First of all we’d like to thank everyone for tuning in and participating in the event! We had a lot of viewers and activity across the board! Social media was blowing up, we had a great turnout, there were a ton of prizes and we actively held the number one spot on twitch during the tournament!

For those who hadn’t tune in, you can check out the broadcast here:

http://www.twitch.tv/survivetheark/v/9332264


If you’re going to watch the vod then you’ll want to skip this bit!

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Alrighty!

Out of the 70 survivors and 35 tribes who started the event, the final two we ended with were #TEAM POLPHIN! Congratulations to Apolloz [http://www.twitch.tv/apolloz] and DarkDolphin [http://www.twitch.tv/darkdolphin] for taking first in the event!

Second place goes to team Royalrph! ESGame aka PartiallyRoyal [http://www.twitch.tv/esgame] and Pedro Saltana [http://twitch.tv/PedroSaltana]!

And finally third place goes to Anthony Kongphan [http://www.twitch.tv/anthony_kongphan] and TheSparrowJourney [http://www.twitch.tv/thesparrowjourney]

You guys were phenomenal contestants and it was both enjoyable and educational watching you play and show off your different strategies throughout the tournament.

We’d also like to give a special shout out to Twitch, Gunnars, Curse Gamepedia, Logitech and uHostPro for the help in setting up the event, ensuring it ran smoothly and all the goodies for the giveaway!

And special thanks to you guys for allowing us to create such a fun game mode and supporting us in hosting events like this! We’ve got some more work to do on the mode and can’t wait to release it to you all!

Thanks again for all the support and for tuning in <3

Until next time!

Wildcard Jat and the ARK Survival Evolved Team!

First of all we’d like to thank everyone for tuning in and participating in the event! We had a lot of viewers and activity across the board! Social media was blowing up, we had a great turnout, there were a ton of prizes and we actively held the number one spot on twitch during the tournament!

For those who hadn’t tune in, you can check out the broadcast here:

http://www.twitch.tv/survivetheark/v/9332264


If you’re going to watch the vod then you’ll want to skip this bit!

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.

.

.


Alrighty!

Out of the 70 survivors and 35 tribes who started the event, the final two we ended with were #TEAM POLPHIN! Congratulations to Apolloz [http://www.twitch.tv/apolloz] and DarkDolphin [http://www.twitch.tv/darkdolphin] for taking first in the event!

Second place goes to team Royalrph! ESGame aka PartiallyRoyal [http://www.twitch.tv/esgame] and Pedro Saltana [http://twitch.tv/PedroSaltana]!

And finally third place goes to Anthony Kongphan [http://www.twitch.tv/anthony_kongphan] and TheSparrowJourney [http://www.twitch.tv/thesparrowjourney]

You guys were phenomenal contestants and it was both enjoyable and educational watching you play and show off your different strategies throughout the tournament.

We’d also like to give a special shout out to Twitch, Gunnars, Curse Gamepedia, Logitech and uHostPro for the help in setting up the event, ensuring it ran smoothly and all the goodies for the giveaway!

And special thanks to you guys for allowing us to create such a fun game mode and supporting us in hosting events like this! We’ve got some more work to do on the mode and can’t wait to release it to you all!

Thanks again for all the support and for tuning in <3

Until next time!

Wildcard Jat and the ARK Survival Evolved Team!

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favorite eggcellent carnivore, the Oviraptor!


On Saturday the 1st of August 2015, this new mode will be debuted worldwide at 12pm PST. We will be hosting the debut tournament, with 35 Teams competing for cash, prizes and the SoTF title!

This event will be hosted from Twitch headquarters by our very own Kayd “TheRightHand” Hendricks and Twitch’s pro-commentator Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez! They will be casting a live five-hour tournament where thirty five teams will step into the ARK arena to compete in this PvP ‘Hunger-Games’ style death match where the last tribe standing will receive a grand prize of $20,000 along with killer gaming gear from Logitech and Gunnar Optiks!

Contestants begin in a neutral staging area where they can communicate pre-game, strategize, or trash talk. After a count-down, they’ll descend from the sky onto the ARK where they fight for their lives and determine who the last tribe standing is!

