ark?

  • Are there others who are having issues joining non-dedicated servers hosted by your friends through invites?

  • Any ideas on when you’re going to update the graphics…? Right now it looks like I’m playing the game at 480p -_-. It’s kind of ridiculous to charge almost 80$ for a game that looks this terrible..

  • If I buy the bundle does it come with the full game?

  • Hi. I payed 60 and they only gave me the basic game. No dlc. I just read that that was a bad price entry. How can you fix this? This game isn’t worth 60$ with no DMV.

  • I definitely love this game. I do think really care that I paid 60 for it overall. I just wish there was something I could do to not have to pay the additional 20 for scorched earth. It’s my fault for not reading which one I was downloading. But I’ll pay it anyhow. This game is so worth it. Great job so far

  • Sorry but I have a question I would like to know if I buy the game ARK in my account psn americana will be translated also into Spanish texts

  • Strongly suggest people DONOT PURCHASE Ark for the PS4 until one huge bug is fixed. OR heed my advice on creating a tribe below if you purchased the game already. I spent countless days since the release, with no instructions and never playing this game before only to NOT have admin access to everything I built. I originally started out creating a solo tribe (only myself under my user ID) , why, was just messing around with the features.

    Never joined a tribe or had anyone join me.. I decided to leave my solo self created tribe just so it shows I am not in a tribe in case anyone decides to invite me. Well once I left the solo tribe, I don’t have have access anymore to my structure. Also based on what I read the bug affects renaming the tribe as well. Everything I created says it’s owned by ME (shows my user id) but I was the only one in the tribe and when I left the tribe, it should have defaulted back to me! After doing some research, seems you can set the tribe admin structure acces to personal or tribe as a group. Well, it’s default is GROUP so don’t make the same mistake I did.

    I submitted a help ticket on the website, let’s see if they reconnect me back to my account. Customer service is key

    • This isn’t a bug.
      It’s meant to be that way as when you’re in a tribe everything you own is communal.
      So now everything you built belongs to the tribe that you dissabanndoned.

      You get around that by making all structures owned by individuals in the clan manager.

    • I understand what you are saying Sharp Shot 93 IF someone joined my tribe or I joined another tribe however as I said above, I created a solo tribe no one joined and I did not join any other tribe. With that said, if you create a solo tribe for whatever reason, it should default to “personally” until someone joins your tribe or you join another. Or at the very least, have a warning pop up that says you will lose control of everything. So as it stands, this IS a bug.

      At the moment I am staring at everything I own and it says it’s owned by ME but as a tribe name. Since no one else is part of the tribe not even me, why can’t I control the admin stuff. Again this is a bug. What you said I understand IF someone joined my tribe or I joined another tribe. But as I said I have been solo since the start of the game

  • I think it’s a brilliant game I just feel the in-game chat needs to be fixed its not a good thing if you cant say to someone like get on the ground now we’re taking your stuff. The voice chat needs to be fixed so bad

  • What resolution does this game run at on a standard PS4? Is there a framerate lock?

  • Didn’t PC have to pay 30.00$ for this and Xbone payed 20.00? What is this then. I smell bs

  • I think the game is very good, but I can’t continue with my character unless I go upload it in the obelisk and I lose all my items and creations, therefore is a waste of time game, I don’t like to have to start over and over doing the same thing every time I start the game to continue, it was a waste of my money, I regret to have buy it

  • Do i seriously have to pay 75$ Canadian for the Ark bundle? I keep seeing people talk about a 55$ price tag which sounds a lot more reasonable. Is this a mistake?

  • I’ve been interested in this for awhile, but the canadian price for this is too high, this is not worth $74. I will not pay for this at the current price, nor will I support you as a developer, this is unacceptable.

