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ARK: Survival Evolved dev offering $100 bounty for bugs

Kotaku reports on a bug bounty program instituted by the developer of Ark: Survival Evolved, offering $100 for confirmed exploits discovered by players.

Feralkitsune3227d ago (Edited 3227d ago )

Title is misleading. This is for hacks. NOT BUGS. It's for finding hacks for the game that people have made so they can use them to patch their game to block hackers.

Article title here is different than the actual site. The Credit URL's author is also bad at reading as it has the same title as this post.

OC_MurphysLaw3227d ago

I am going to stab a guess MS will try and get this into their early access program for the console version.

Seafort3227d ago

Good luck to them. It won't run on Xbox as it only just runs well on high end PCs. I struggle running the game at 15-20 fps on my mid range PC.

The game has quite poor optimisation atm but is getting better as more updates come out.

OC_MurphysLaw3227d ago (Edited 3227d ago )

I only stated that because they already announced the game for both the PS4 and Xbox One... just seems like a game that would be prime for their new program.

theContortionist3227d ago

i have a old pc(need to build a new one): quad core 2.66 8gb ram gtx 560 1gb and it runs ok on medium to low, but i can't play battlefield 4 for shit. My xbox one plays like a champ and overall has better specs, so i think xbox one will have no issue playing this, might not be at max settings but no problem.

iceman063226d ago

I've seen people, even on high end PC (mostly on Twitch), still struggling to play the game. The patches have helped, but there are still times where there are huge lag spikes and outright crashes. But the devs, who are usually in some of those channels, take great notes and give instant response as to what they are doing or IF they even know about those situations.

Seafort3226d ago

The people voting me down have no idea what the game is like to play atm.

This isn't a game in beta but in alpha so there's memory leaks, poor optimisations and bugs galore.

The Xbox will struggle to play this game and I don't think Microsoft should want ARK in the Xbox Preview program till it's in better shape.

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oasdada3227d ago

Guess im a bounty hunter now!

Perjoss3227d ago

I have to say these guys are on it with the patches, there has pretty much been a patch every day (sometimes more than once a day) since it launched into early access. This is how early access should be done, not release a half finished game and then go totally silent for 6+ months.

iceman063226d ago

As I said above, the devs have been really, really involved with the streaming community. They go to popular channels and sit for hours on end answering questions, providing information and hints, even playing the game with some of them. Plus, pumping out endless patches. I wish more devs could or would provide this type of support.

Koopdogg3224d ago

Yup indeed ,have been really impressed by the devs and their work rate bringing out patches.

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ARK Development Kit Gets 'Major' Update

Studio Wildcard has launched a 'major' update for ARK: Survival Evolved's modding software, ARK Development Kit, available now.

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10 Differences Between Ark: Survival Evolved and Ark: Survival Ascended

Jordan from The Nerd Stash, an Ark enthusiast, shares the differences and changes that players can see between Evolved and the newly released Ascended.

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JSONEHUNDRED177d ago (Edited 177d ago )

I just had to come by and say that most of these dont work or havent changed from Evolved.

10. Tames still getting stuck on rocks. Dilos are so frustrating to make sure they havent been left behind
9. The interface is still exactly the same, and slower too
8 & 7. are the same thing. Dont care about camera modes
6. Building is slightly tweaked. There are Pros and Cons. Some things are merged to 1 engram, which is good but can be annoying trying to find Railings every time because the image is a square wall :P
5. Tracking is great. Except that you get a marker in the distance for every friend who is taming something, until you manually turn it off per tame. I used to use a mod for a really good tracking device.
4. The new map is visually way better, tho they seem to have removed being able to add waypoints to the map. There is also a shroud over the map which takes a lot of work to open up. At least we can finally see our clan mates (something that never worked in the old game. These guys dont fix faults. They just recreate the same ones)
3. There are no new creatures yet. I dont know how long itll take to get any new content. But the patches are coming in fast, and it already runs way better than it did at launch last friday.
2. Loving the baby dinos
1. The graphics are different. It used to be beautiful already. So I dont care. I just want new stuff.

After all this, they didnt fix any issues and problems that have existed since day one. This new version is pointless. But its too late. I own Ascended now. ill still play it to death. I love Ark either way. Just cant wait for new content. I havent found Vin Diesel in game yet either :)