Powered by Unreal Engine 4, Ark: Survival Evolved takes on the survival genre with a unique blend of emergent multiplayer cooperation and competition. Players awake naked and starving on the beach of a mysterious island among a herd of other confused humans. On ARK, they must then hunt, harvest, craft, research technology, and build shelters to protect against scorching days, freezing nights, volatile weather systems, dangerous wildlife, and potential enemies.

Use cunning strategy and tactics to tame and ride the many dinosaurs and other primeval creatures roaming the dynamic, persistent ecosystems across land, sea, air, and even underground. Build your character’s strengths and gain items, skills, and pet creatures using in-depth role-playing systems. Start a tribe with hundreds of other players to survive and dominate competing tribes...and ultimately discover the ARK’s true purpose.

Studio Wildcard unveiled a graveyard of Halloween-influenced content today for Ark: Survival Evolved, giving survivors a handsome goodie-bag of creepy dino-creatures to ride, limited edition treats to collect, and eerie All Hallows Eve-themed geography to explore.

Starting Wednesday, October 28, and running for one week, the ARK undergoes a seasonal change where the air is cooler, the days shorter and the nights longer, and a Blood-Moon shines brightly as bats and other creatures of the night appear above ground.

As the mythical DodoRex stomps across the land with an army of bloodthirsty zombie dodos in tow, and a variety of re-animated Skelesaurs walk the fields, players can immediately jump into the Halloween festivities. For those brave enough to take on the many tricks of ARK: Fear Evolved, there are numerous items to collect including thatch-rich scarecrows, custom Jack-o-Lantern carving, Bone-Dino costumes, Candy-Corn loot drops, Witch Hats and masks, and Spider Saddles so you can Ride Spiders. Tame-able Zomdodos, Tame-able Bats, Trophies and Pumpkin Achievements also will be rampant. Survivors can also find ARK discount codes hidden within Candy-Corn drops, to give a treat to their friends!

Tame and ride one of 70-plus amazing dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts, including gargantuan creatures on a scale never before seen in video games! Fly a Pterodactyl squadron over snow-capped mountains, race through the deep jungle with your pack of trained Raptors, tromp through a fortified enemy base along a convoy of gigantic Brontosaurus, or chase down prey on the back of a raging T-Rex. Players will quickly learn that dinosaurs aren’t the only dangerous creatures on the island. Other players are organizing rebel tribes to accumulate resources, experience, re-spawn points, and to construct sprawling villages and cities, with technology spanning the primitive stone-age to the modern electric-powered era and beyond. And they will fight to destroy anything they see as a threat.

Ark: Survival Evolved will include Oculus Rift VR/Morpheus support and a thorough integration of Steam community features such as Steam Economy and Steam Workshop for custom maps and mods. Players will also be able to host private/LAN servers, and have access to a custom-built version of the Unreal 4 Editor for creating mods. The world of ARK is designed to be player-oriented and ever-expanding!