[VirtuaTyKing]

A few weeks ago we reported that a VR spin-off of popular survival game, ARK: Survival Evolved was coming. This week we’ve got a much better look at it.

Below is the first trailer for ARK Park, being developed by Snail Games as standalone product to the main ARK made by Studio Wildcard. Rather than surviving in a dinosaur-infested world, ARK Park is a much more educational experience than will bring you up close with long-lost beasts without the fear of having your head bitten off.



If it sounds a little like Jurassic Park (before things went wrong) that’s because it is. The trailer even looks a little like the opening of 2015’s Jurassic World. ARK Park wears its inspirations on its sleeves and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The trailer shows a young girl getting up close to raptors, the tyrannosaurus rex, and even our good old friend the dodo. Launching in 2017, the game will have more than 100 different creatures to meet and let you travel to diverse landscapes.

It’s not just about looking, though, ARK Park will have you capturing creatures with items and weapons and also solving puzzles. Hopefully it will be able to capture some of the original ARK‘s spirit in the gameplay, then. We could use a deeper dinosaur VR game after Crytek’s Robinson: The Journey [Review: 7/10] came up a little on the short side.

It’s also been confirmed that ARK Park will be coming to the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR. The PlayStation 4 version of Survival Evolved also hit recently, though doesn’t feature PlayStation VR support as previously promised when it was announced last year. We’ve reached out to the developer to see if it’s still planning to bring support to the platform. Survival Evolved still supports the Oculus Rift on Steam, however.

Source: Check Out The First Trailer For 'ARK' VR Spin-Off 'ARK Park'

[pjs37]

lol that actually looks like fun. I am not generally a fan of survival MP games so I have steered clear of ARK but I may play this one.

[Chemy JMHT]

Already confirmed it will come to the Rift on January 2017, which is pretty close now.

[pjs37]

Wonder if I can pump the Jurassic Park music into the game....

[Talkivr]

Wonder if I can pump the Jurassic Park music into the game....

Lol nice. I'm sure the music will be deeply mystifying. I've played ark so this should be a quite neat though not sure if will be any better than I've already seen.

[GustavMahler]

Finally a VR experience for PC! Seems like there are too many action games nowdays. I think that with VR we must learn to appreciate the beauty solely in quiet observation, and not necessarily by fighting with guns etc. .