ARK: Survival Evolved cross-play enabled between Xbox and PC

Studio Wildcard enables Windows 10/Xbox One cross-play for ARK: Survival Evolved.

@anthony256

Published Dec 19, 2017 7:37 PM CST
Updated Nov 3, 2020 11:53 AM CST

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Studio Wildcard has just announced that they've enabled cross-play between the Windows 10 Store and Xbox One versions of ARK: Survival Evovled, as it's now an Xbox Play Anywhere title.

ARK: Survival Evolved cross-play enabled between Xbox and PC | TweakTown.com

ARK has also passed 12 million sales across all platforms including PC, Xbox One, and PS4 while there is the new Aberration expansion which adds five new Biomes, 14 new creatures, and 30 new craftable Engrams. The new expansion costs $19.99, but can also be purchased as part of ARK's Season Pass which costs $44.99.

The big issue here is that the cross-play goodness is locked to the Windows 10 Store version of the game, while millions of gamers own it on Steam and are locked away from playing it with their friends on Xbox One because of it. Sigh.

Anthony Garreffa

Anthony joined the TweakTown team in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of graphics cards. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.