ARK: Survival Evolved released on Steam Early Access

ARK: Survival Evolved is now available on Steam Early Access for the launch discount price of $24.99 (retail $29.99): store.steampowered.com/app/34611

ARK takes on the survival genre with a unique blend of emergent multiplayer cooperation and competition. Players awake naked and starving on the beach of a mysterious island among a herd of other confused humans. They immediately discover that going it alone is a dangerous hardship. Those who work together will quickly learn there is power in numbers. What is the secret to survival? Each person must contribute to the collective effort: hunt, harvest resources, craft tools, research technology, and build shelters to protect against scorching days, freezing dark nights, volatile weather systems, ferocious wildlife, and lurking predators. The open-world design of ARK is so big, mysterious, and filled with revelations that gamers will constantly be adapting and learning about its seemingly endless content. This includes a deep level of customization from the very beginning in the character creation screen, enabling highly unique features, from the herculean to the intensely bizarre. Players can:

 · Join a tribe, plant renewable crops and build an entirely functioning village with a sustainable economy

 · Train and level up "pet" dinosaurs to carry allies, inventory and equipment

 · Increase levels by experiencing the varied elements that the island has to offer

 · Sneak up on unsuspecting survivors, render them unconscious, then steal their gear

 · Grab a ringside seat to watch dinosaurs battle to the death

 · Maintain individual health by searching out meat sources, plant types, and drinkable water, or starve

 · Craft clothing to protect yourself from extreme weather conditions or freeze to death

 · Build a deluxe, multi-story house that includes ramps, beams, gates, remote gates, trapdoors, water pipes and faucets, generators, wires, electrical devices and more