Reborn as a brand new dinosaur survival experience, beyond your wildest dreams… ARK is reimagined from the ground up with Unreal Engine 5 for next-gen gaming technology! You awaken on a mysterious island, your senses overwhelmed by the blinding sunlight and vibrant colors reflecting off every surface around you, the azure waters of the verdant island lapping at your bare feet. A low growl rumbles through the misty jungle, jolting you into action, you rise – not out of fear, but curiosity. Are you ready to build a tribe, tame and breed hundreds of dinosaurs and other primal creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food chain? Your new world awaits… step into the mirror and join it!FeaturesARK: Survival Ascended fully rebuilds and redesigns the art and world of ARK to take advantage of the latest video game technology Unreal Engine 5, using high-end graphical features such as Lumen for fully dynamic global illumination, where light realistically bounces off surfaces and provides realistic reflections, and Nanite for high-poly mesh streaming that allows for billions of triangles for ultimate detail.Advanced new physics systems like dynamic water, where every creature causes waves, ripples, splashes, and bubbles as they move through the fluid, and fully interactive physical foliage where every blade of grass, bush, and tree reacts to characters, explosions, projectiles, and physics objects. Chop down a tree and watch it crash into other trees, disrupting all the foliage, then crash through the grass beneath! Spot enemies stealthily moving through the foliage as they cause the grass to move and sway based on their presence. Demolish structures and watch the debris realistically shatter, interacting with grass and water as they fall.ARK: Survival Ascended includes access to all the worlds of ARK, including Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, Genesis Part 2, and more. The Island, Scorched Earth, and The Center are available now with subsequent expansion worlds being added regularly, at no additional cost.The ultimate survival experience better than ever: Design your survivor, build tribes, and tame, train, breed, and ride dinosaurs within a living ecosystem. Watch your food, water, temperature, and weather patterns. Expand outwards slowly as you harvest, build structures, plant crops, customize your visual designs, and continue to explore to uncover the true nature of the island and the world beyond. Every area of quality of life has been overhauled: redesigned user interface, smart-creature pathfinding dynamic navigation, wild babies, photo mode, new camera system, new map system, tracking system, new structures and items, new creatures, and much more.Cross-Platform Modding: Download and play custom content created by players directly within the game through a dedicated new Mod-bowser, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes! Enjoy a constant stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community is unleashed on the platform for the first time!Cross-Platform Multiplayer: Build your online tribe across different gaming platforms and work together to survive and thrive on ARK!Supports up to 70 players in public online multiplayer, up to 8 players in private session multiplayer, and 2 players in local split-screen gameplay.