The dinosaur-hunting open-world survival epic ARK: Survival Evolved

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"Our goal is to bring all this chaotic and creative spontaneous fun – the tribe building, dino-breeding, dino-combat, the weapons-, armor-, food-, and recipe-crafting, and more – to Xbox One fans with no compromises," he told us when we asked if we should expect any differences from the PC version. "Through all of this, we hope to help Microsoft build out Xbox Game Preview while giving Xbox One gamers something totally new and different than the standard updated version of old franchises. Gamers want new experiences on their consoles, and we feel that ARK, which is one of the few dinosaur games on the market, and one of the only, if not the only true multiplayer survival games on console, will bring that fresh gaming experience that helps define this generation."And what content will the initial XGP version of the game launch with? "Everything that’s in the PC version right now is on Xbox," Rapczak said. "ARK has been in Early Access development for six months, and the amount of content has easily tripled in that time while the game systems have become much more mature. XGP gamers are getting the benefit of all that work with a game that is much closer to launch than the one that hit Steam back in June."Though Rapczak admits the team likely "won't be putting out updates at the insane pace of the PC version," noting the PC edition's 224 iterations since June, he does say that, "we do plan to keep content parity between the XGP and PC versions of the game. That means you can expect to see updates no further than two weeks apart full of new content, features and general improvements across the board. We've gotten a lot of feedback from the PC community that we're doing Early Access better than they've ever seen before, and we want to continue that trend with Xbox Game Preview."Refreshingly, Rapczak also notes that those who purchase the $34.99 Xbox Game Preview version will not have to re-purchase the game – which will carry a higher price tag – when the final release happens in June. They'll just update their build and have the full game at the lower price. "I’m also excited to announce that the Xbox Game Preview version of ARK comes with Limited Edition Xbox-Exclusive Founder's content," Rapczak added, "including an unlockable bionic 'Tek' T-Rex skin, ARK Founder's Hat skin, and ARK Founder's Trophy."

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