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ARK: Survival Evolved

Multiplayer split-screen to ARK: Survival Evolved

Tame dinos with a buddy.

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Studio Wildcard has posted another update for the Xbox One version of their extremely popular dinosaur adventure, ARK: Survival Evolved. This includes new beasts and other stuff (like Beer Barrels and Electric Prods), which makes the game fully on par with the PC version.

Below are pictures with information about the three new species, Dimetrodon, Dung Beetle and Gallimimus. The last one is extremely fast and is equipped with a three-seater passenger saddle.

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There is one new feature in particular we suspect will be more popular than others - you can now play with a friend in split-screen. This also works online on non-dedicated servers, and is a timed-exclusive to the Xbox One version. Below is the full list of patch notes of everything included:

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• Gallimimus (with Three-Seater Passenger Saddle): While the Gallimimus in real life might have been a large, chicken-like omnivore belonging to the clade Ornithomimosauria (similar to today's ostrich family and closely related to raptors and modern birds), in ARK: Survival Evolved it's an herbivore with no natural means to defend itself except for running away. Luckily for the Gallimimus, it may very well be the fastest dinosaur on ARK, and is capable of ferrying up to three Survivors in a specially-designed Saddle!
• Dimetrodon: Known as everyone's favorite adaptable carnivore, the Dimetrodon offers players shade during excessive heat and shelter from extreme cold by way of its massive insulating sail running down its back. It is reasonably friendly to Survivors and its favorite place to roam is the swamplands plentiful with small prey.
• Dung Beetle: The Dung Beetle is a wondrous organic biofactory that eats excrement and other useless waste and then metabolizes it to produce burnable oil that can power generators and fertilize crops. It is the perfect pet for cleaning up around the tribe's dirty living quarters!

• New Armor: SWAT-style Assault Armor tier
• New Weapon: Electric Prod stunner weapon capable of rendering even the strongest survivor unconscious
• New Structures: Greenhouse/Glass structure tileset to aid survivors in growing plants
• Deep-Sea Loot Crates: Just what it sounds like. Cool stuff underwater.
• Beer Barrel: These craftable Beer kegs can make tasty brews, with various status enhancing effects, however the subsequent 'hangover' effects are not so pleasant!
• Loads of bug fixes, serious performance update (~15%), fixed memory leak
• Non-dedicated servers now support up to Eight survivors and 33% larger tether distance

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ARK: Survival Evolved

REVIEW. Written by Ford James

"ARK: Survival Evolved is a solid survival experience and one of the better options available, on console at the very least."



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