Ever wanted to ride a dinosaur, or beat the crap out of another player with a stone hatchet in ARK: Survival Evolved? Now’s as good a time as any, because this weekend, Studio Wildcard’s title will be completely free to play. What’s even better is that if you find you enjoy the game, you can go ahead and add it to your library at half the price! For a limited time only of course…
From Thursday through Sunday, July 28-31, 2016, ARK: Survival Evolved is hosting a Free Weekend on Steam where all survivors can invite their friends to start to tame, train, breed and ride Dinosaurs in this open-world action-adventure survival game. ARK: Survival Evolved also is on sale for Steam players at 50% off (retail $29.99) from Thursday through Wednesday, July 28 – August 3, 2016.
At 50% off, ARK: Survival Evolved will cost you only R159.50. That’s not a bad price at all!
Anyhow, this promotion coincides with a huge bit of content that’s just hit the game – Patch v245. It contains new creatures (a Pelagornis and Allosaurus), fishing rods, new structures, and more!
As if that wasn’t already enough, Wildcard Studios have also thrown in a free bit of optional DLC. It makes the game somewhat more realistic in terms of what primitive humans were capable of…
Now available as a free DLC in the ‘ARK Official Mods Program’, Primitive+, created by Cedric Burkes, is playable as a functionality mod on all Official ARK Maps and challenges players by altering the available tools, weapons and structures in the game to reflect what humans could realistically create using primitive technology and resources. This does not simply remove advanced technology from ARK, but instead replaces it with a multitude of new resources, engrams and systems.
Players will need to specialize in specific roles and work together to complete their goals. Hunters, farmers, cooks and builders can band together to create a new, functioning society where diplomacy and even economics can matter. In Primitive Plus, you will not only cope with human society’s limitations, but unlock its potential.
But wait, THERE’S MORE! The Center is also getting some loving with this new update…
As well as the release of Primitive+, this huge patch also covers a large expansion to The Center! The Center, has now been expanded to include new biomes, islands, caves, and a completely new boss arena for survivors to explore, as well as the addition of a wide variety creatures to tame and be hunted.
Sheesh, that is plenty content, and all for free, for this weekend only. Clear all your plans, there’s much to do in ARK: Survival Evolved – like tame dinosaurs, and build stuff, and… fish. Hooray!
Last Updated: July 29, 2016
Pariah
July 29, 2016 at 15:03
Free if you have the graphics card powerful enough to run the damn thing. XD
Galbedir
July 29, 2016 at 15:22
I actually recently installed this a month or two ago, and my fps pretty much more then doubled from when I last played. They have done a huge amount of optimization.
Captain JJ off track
July 29, 2016 at 16:18
They have definitely improved, but it still chows resources and the loading time is atrocious. But, worth it in the end.
HairyEwok
August 1, 2016 at 08:20
I don’t think its just the graphics card problem anymore, you literally need like 16 gigs of ram in your system now to play this game as intended. (I have 8 gigs and get system crashes due to low memory)
Pariah
August 1, 2016 at 08:24
The joke is that I have 16GB’s of RAM and an i7 3770k. Literally just my graphics that’s holding me back. XD
Kromas GG
July 29, 2016 at 15:11
My Server is updated for all those who want to give it a test this weekend.
Deceased
July 29, 2016 at 15:22
But you’ll be bleeding MMR right?
I mean… er… grinding the Overwatch One-Arm-Bandit?
Kromas GG
July 29, 2016 at 15:24
Actually. Wow. Server is independent of what I do and sits snuggly at terraco.
VampyreSquirrel
July 29, 2016 at 15:45
xD wouldn’t be able to download it even if I wanted to give it a shot.
Captain JJ off track
July 29, 2016 at 16:17
Even at full price this game is worth it.