ARK Will Use DX12; Console Launch Expected In Summer 2016

ARK has been confirmed to support DirectX 12. The developer is targeting Summer 2016 for both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

[ccgr]

Looks fun, will keep eye out for it on PC

[hello12]

Xbox official Youtube uploaded a video.

This is the way you upload a video to Youtube (proper quality)

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

I thought it was the Crytek engine at first glance, wrong i was, its unreal engine 4 supported by dx12.

Gears 4 unreal engine 4 dx12 man!!! The devs making this game are not going to have the same resources and backing but they still got the game looking like this!

[Imp0ssibl3]

Yes, Unreal Engine 4 is an amazing engine. Even indie developers can make great looking games, but of course bigger studios will do better

[christocolus]

Man that looks good.

[gfk342]

Playstation official Youtube uploaded the video too.

They also uploaded the game using the same proper quality

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

It looks the same...

[reallyNow]

that motion blur is awful and waaaaaay over abundant.

[rdgneoz3]

"It looks the same..."

Probably because that's PC footage atm.

[Gilgamesh15]

Thanks for letting us know the platform. Please continue to keep us all posted on this in the future, because it is very important that we have this info.

[Mostafeto]

This is gonna be one of the first games to actually push the PS4 to its limit or almost show us what it is actually capable of

[Alexious]

About time, too. I'm really sick of remasters and stuff like that, we need innovative games such as this one.

[blackout]

And if it does is because of dx12.

[Festano]

DX12 gaming will be so good!!

[gangsta_red]

"...an open world survival game with dinosaurs."

Sold!

[Alexious]

Indeed, and there's taming too...I want to ride a Velociraptor!

[Bigpappy]

The foliage and lighting looks good, but the animation needs much better work.

[Alexious]

You're right about that, but you should also consider that it's being made by a small studio and great animations are costly.

They'll improve over time though, it's not even available on Early Access yet.

[Bigpappy]

I can appreciate that it is a small studio. But the animation is crucial to the perceived quality of the game, and they should fix it or be prepaid to sell it at a barging price. What I am saying, in short, is that if they can get decent animation, they may get away with charging top dollar or close and may people would play, because the presentation otherwise looks very good. It is not a knock on them, but rather constructive criticism.

I actually would not have easily believed this was done by a small studio if the animation wasn't so poorly done. It is seriously hurting the marketing of the game and their ability to sell many copies at a more rewarding price.

[Relientk77]

Yea I'm really liking what I see so far

[DigitalRaptor]

Absolutely spectacular!!

The ambition of these indie devs continually blows me away. The more unique, original, innovative and better gaming ideas are definitely coming from them that's for sure.

And Project Morpheus support confirmed???? It'll only take a few fine examples to get the ball rolling, but if there are already games like this in development for it, then there's actually a chance Morpheus is going to be really well supported with attention-worthy games, and do well.

[--bienio--]

Pc master race:) This going to be my first early access game Im actually buy...;)

[Thunder_G0d_Bane]

Agreed!!!!

[Seafort]

You guys do realise it's out on 2nd June 2015 for PC on steam Early Access way before the console release in 2016.

It also has support for Oculus Rift on PC.

[Darkwatchman]

But you realize it's early access, which means the game will not be perfectly polished and will be incomplete and will be missing features. So, I'd rather wait until the game is actually complete and polished before having my first experience with it.

[someOnecalled]

Wait I thought PS gamers don't like MMOs. That what this games is basically is. And that's what I always here on this website like " y'all don't have games go play y'all WoW" funny how a certain fan base change their beliefs .

[Azurite]

I can imagine that Frankie's gonna play this game.

[NeoGamer232]

It's like all you have to do to get an article on N4G these days is have one of the following in the title:

1) DX12
2) PS4/X1 Graphics Comparison
3) Microsoft did .... against gamers
4) Konami did ... against gamers

Whatever happened to articles just talking about games, their gameplay, story, sound, environment, etc.?

[BitbyDeath]

Now we can have Ark and WiLD fight it out.
Love indies.

[LexHazard79]

Ill give it a go when it comes out. Still wish we got the other prehistoric game BC aswell...

[Father__Merrin]

unreal engine 4 does look nice even on indie games, I noticed how nice ether looks!

[Shineon]

Getting this for my Alienware Alpha most def

[Moldiver]

Getting it on PC for the early access. Then I will buy it again for X1, benefiting from having a years experience with it over my friends. Hope they have some kind of file transfer system.

Nice to hear they will be getting the most out of my graphics card with DX12...and then they will do it gain with DX12 on X1