As the weekend winds down, we at ARKaholic decided it would be the perfect time to go over all the news that made headlines in the last week.

Tuesday, May 12th:

ARK: Survival Evolved was announced on the 12th to much fanfare, spurring the creation of this site, and, later that same day, the forums.

We got our first look at the original 5 Dino Dossiers, as well as the trailer and a bevy of in-game screenshots. In a Steam Community post that afternoon, the developers announced their intentions of releasing more information each Monday, Wednesday and Friday until (and potentially through) the game’s release.

They then immediately broke this by releasing another Dino Dossier showing the Titanoboa.

Wednesday, May 13th:

As the first day in the information release schedule, the developers released a new Dino Dossier in which they told us about the first non-land animal that will be in the game, the Coelacanth. They also announced their intention to add Official PvE servers after meeting resistance from the community.

Thursday, May 14th:

As an off day, there was no new official news or new dossiers, however the staff continued to answer questions. We released our first Popular FAQs Answered post, giving the highlights we uncovered from the forums. Around midday, we released a post about how we found some hidden alternate versions of two of the Dino Dossiers inside the press material they supplied. Finally, we were mentioned in the Community Crunch post on the Steam Community.

Friday, May 15th:

The developers showed off concept art for the Dilophosaurus, a small carnivore with a ranged attack and piercing scream, in a new Dino Dossier. Next, we posted a new edition of the Popular FAQs Answered, giving insight into their anti-cheat system, the terrain, traps, and more.

Saturday, May 16th:

No new information came out from the developers, so instead we focused on the community. We released our third issue of the Popular FAQs Answered, which answered important questions about server specs, pets, weapon mechanics, and more.

Sunday, May 17th:

The developers did not release any new information on the game today, so we continued to crawl the forums for information. In the ARKDaily, we posted some fan-art and some prominent threads from the Forums. We released our fourth Popular FAQs Answered, in which the developers answer your questions about turrets, skills, blueprints and more.