ARK Survival Evolved gets big Xbox One X news following PS4 update launch

ARK Survival Evolved on Xbox One X has been given a release window by the development team at Studio Wildcard.

While the upgraded console will not be running the popular survival title at 4K, it will include some big improvements.

These will include technical boosts, such as distance scaling, which aren’t currently possible on the Xbox One.

Studio Wildcard have also provided a date for when rentable servers will be arriving on Xbox, as well as the delay to the Play Anywhere launch of the game.

“Rentable Servers will be available on Xbox from October 25th, and Nitrado will supply them,” a message from Studio Wildcard explains. 

“In the coming days, they’ll have more information available about the process, as well as a landing page to collect interest.

“The delay comes from some extra loose-ends we need to tie up with Microsoft and Nitrado, and then after that, we’ll have to get through long-certification (our date takes into account the cert-time). 

“That patch will also include our Official Xbox One X support, so you guys won’t have to wait for an update for that!

“We have also decided to delay the launch of ARK on Xbox Play Anywhere and CrossPlay until November. The reason behind this is because we believe it is critical to get BattlEye functioning on Microsoft’s platform. 

“We’re very interested in the effects of CrossPlay, but we’re cautious of enabling PC and Xbox Players to game together without having our anti-cheat ready, so it’s going to take a little longer to get that sorted, but it will ensure a much better experience overall.”

It follows news of the latest ARK Survival Evolved update for PS4 fans.

Not yet available on Xbox One, players on Sony’s range of consoles now have access to new TEK gear and survival tools.

The full patch notes can be found below, it should be noted that the Xbox One patch is expected to arrive later this month.

ARK SURVIVAL EVOLVED PS4 PATCH NOTES:

  • New Weapon: Tek Sword (Charge-Attack and damages Metal & significantly pierces Armor when powered by Element)
  • New Armor: Tek Shield (Reflects incoming projectiles/bullets when powered by Element)
  • New Structure: Tek Light (Attaches to any surface and can be either independently powered by Element Shards in its Inventory, or traditionally powered via generators)
  • Fixed issue where clients would sometimes become disconnected after demolishing/destroying structures
  • Fixed a spawn issue with Ragnarok Lava Golem Boss.
  • Fixed the bear trap to avoid turret exploit. Bear traps only damageable by explosion now (or demolishing)
  • Reduced Flamethrower Damage from base 100 per second to 30 per second. 
  • Flamethrower Direct Damage is now affected by Armour.
  • Flamethrower expensive foliage particle effects now eliminated for everyone except the local player using the weapon
  • Chainsaw not able to attack whilst running
  • Tripled the effective “ammo” of TEK armours, so they last 3x as long per element
  • Shield blocks should block whip stuns/item drops (and trigger the cooldown), and whip stun on players reduced to 1 second.
  • Implemented a new value to reduce indirect torpor (Gas grenades, tranq).
  • Chitin, Metal, Riot, and TEK Armours now reduce incoming torpor. 
  • Fixed an issue where explosives would have an impact on server performance
  • Fixed a bug with the Phoenix where you could set dinos alight from a far distance
  • Fixed a bug with the Phoenix where it wouldn’t do damage to wild targets in PVE
  • Fixed a bug where you could unlock super speed with the TEK Jet Pack
  • Fixed a bug where setting the server fps to 2.5 would launch you across the map
  • Fixed a bug preventing players riding a Therizino from getting shot when Turrets were set to Player Only
  • Fixed an issue where you weren’t able to name your character preset in character creation
  • Fixed an issue where Ankylosaurus would get stuck in the air
  • Fixed a bug where u could tame and damage Phoenix when not in Superheat