Hello Survivors!
This week has been interesting, sad, but also hopeful for ARK players all around the world. Last Friday, the official ARK servers closed for good, and many of us were emotional during the last minutes on those servers. People celebrated the end of an era in their own unique ways. At the end of this article, I want to share with you a collection of videos provided by the ARK community.
Vaultroom ARK Event
The annual Vaultroom ARK event has begun, and 100 of the biggest Japanese content creators were invited to participate. This didn’t go unnoticed on our side of the globe because many people noticed that ARK suddenly had over 200k viewers on Twitch, which is a very rare occurrence. I spoke to a Japanese friend to understand why ARK is so popular in Japan. They explained to me that in Japan, many streamers are more popular than TV and movie stars, attracting a massive audience. It’s deeply embedded in their culture. We can clearly see the impact of this phenomenon, with many streams boasting several thousand viewers on all popular streaming platforms, showcasing the adventures of Japan’s top streamers on the modded map Caballus
If you want to see more (Japanese) ARK Content from the event, check out the hashtag VCRARK on Twitter or search for it on Twitch and YouTube. I am – just like last year – happy and proud that the game we all love manages to connect so many people on a global level.
Community Discusses on Movement Speed and Cryopods
After the last Community Crunch, which answered many questions about ARK Survival Ascended, it also raised a few new questions. The decisions not to introduce Cryopods at launch and to remove the ability to level movement speed on creatures and players were topics of heated discussion. It also sparked a debate about whether PvP players and PvE players need separate balancing, as their demands often diverge.
Discussions like these can sometimes become unproductive if they simmer for too long, but the community presented compelling arguments both for and against Wildcard’s decisions. Whether different balancing will ever be fully implemented in ASA is unknown, but at least both PvE and PvP players are on the same page regarding this matter.
ASA Showing Up on IGDB, Twitch and YouTube – PR Campaign Asks Content Creators To Apply
Automated entries have already appeared on numerous websites providing information about video games. YouTuber @IamWildDew, who has been monitoring these entries, reported this week that they have all been updated with new and additional information. Additionally, a new entry has been published on the game database IGDB. This aligns with the PR campaigns that were launched this month.
Micro-influencer agency Noiz has initiated the “ARKade” program, wherein content