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Ark: Scorched Earth

Stranded naked, dehydrated & starving in a vast desert, even the most seasoned ARK survivors must quickly find water, hunt for food, harvest, craft items, and build shelter to have any chance for survival. Use…

1 September 2016

Ark: Scorched Earth is an adventure developed by Studio Wildcard, released 1 September 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and Mac.

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What Ark: Scorched Earth is

Ark: Scorched Earth is an adventure game developed by Studio Wildcard and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Stranded naked, dehydrated & starving in a vast desert, even the most seasoned ARK survivors must quickly find water, hunt for food, harvest, craft items, and build shelter to have any chance for survival. Use skills honed on ARK's faraway Island to kill, tame, breed, and ride the mysterious new creatures that have evolved to survive the Desert's ultra harsh conditions, including... DRAGONS! Travel back and forth between the Island and the Desert to team up with hundreds of players across both worlds or play locally!
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Ark: Scorched Earth launched on 1 September 2016, within three weeks of Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition.

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When did Ark: Scorched Earth come out?
Ark: Scorched Earth was released on 1 September 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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