As of today, ARK has completed its Gold Master and certification for retail release. This process took a little longer than expected and as a result, our release date has been pushed back to August the 29th. We’re deeply apologetic for those who were negatively affected by the delay; it sucks, it wasn’t what we had wanted, nor planned but where we currently stand. We wanted to address this sooner but did not want to make any statements until we were completely sure of what was going to happen.
Ragnarok’s new release date on console and upcoming PC update will now also be the 29th of August. This extended time will allow further development of the map and you guys can expect a gigantic update, even bigger than we initially thought.
ARK: Survival Evolved will hit worldwide retail and digital release on August the 29th, 2017 for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Mac, and Linux. The past two years have been one heck of a journey! Millions of ARK players worldwide have built gigantic bases, captured and trained armies of dinosaurs, crafted armories full of weapons and eaten billion of pounds of berries. With your help, we're now about to reach the completion of core content for ARK: Survival Evolved and release the full game to the world!
That was just the beginning; now we'll be entering the next phase of our journey. Players who have been with us throughout this early access program and were excited with the launch of each update, have even more reason to be excited! ARK is going to become even more fun with surprise new content at launch and beyond, as we continue to have a behemoth amount of additional gameplay, creatures, and story elements in the works. The adventure has only begun!
Yeah I doubt it, 30 FPS with a few settings turned down might be doable on a above average system but I don't think they've made any major improvements to how the game performs especially with all the content and other features being packed into the game and the by now very old UE4 base build the game is running on though I do not know if they've forked over any specific tech improvements from newer code in the later builds which could be done too.
EDIT: I could be wrong though and the Steam forums themselves aren't the best source of info.
But how does it run on PC now? Been 2 years, might give it a go if they have fixed all issues.
The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant.
Apparently, you can refund your early access copy regardless how many hours you played.
$60 game + $45 season pass at launch.
The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant.
Apparently, you can refund your early access copy regardless how many hours you played.
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We will not be granting a refund at this time. The date of the purchase exceeds 2 weeks (our refund policy maximum).
ARK: Survival Evolved - Playtime: 61 minutes
ARK: Survival Of The Fittest
Purchased: Oct 9, 2015 MSK
Requests are considered on a case by case basis and are not typically issued for purchases of released products that are more than 14 days old, or if the purchased product has more than 2 hours of playtime. For in-game items the refund period is 48 hours and the item must not have been consumed, modified, or transferred.
Update: We reported a few minutes ago that Ark refunds were being allowed on Steam regardless of how long players had owned the game, or how many hours they had played. That was true for a while today, but Valve has fixed the issue, and the standard refund rules appear to be back in effect. Well, that's what I get for taking the time to test it out myself and attempting to obtain comments from the developers and Valve. I was late to the party with this story. Sorry, everyone!
Waking up on ‘Aberration’, a derelict, malfunctioning ARK with an elaborate underground biome system, survivors face exotic new challenges unlike anything before: extreme radioactive sunlight and environmental hazards, ziplines, wingsuits, climbing gear, cave dwellings, charge-batteries, and far more, along with a stable of extraordinary new creatures await within the mysterious depths. But beware the ‘Nameless’: unrelenting, Element-infused humanoids which have evolved into vicious light-hating monstrosities! On Aberration, survivors will uncover the ultimate secrets of the ARKs, and discover what the future holds in store for those strong and clever enough to survive!
Owners of ARK's "Season Pass" will get exclusive in-game Aberration-themed cosmetic item skins, immediately!
- The Aberration Helmet, formed from the damaged ARK's obsidian-like underground rock, creates an imposing presence for Survivors who wear it.
- The Aberration Sword, forged from the Element Crystals that run within the deepest chambers of the ARK, emits a subtle glow to strike fear into your enemies.
AN ARK GONE AWRY
Aberration places survivors on a damaged ARK: its internal atmosphere has leaked away, resulting in a harsh surface with intense radiation, and a plethora of lush biomes underground. With the maintenance systems of this ARK malfunctioning, the many hazards, creatures, and nature of the environment present a thrilling new world to explore and master.
