Studio Wildcard just sent out a press release announcing that ARK: Survival Evolved, the popular dinosaur themed survival game, is now available on the Windows 10 Store with full cross-buy and cross-play functionality with the Xbox One version, being an Xbox Play Anywhere title.
According to Studio Wildcard, ARK passed the admirable threshold of 12 million players across all platforms (PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game recently received a new Aberration expansion, which adds five new Biomes, fourteen new Creatures and thirty new craftable Engrams. It can be purchased for $19.99 and it's included as part of the Season Pass (priced at $44.99).
- Tame New Creatures: The intense radiation of Aberration has led to incredible genetic mutations, resulting in dozens of new creatures with amazing abilities! Clamber up walls & glide through the air on the back of a camouflaging chameleon-like ‘Rock Drake’, keep the dark at bay with one of four friendly ‘Lantern Pets’, or grab and toss multiple creatures simultaneously with a massive ‘Cave Crustacean’, or -- if you are brave enough - allow the horrific "Reaper Queen" to impregnate you, and spawn a vicious male Reaper alien lifeform you can tame and control.
- Craft 50+ Unique Items: Use cave-climbing picks, gliding wingsuits, and ziplines to traverse this new ARK. Learn advanced engrams to dominate the harsh environment, protect yourself with hazmat outfits, charge lanterns, flashbangs, 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: With the maintenance systems of this new ARK malfunctioning, 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. Gear-up to take on the horrifying threat lurking within the deepest depths of Aberration…
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