ARK Launches on Xbox One Tomorrow

Studio Wildcard has today revealed that open-world-dinosaur-survival game ARK: Survival Evolved, will be available on Xbox One tomorrow.

In time for the Christmas festivities, Xbox One owners will be to get their hands on the game as part of the Xbox Game Preview program for £24.99. Those that do will also gain access to the a number of in-game items for both their character and dinosaur, as well as Xbox-specific ARK official servers prior to full game launch expected in June 2016.

ARK: Survival Evolved launched on PC through Early Access back in June and has since received over 2.5 million unique players.

“ARK is running beautifully on Xbox One, we’re really proud to deliver the first open-world online survival experience on console, a genre that is typically found only in PC games[...] With Microsoft implementing a similar program [too Early Access}, we’re able to form a direct connection between console players and our team, the likes of which has never before been possible.”

- Jesse Rapczak, co-creative director and co-founder, Studio Wildcard.

Xbox One users will also receive exclusive content for taking part in ARK: Survival Evolved before it's full launch. As well as the full game, now three times larger than it's initial launch, users will receive exclusive gear for both their character and dinosaurs. 

ARK: Survival Evolved is expected to officially launch in June 2016 on Xbox One, Steam PC and on PlayStation 4 with Project Morpheus support.