TAME NEW CREATURES
The intense radiation of Aberration has led to incredible genetic mutations, resulting in new creatures with amazing abilities! Among others, clamber up walls & glide through the air on the back of a camouflaging chameleon-like ‘Rock Drake’, keep the dark at bay with a friendly ‘Lantern Pug’, grab and toss multiple creatures simultaneously with a massive ‘Cave Crustacean’, or -- if you are talented enough to tame one -- command the vile ‘Nameless Queen’ to impregnate your foes with a horrifying reproductive chest-burster!
CRAFT OVER 50 NEW ITEMS
New tools are on-hand to survive on the world of Aberration, while opening up many possibilities for new competitive and cooperative scenarios. Traverse the ARK using cave-climbing picks, gliding wingsuits, and ziplines. Learn advanced engrams to dominate the harsh environment, protect yourself with hazmat outfits, charge lanterns, explosive rounds, batteries, glowsticks, railguns and much more. Thrive by gathering new resources, using fishing baskets, gas collectors, fortify your home within the caverns using cliff structures, and much more!
CONQUER NEW CHALLENGES
Earthquakes, radiation exposure, gas leaks, and Element chambers are among the many hazards that survivors will learn to grapple with Aberration’s varied biomes, both aboveground and below the surface. But among the greatest challenges on this ruined ARK is the hierarchy of unrelenting Nameless, requiring constant vigilance & Charge Energy to defend against! And in the deepest depths of Aberration, their terrifying -- yet somehow familiar -- master awaits… will YOU be among the survivors powerful enough to face him?
The time has arrived for Ark to enter the next-gen era, pre-order the 60p/1440p Expansion Pack℠ now, and get access to the exclusive beta update that will allow anyone* to experience the game at its fullest with no drawbacks.
*Due to temporary technical problems with the rendering, the minimum sys req in order to maintain a stable** framerate are limited to: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X / NVIDIA Titan Xp / 32GB DDR4 3333
**30fps are always guaranteed
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Owners of ARK's "Season Pass" will get exclusive in-game 60fps/1440p℠ -themed cosmetic item skins, immediately!
- The glorious Ark Elite Masterrace badge, it creates an imposing presence for Survivors who wear it. Face the wilderness by striking envy into your enemies.
- PSpro Detail mode1080p & normal mode720p with bunch of options. Best option Detail mode with adaptive vsync.
- No 30fps cap.
- Performance can go between 30 to 60 fps
- PS4 Detail mode 720p & normal mode 640p. Constant tearing with fps between 25-30.
- Performance improved from beta.
- Adaptive V-sync is a much better option.
- Xbox no normal or detailed mode running at 720p with no v-sync option. Fps low & mid 20's.
- A lot of stuttering still better than beta.
- Glitches and bugs is in all of versions
Will be interesting to hear how the XBox One X fares, the devs did boast a bit about the game and that console in particular as I remember.
We are excited to announce we have a release date for Aberration: December 12thof this year.
All of us here at Studio Wildcard have been working diligently to progress through the Aberration workflow in anticipation of getting it into your hands. Aberration will be an ARK experience unlike anything survivors have seen so far. We hope you are all as excited as we are for its release!
We never got around to trying this before - is it possible to play the ARK.Survival.Evolved.Aberration-RELOADED release in self-hosted co-op multiplayer (via hamachi or whatever), or do you need to go through the fake steam account route if you want anything other than single player?
This game is... unfinished and feels like an early 2000's failed experiment with a crap engine that is in alpha stage. This was a serious disappointment, from UI, graphics, PERFORMANCE to content.
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I got it really cheap a long time ago but I guess I should refund it and buy Sundered instead coz..well, fuck them lol
hahah... so an expansion / DLC can now mean.. something with BETTER FRAMES and/or RESOLUTION?!?!?!? 
