This week, popular console and desktop game Fortnite hit the iOS App Store in beta form, allowing players to access the `same 100-player` Battle Royale mode found on PS4 and Mac computers while on-the-go. Following Fortnite, it`s been announced that another large-scale console title is getting a full game on iOS and Android, called ARK: Survival Evolved and launching this spring (via TouchArcade).
ARK originally released in early access on Steam and Xbox One in 2015, and then the final game launched across most platforms in 2017, including PC, Mac, Xbox One, and PS4. ARK is an action survival game that takes place in a large open world inhabited by dinosaurs, tasking players with building bases and weapons, taming and taking care of dinosaurs, and joining up with other players in tribes.
A few other features coming to ARK on mobile include:
- 80+ Dinosaurs: Use cunning strategy and tactics to tame, train, ride and breed the many dinosaurs and other primeval creatures roaming the dynamic, persistent ecosystems across land, sea, air, and even underground.
- Discover: Explore a massive living and breathing prehistoric landscape as you find the means to survive, thrive, and escape on the Ark.
- Craft and Build: Using any means necessary to survive, craft weapons, clothes, and items, and build shelters, villages, or even large cities.
- Survive Alone or With Others: Group up with, or prey on, hundreds of other players in a large-scale online world or choose to go it alone in single-player mode.
- Join a Tribe: The `TribeŽ system encourages cooperation, by supporting dynamic parties to share resources, XP, and re-spawn points. Beta invites for iOS are already open for the game, and mobile game developer War Drum Studios stated that the plan for the smartphone version `is to contain the full online experience as the PC version of ARK.` This includes the game`s 50-person multiplayer environment where players can join tribes to share reso ...
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