Be sure to tune in and check out the epic battle!

www.twitch.tv/survivetheark

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favorite eggcellent carnivore, the Oviraptor!


On Saturday the 1st of August 2015, this new mode will be debuted worldwide at 12pm PST. We will be hosting the debut tournament, with 35 Teams competing for cash, prizes and the SoTF title!

This event will be hosted from Twitch headquarters by our very own Kayd “TheRightHand” Hendricks and Twitch’s pro-commentator Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez! They will be casting a live five-hour tournament where thirty five teams will step into the ARK arena to compete in this PvP ‘Hunger-Games’ style death match where the last tribe standing will receive a grand prize of $20,000 along with killer gaming gear from Logitech and Gunnar Optiks!

Contestants begin in a neutral staging area where they can communicate pre-game, strategize, or trash talk. After a count-down, they’ll descend from the sky onto the ARK where they fight for their lives and determine who the last tribe standing is!

Be sure to tune in and check out the epic battle!

www.twitch.tv/survivetheark

With the impending debut of our new “Survival of the Fittest” game mode this Saturday on Twitch, we’re excited to announce that from July 30th to August 3rd we will be having a 20% discount for ARK: Survival Evolved!

We’ll be celebrating the new mode with an intense battle, where 70 survivors will go head to head in a battle to death! The tournament unveiling this new mode will feature thirty-five teams of 2 contestants each, where the last tribe standing will receive a Grand Prize of $20,000 along with bonus gaming gear from Logitech and Gunnar Optiks! The 2nd and 3rd place tribes will receive $10,000, and $5,000 respectively!

You can tune in to the tournament at 12PM PDT on Saturday, August 1st on our Twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/survivetheark

For more details regarding the game mode and the participants, check out our latest ARK Digest!

http://steamcommunity.com/games/346110/announcements/detail/111813911336773227

And here’s a little sneak-peak ;)

With the impending debut of our new “Survival of the Fittest” game mode this Saturday on Twitch, we’re excited to announce that from July 30th to August 3rd we will be having a 20% discount for ARK: Survival Evolved!

We’ll be celebrating the new mode with an intense battle, where 70 survivors will go head to head in a battle to death! The tournament unveiling this new mode will feature thirty-five teams of 2 contestants each, where the last tribe standing will receive a Grand Prize of $20,000 along with bonus gaming gear from Logitech and Gunnar Optiks! The 2nd and 3rd place tribes will receive $10,000, and $5,000 respectively!

You can tune in to the tournament at 12PM PDT on Saturday, August 1st on our Twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/survivetheark

For more details regarding the game mode and the participants, check out our latest ARK Digest!

http://steamcommunity.com/games/346110/announcements/detail/111813911336773227

And here’s a little sneak-peak ;)

Hello Survivors!

Welcome to the twelfth issue of the ARK Digest! For those who missed the previous issues, check out the Announcement forum section on the Steam Community Hub and be sure to catch up with what you’ve missed as there is tons for you to catch up on!




Earlier this week we were very excited to announce our new upcoming game mode, Survival of the Fittest which will be debuted worldwide at 12PM PST on Saturday the 1st of August on our twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/survivetheark

“Survival of the Fittest” is an intense battle to the death where survivors are grouped into Tribes and step onto the ARK to compete for their lives in a ‘Hunger Games’ esque competition. The tournament unveiling this new mode will feature thirty-five teams of 2 contestants each, where the last tribe standing will receive a Grand Prize of $20,000 along with bonus gaming gear from Logitech and Gunnar Optiks! The 2nd and third place tribes will receive $10,000, and $5,000 respectively!

The world is surrounded by a large force-field which shrinks as the game progresses, if survivors leave the force-field array they will be killed. Survivors start the game in the lobby container where they are able to strategize, trash talk or mind game their enemies. After a period time they are beamed down from the sky to the spawn platform. This area is a giant ring with copious loot placed in the centre: contestants will have to decide whether they want to make a dash for the gear or instead flee into the wilderness to begin their survival experience.

