More ARK news. It looks like Studio Wildcard is going to be partnering with Epic Games to open up the full power of the Unreal Engine 4's tools and development resources for ARK modders. ARK: Survival Evolved has enjoyed a whole lot of success in its 30 days of Early Access thus far, and this should add fuel to that fire. Check out the screenshots below.
Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic:
“ARK provides a brilliantly creative universe for modding, and a wealth of beautiful environments and dinosaur content to build upon. Many of us here began in the mod community, so we’re grateful to see Studio Wildcard open up their creative work to a new generation of programmers, artists, and designers.”
If you already have ARK, you can begin modding immediately! Follow the "How To Mod" tutorial to get started, then join the ARK community, participate in the Unreal Engine ARK Modding forum, and find content in the Unreal Engine Marketplace. Modders can then share their creations with the ARK gamer community using Steam Workshop.
Jesse Rapczak, Studio Wildcard co-founder and co-creative director:
“As we’ve opened up the world of ARK to everyone, we've been seriously on the edge of our seats with anticipation. The amazing gameplay ideas lighting up the forum conversations can be turned into reality right away. The UE4 mod tools that we're providing are phenomenal, and we can’t wait to see the limitless creativity of our fans come to life in fantastic new ways.”
Epic and Wildcard will come together on Twitch.tv/UnrealEngine on Thursday, July 9 at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST to walk the community through the ARK modding process. More details are available here.
The dinosaur MMO survial game ARK: Survival Evolved is available on Steam Early Access now and the full version will launch in June 2016 on PlayStation 4 with Project Morpheus support, Xbox One via the ID@Xbox program, and Steam, including Oculus Rift VR support and a thorough integration of Steam community features such as Steam Economy and Steam Workshop.
To join our growing tribe of ARK survivors, journey over to Steam for the detailed feature list, follow on Twitter, like on Facebook, subscribe on YouTube, visit the Website at www.playark.com and watch us tame and train leviathan dinosaurs on Twitch.TV.
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