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  • The standalone Ark: Survival Evolved spin-off, Ark: Survival of ARK Survival Evolved Items the Fittest, is merging back with Survival Evolved, and console development has been placed on hold.The news was announced on the official Ark forums overnight. Some weeks ago, developer Studio Wildcard already announced that the PS4 version of Survival of the Fittest would be delayed to focus on Ark: Survival Evolved for the PS4. Survival of the Fittest was initially slated for a PS4 release last month.

    In the forum post, studio Wildcard’s lead community manager Jat explained the decision to merge the competitive-battle mod back with Ark: Survival Evolved, and put development on the PS4 and Xbox One version on hold. According to the community manager, Survival of the Fittest will no longer exist as a separate free-to-play title, but will be maintained as a playable game mode internally. “Everyone who has thus-far played the game will continue to be able to play it without having to own ARK: Survival Evolved, but going forward it will be considered part of the ARK: Survival Evolved product group”, Jat wrote.

    Being a dinosaur must have been hard. It's especially hard in the Ark: Survival Evolved universe, where annoying little creatures known as 'humans' threaten either death or enslavement. Fighting off extinction is about to get harder too, because the Oviraptor is coming to steal all the eggs.