There have been a number of changes made to this particular game mode to ensure that it is suitable for a competitive battle that will take place over 4.5 hours. Participants and spectators can expect to see an accelerated game, where leveling, gathering, taming and building happen at a much quicker and exciting rate. Engrams, craftables, and supply drops have been rebalanced and reallocated to make them much more obtainable and viable in this game mode. Scaling on stats have been altered so that tamed Dinosaurs are no longer as powerful as they are in the regular mode, and players themselves take reduced damage, among many other statistical alterations.

As the survivors enter this arena, not only do they need to look out for the dangers from the creatures, the elements and the other survivors but also the Game Master. The Game Master communicates with the outside world to create Evolution Events (for non-Tournament settings, these can also be randomized). These events take place every 30 minutes and can have impact on the game, some of the things you are likely to see include freak weather occurrences, dinosaur stampedes (of a variety of types), extra supply drops, day-for-night shift, and player location reveal. There is no fast travel, there is no respawning. Survivors have one shot at becoming the champions of SotF -- or in our Tournament case, two if you count their tribe mate!


Earlier today the contestants were randomly drawn and placed into their tribes for the event, these are the team pairings you can expect to see:

MrMoonsHouse & SattelizerGames
SilentSentry & Wishfuiiy
PartiallyRoyal & PedroSaltana
Crass Kitty & Darkness_429
Criken & MadMorph
Seriousgaming & TwoAngryGamers
Pokket & Selvek
Bikeman & Jonsandman
TheDevilDogGamer & Famou5ivan
Joefudge91 & sp00nerism
DaftBasterd & SixMacs
RhinoCrunch & TangentGaming
Echoics & Lirik
Anthony_Kongphan & TheSparrowJourney
ShroomzTV & Sl1pg8r
Blizzehd & Timmac
iAMsp00n & ShannaNina
Apolloz & DarkDolphin
LetsMakeFriends & xoVESPER
Fairlight_Excalibur & GrimmyBear
CommanderWtf & RageSage84
JamalButterworth & Shortyyguy
A51Sarge & GoldGlove
CohhCarnage & OoLaLa87
JackFrags & RenoRaines
Shamrok7 & SniperNamedG
HerculesMode & tehJamJar
Starsnipe & Tessachka
Quantifiable & Shytomb
eNtaK & Thadrius
Kiwion & VaderRP
Ellohime & Sacriel
Lowco2525 & SadaPlays
Kdwolf77 & Puhdado
illAMGlll & Haylinic

We bid all our participants good luck and we hope you enjoy the show! The Official Game mode will be released later in August, with further balance changes made to ensure it is fully customizable and suitable for mass and consistent competitive play!


Hey guys! I know we normally do a lengthy Q&A for this part of the Digest, however due to time constraints and upcoming SotF Event, we’re going to be deferring the Q&A to Sunday. Alongside special post which will be made following the conclusion of the Survival of the Fittest tournament!

We’ll be answering even more questions and release even more details about the game! So don’t worry, you’ll get something good :)!

In the mean time we’ll still be collecting questions, so please send them our way:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/535151589904837836/




A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s faaavvooooriteee giiaaaantt sllloootthhh, the Megatherium!

On Friday we will be introducing an eggcellent oft-requested dino! So stay tuned for that ;)

That’s it for this week’s ARK Digest! Thanks for all the support, engagement, and feedback so far! We hope to see you all on Saturday!

All the best,

Your Community Manager Jat and The ARK Survival Evolved Team!

Hello Survivors!

Welcome to the twelfth issue of the ARK Digest! For those who missed the previous issues, check out the Announcement forum section on the Steam Community Hub and be sure to catch up with what you’ve missed as there is tons for you to catch up on!




Earlier this week we were very excited to announce our new upcoming game mode, Survival of the Fittest which will be debuted worldwide at 12PM PST on Saturday the 1st of August on our twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/survivetheark

“Survival of the Fittest” is an intense battle to the death where survivors are grouped into Tribes and step onto the ARK to compete for their lives in a ‘Hunger Games’ esque competition. The tournament unveiling this new mode will feature thirty-five teams of 2 contestants each, where the last tribe standing will receive a Grand Prize of $20,000 along with bonus gaming gear from Logitech and Gunnar Optiks! The 2nd and third place tribes will receive $10,000, and $5,000 respectively!

