Ark: Survival of the Fittest

March 15, 2016 Studio Wildcard, Efecto Studios, Instinct Games, Virtual Basement LLC Studio Wildcard
Shooter Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Adventure Indie
PS4 Linux PC Mac
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ARK: Survival of the Fittest is a Multiplayer Online Survival Arena (MOSA) game that pits as many as 72 combatants against one another in the struggle for survival in a harsh, changing environment packed with deadly creatures, “Evolution Events,” and other players.
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Release Date March 15, 2016
Developer Studio Wildcard, Efecto Studios, Instinct Games, Virtual Basement LLC
Publisher Studio Wildcard
Game Modes Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Perspective First person
Themes Action, Survival
Ark: Survival of the Fittest

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