The Steam Community Hub (essentially serving as ARK's main forums) has been updated with a new patch this morning. Along with several fixes to server filtering and types, Studio Wildcard is opening 9 new PVE servers for folks who don't want the Kill-on-Sight sort of survival game the genre's known for.
As of 4am ET (don't ask me why I'm up), the official servers seem to be down still, but when they come back up PVE-loving players like myself might just have a new home. Stay-tuned to the site later today for our first impressions of the rather-fun sandbox MMO.