The world is surrounded by a large force-field which shrinks as the game progresses, if survivors leave the force-field array they will be killed. Survivors start the game in the lobby container where they are able to strategize, trash talk or mind game their enemies. After a period time they are beamed down from the sky to the spawn platform. This area is a giant ring with copious loot placed in the centre: contestants will have to decide whether they want to make a dash for the gear or instead flee into the wilderness to begin their survival experience.

There have been a number of changes made to this particular game mode to ensure that it is suitable for a competitive battle that will take place over 4.5 hours. Participants and spectators can expect to see an accelerated game, where leveling, gathering, taming and building happen at a much quicker and exciting rate. Engrams, craftables, and supply drops have been rebalanced and reallocated to make them much more obtainable and viable in this game mode. Scaling on stats have been altered so that tamed Dinosaurs are no longer as powerful as they are in the regular mode, and players themselves take reduced damage, among many other statistical alterations.

As the survivors enter this arena, not only do they need to look out for the dangers from the creatures, the elements and the other survivors but also the Game Master. The Game Master communicates with the outside world to create Evolution Events (for non-Tournament settings, these can also be randomized). These events take place every 30 minutes and can have impact on the game, some of the things you are likely to see include freak weather occurrences, dinosaur stampedes (of a variety of types), extra supply drops, day-for-night shift, and player location reveal. There is no fast travel, there is no respawning. Survivors have one shot at becoming the champions of SotF -- or in our Tournament case, two if you count their tribe mate!


Earlier today the contestants were randomly drawn and placed into their tribes for the event, these are the team pairings you can expect to see:

MrMoonsHouse & SattelizerGames
SilentSentry & Wishfuiiy
PartiallyRoyal & PedroSaltana
Crass Kitty & Darkness_429
Criken & MadMorph
Seriousgaming & TwoAngryGamers
Pokket & Selvek
Bikeman & Jonsandman
TheDevilDogGamer & Famou5ivan
Joefudge91 & sp00nerism
DaftBasterd & SixMacs
RhinoCrunch & TangentGaming
Echoics & Lirik
Anthony_Kongphan & TheSparrowJourney
ShroomzTV & Sl1pg8r
Blizzehd & Timmac
iAMsp00n & ShannaNina
Apolloz & DarkDolphin
LetsMakeFriends & xoVESPER
Fairlight_Excalibur & GrimmyBear
CommanderWtf & RageSage84
JamalButterworth & Shortyyguy
A51Sarge & GoldGlove
CohhCarnage & OoLaLa87
JackFrags & RenoRaines
Shamrok7 & SniperNamedG
HerculesMode & tehJamJar
Starsnipe & Tessachka
Quantifiable & Shytomb
eNtaK & Thadrius
Kiwion & VaderRP
Ellohime & Sacriel
Lowco2525 & SadaPlays
Kdwolf77 & Puhdado
illAMGlll & Haylinic

We bid all our participants good luck and we hope you enjoy the show! The Official Game mode will be released later in August, with further balance changes made to ensure it is fully customizable and suitable for mass and consistent competitive play!


Hey guys! I know we normally do a lengthy Q&A for this part of the Digest, however due to time constraints and upcoming SotF Event, we’re going to be deferring the Q&A to Sunday. Alongside special post which will be made following the conclusion of the Survival of the Fittest tournament!

We’ll be answering even more questions and release even more details about the game! So don’t worry, you’ll get something good :)!

In the mean time we’ll still be collecting questions, so please send them our way:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/535151589904837836/




A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s faaavvooooriteee giiaaaantt sllloootthhh, the Megatherium!

On Friday we will be introducing an eggcellent oft-requested dino! So stay tuned for that ;)

That’s it for this week’s ARK Digest! Thanks for all the support, engagement, and feedback so far! We hope to see you all on Saturday!

All the best,

Your Community Manager Jat and The ARK Survival Evolved Team!

A new Dino Dossier has been revealed, this one is everyone’s favorite carnivorous swimmer, the Electrophorus!