ARK: Survival Evolved

Ark: Survival Evolved is proving that bigger is, if not better, then at least scarier with the arrival of the Redwoods biome that not only brings in the gigantic trees of the same name, but also the Titanosaur. Players can literally build a mobile fortress on its back as it can carry structures, defenses and even other creatures as it rumbles through the landscape looking for veggies to nom.

At E3 this afternoon, ARK announced a new zone for Red Wood trees which players can explore. Also, some new dinosaurs will be coming to the game.

ARK: Survival Evolved took the gaming world by storm a year ago today and the team is ready to celebrate. Players can enjoy a brand new trailer before heading into the game to take on The Dragon and its "fearsome flying minions". The latest update also includes new tribe settings, training dummies, diseases and cures, more interactive child rearing, and two new creatures, Diplodocus and the Leech.

Studio Wildcard recently sponsored a Mod Contest where builder-types were challenged in a number of categories to create mods and wind a share of the prize package. Categories included Best Total Conversion, Best Map and Best Mod. Today, the company announced the winners in each category that might be worth checking out if you're looking for something new to do in ARK: Survival Evolved.

ARK: Survival Evolved has deployed a new map called The Center. It is the first user-created mod to be added to the game after the recent announcement of the Official Mods Program. The Center more than doubles the game size and is, according to the Steam blog post, a stunning location filled with great lighting effects, mountains, misty floating islands and much more.

ARK: Survival Evolved has been updated yet again with three new dinosaurs, some new Tribe features and a new primitive weapon.

The ARK: Survival Evolved team has announced that it will be continuing to support the efforts of modding community with the release of the Official Mods Program, starting in May 2016. The first map to be released using the new program will be called The Center. The new tools will be fully integrated into the ARK system and will be available both for Xbox One and PC users.

PlayStation 4 ARK players looking for competitive game play represented by ARK: Survival of the Fittest will not have to wait much longer. Studio Wildcard has announced that the PlayStation 4 version of the eSports title will be starting on July 19th.

ARK: Survival Evolved has been updated with some nifty new things for players to check out. Two new structures have been added: the Chemistry Table and Primitive Cannon. The Broodmother boss arena is also now in game and two new critters are also included: Direbears and the Manta. Check out the video below for an overview of the latest big update to ARK: Survival Evolved.

Trendy and Ark: Survival Evolved Studio, Wildcard, have announced that a settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed earlier this year claiming that Jeremy Stieglitz, on leaving Trendy, violated the terms of his severance with the company.

Mac, Linux and SteamOS users will be happy to hear that ARK: Survival of the Fittest is now available and features seamless online cross play regardless of platform. Survival of the Fittest is free to all players who can seek glory in the Survivor League.

The v733.0 update has been added to the XBox One version of ARK: Survival Evolved that brings a unique feature into the game called 'extinction event servers'. Extinction servers are separate from the main game servers. When extinction servers are enabled, players begin at level one and have a month to grow their characters with badges awarded at various milestones along the way. At month's end, a meteor hits and all is destroyed.

ARK: Survival Evolved has grown again with the addition of two new "cave-dungeons", Swamp and Snow Caves. These dungeons are for higher level survivors, feature tough battles, high-end loot and clues about the origin of ARK.

Trendy Entertainment, developer of Dungeon Defenders, filed a lawsuit late last year against Studio Wildcard, developer of ARK: Survival Evolved. According to documentation, Trendy accuses former employee Jeremy Stieglitz of using proprietary tech developed during his tenure with the company and that several employees have been 'poached' from Trendy to work for Studio Wildcard since he left in 2014.

With today's ARK: Survival Evolved live stream just a few hours away, the team is teasing its players with "Mysterious Mysteries: GIGAntic Expectations" seemingly in reference to a robotic Gigantasurus shown in the image below.