We may still be waiting for ARK: Survival Evolved to arrive on the PlayStation 4 – it may be for the best considering the state of the project on the Xbox One – but that's not stopping e-sports spin-off ARK: Survival of the Fittest from roaring onto Sony's new-gen system starting 19th July. Better yet, those of you who download the multiplayer survival game will have the opportunity to win cash prizes as part of the Survivor League – assuming that you've got the chops.
But what is the title? Well, it's a Hunger Games-esque survival experience where you'll be pitted against opposing tribes, all within a "continually shrinking" arena that will eventually push you closer and closer to your opponents. It's a cool concept, and while there's be no Jennifer Lawrence involved, there are dinosaurs instead. Fair trade? You bet.
"Tame dinosaurs, craft armour, forge weapons, harvest resources, build bases, make friends, and slaughter others, in what is frankly the deepest combat arena that's ever hit consoles," Studio Wildcard's Kayd Hendricks explained on the PlayStation Blog. "The breadth and depth of strategy, and potential avenues for victory are enormous, and we're working insanely hard to make sure that no matter what approach you take, if you're clever, you can come out on top."
Hendricks added that the studio really likes the PS4 because it allows it to design for a single hardware specification; someone show him the PS4K rumours quick. "We're really looking forward to some of the unique elements of console gameplay: split screen, local LAN play, and we're even looking at introducing bots which you can play against offline to challenge yourself, or to practice, or maybe just to see the world that ARK takes place in," he concluded.
And as for that promise of cash prizes? Basically, the better you perform, the higher you'll move up the leaderboards, and each month the best players will be financially rewarded – as well as entered into invitational events. There's a trailer below, with the game due out on 19th July. We really do like the premise, so hopefully the final product delivers.
[source blog.eu.playstation.com]
Comments 6
Hmmmmmmm how about no. Maybe try and get the real game running smoothly on consoles before launching an arena style spin off. I guess they are desperate with cash with that huge settlement looming.
question, was this footage captured on an actual ps4?
I don't see myself buying a spinoff of a game I haven't even played yet. Gimme the real thing baby! >_<
Just like the H1Z1 fiasco. Crappy spin off because the real game won't work, I know some people prefer the arena based H1Z1 that's coming to PS4 but to me it suck's I want what we were promised! There's already a game like this on PC with the whole crafting and shrinking arena thing, I can't recall the name but a friend of mine really like's it (you can craft chainsaw's apparantly), i'll need to know more about the game first tbh before slating it.
Not really interested, am in the main game though...It's clearly stated as early access even on Xbone, why people expect it to be perfect before it's finished is beyond me. They have also stated they are working on optimization last, after they have finished with content, so they can optimize the whole game at once rather than optimize the nbase of the game and hoping it's still fine while adding in more content.
I have seen this on Twitch and its a lot of fun. As a previous poster said its not the finished product so many people are judging games based on early access/alpha/beta.
I am really hyped for ark survival evolved watched it for so many hours one of my must buy games for the year.
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