    • They are willing to hit Pc founders with a double pay hit instead of giving them a free download when registering the game on their site or even a discount for supporting the game in it’s infancy as like a thank you sort of thing, like warframe done with it’s founders and allowed them to bring it to consoles. =/ And i’ve paid $146 the game and dlc for myself then as a gift for my brother and cousin I bought them a game copy so they were also excited to see this. What a disappointment when we were met with this =/

  • Can we get any update on multiplayer support? I would love to be able to play with friends online, but can’t seem to host a multiplayer session.

  • Ps4 store still says $76 for ARK but when you look at it on the pc it says $55. O_o Also what about those that bought it already on PC in it’s earlier state is there something to say thank you for your support like discount or something? Just seems like something to do to those that bought the game on a gamble is all since reading about the lawsuit and all. O-o

  • I love the game. Ever since I was a kid I’ve always wanted to play a game where I can tame and ride a dinosaur. This game makes the child in me happy. But I kinda wish there was a way to rent servers. Because needing 2 systems is just not really worth it. Fun game though. But if they could let us rent servers it would be better. It’s not that I don’t enjoy playing pvp, it’s just the fact that I have work and put in a lot of hours and by the time I get home all my tames are dying hungry. Or people on the servers aren’t as friendly and because they’ve played for plenty of hours they walk around trying to harass and bully lower leveled players. And if you go to any PvE servers, they’re all full. So rentable servers would be a plus, and would possibly make more players who don’t have time or casual players join the community and buy the game. But just my opinion.

  • Why wont it let me buy it on the internet. Or do I need to buy it on the Ps4

  • So, I just bought the game and it won’t even boot up. Any ideas why it’s not working? I have tons of memory on my PS4. I get to the opening screen, the screen turns black, plays some music then it’s cut off and an error message occurs with no details as to why it won’t work. Please fix this issue or return my $60. Thank you.

  • How do I join back on a server I was just on

  • If I purchase the game will I still own it when it finally releases?

  • I just paid 55 bucks for a game and I can’t even open it!!!

  • So if I buy the 54.99$ bundle, I get the full game?

  • i just bought the game on my ps4 and when i try to start it it crashes and im so mad but hope you can fix this.

  • This is really upsetting I just bought the game off PlayStation store and it took 12 hours to download and the game won’t even start telling me to update my system and game and there both maxed out I don’t get it

  • Are they going to add a ark standalone without scorched earth if yes what the price range going to be

  • I just bought Ark but everytime i try to play it tells me there is an error. My system is updated has anyone else had this problem or fixed it please help me

  • So if I buy the game now for $55 on my PS4 I don’t have to buy the full game when released in spring?

  • I just downloaded the game and everything and it won’t start up it has sound for a second and than crash’s

  • I’ve downloaded the games through the PlayStation store and when I try to open it, it loads for a second and then an error screen pops up. Does anyone know how to fix this or if I need PlayStation plus to play this game?

  • So if I buy ark right now will I have to re buy when the full game comes out? Because I’ve been waiting for this game for ever

  • How did this buggy mess pass quality inspection ?

  • downloaded this after a day of waiting, guess what…..not working, I emailed PS telling them I would like a refund as I payedthem but they couldn’t deliver.

    NO RESPONSE FROM PLAYSTATION!!!!!!!! been a PS fan from day one…. doubting it now.

    I deleted the game from my console and re-downloaded it from PS Store (another 12hrs later) this time it works but only for about 40min before game shuts down with an error code.

    Game is very buggy anyway with a lot of colour being thrown about the screen.

    What is the story Playstation? aot of people are having issues with this game and you guys are not helping or answering questions asked by the people who pay your wages.

    Please sort it Playstation….. Now!

  • someone can explain me why on steam the price is 46,73 CAD$ for the same pack and on the playstation stor is 73,99 CAD$???
    i dont understand why we pay so mutch for the same game. and btw the graphic on computer is better….. im sad of this i want to play the game on ps4 but for this price ist better on computer with steam……

  • How do i get the game without the bundle ?

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