Snail Games has announced that its upcoming open-world sandbox survival game PixARK will be heading to Nintendo Switch in 2018.
The game is inspired by the world of Ark: Survival Evolved, an action-adventure survival title that was released on various non-Nintendo platforms in August of last year. Peter Kang, director of live operations and business development at Snail Games, has said that the game has "taken the action and excitement that older players know and love in ARK to a new direction in order to introduce that world to an entirely different audience."
Here are some facts and features from the game's press release for your perusal:
PixARK
- Single player and online multiplayer
- The ability to collect and craft items and build bases
- Over 100 dinosaurs and other creatures to tame, train and ride
- Character progression and customisation
- Procedurally generated worlds, with no two worlds ever being the same
- Creative Mode which allows players to construct whatever they can imagine
- More than eight unique biomes to explore, including deserts, jungles, caves and more
- Procedurally generated quest system to keep players actively engaged in their worlds
PixARK is scheduled to enter Early Access on Steam and Xbox Games Preview in late March, with digital and physical releases for other platforms, including Nintendo Switch, coming 'later in 2018'. Does this look like something you might keep your eye on? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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Looks... Interesting. Makes me think of Dino minecraft sort-of.
Minecraft clones, again ?
@Anti-Matter This looks like a better clone than most, honestly.
@Kalmaro
Well, yeah.
But if compared with Portal Knights, Portal Knights has better rendering in environments and character looking.
This is old news, heard and posted this last Thursday. Looks like Minecraft.
@Anti-Matter Mmmm... Well, can't argue too much with you there. This game still has some charm. Don't get me wrong, I have less interest in getting either game.
Now dragon warrior builders...
@Kalmaro
Dragon Warrior Builder ?
Dragon Quest Builder.
Looks more like some sort of minecraft mod
If it's actually pixel ark on switch, I may need to get a second switch for my wife lol
Maybe the game can actually run this time.
No thanks
@Anti-Matter same difference! XD
Actually, would be cool to train monsters.
I'm buying Dragon Quest Builders so I'm skipping this.
I literally need this
@Ledgendt lol enjoy man.
@JJ286 Will do lol. We're getting DQBuilders too, I'm just a massive fan of ARK, and DQB is going to be fairly chill in comparison to Pixark. I like sandbox survival
I have to admit my favourite Infiniminer clone is DQ Builders. I just find the Toriyama twist irresistible - and also a brilliant name for a dance.
YES JUST YES i test it on Steam and buy for switch that is <3
Portal Knights + ARK + some cartoony graphics = this game.
Looks okay, although I got bored of ARK quite a while ago. I put like 500-600 hours into it though, so it must have done something right.
Looks really good. Surprised this isn't coming to PS4, though.
"- Procedurally generated quest system to keep players actively engaged in their [procedurally generated ]worlds"
Sounds like a pass for me. I'm all for openess but there has to be some structure.
could also just say a Minecraft spinoff
@SLIGEACH_EIRE thanks for sharing I guess?
I will be grabbing this up day 1! On Wii U I have Cube Survival...on 3DS I got both the early Minecraft clones...on PS4 I have Minecraft and DQ Builders and Trove (and ARK)...on Switch I have Minecraft and Portal Knights. I absolutly love these voxel building games, I have to admit. (I was never into them until my daughters got me into watching YouTubers do Minecraft videos...now we play them together.) And this one looks like a more forgiving ARK. At least...I hope so... My main problem with ARK is that I play a lot of different games at different times. I don't stay with one game (usually...unless its a big RPG that really pulls me in like XC2) until the end and swap games in and out. ARK really doesn't allow you to do this...as if you are away from it for any time you might as well kiss any progress you made on your base or whatever goodbye. As when you come back after a break you'll find it gone...and your unconscious body tossed in the ocean and drowned. I uninstalled it a while ago and haven't gotten back into it again yet...maybe I will to get ready for this. So if this game is more forgiving than that one...due to being targeted at a younger (+ older) audience...I will be VERY happy to jump back into the base building/dino hunting/survival extreme of ARK.
No thanks. Keep it. Give us the real Ark instead. I'd buy that for sure.
@Prof_Yoshtonics Agreed.
Love Ark, but won’t be getting this, mainly because Snail Games are making it...
Looks awesome.
Based on Ark Survival Evolved? Yup, sounds good.
I'll gladly take a less grindy, cuter Ark. I really would love Subnautica portable though. But the more the merrier.
I have to wonder where the line between clone and rip off is. Aside from some different character modeling, this game looks way too much like Minecraft in my opinion.
One of my friends talks about ark a lot but I’ve never played it. I th9nk I’ll try this out.
@PhilKenSebben Subnautica on Switch would be a GREAT thing. I haven't heard of it coming to any consoles though? Its one of the games I'd buy on my PS4 if it was coming there and NOT to Switch. After watching Jack and Mark play through the game...it looks like it would just be a ton of fun to take a slower approach and explore the world more. Unfortunately, I'm not a PC gamer kind of person...consoles only for me (for the most part).
@Highlar It's on XB1
This looks so much funnier than the original Ark
@Rhaoulos just what I was thinking
Might have to hold off on Portal Knights. The kids have MINECRAFT on WiiU, would like to get something a little different on the Switch (and LEGO WORLDS failed to pass the test).
Finally all this time off people saying ARK is minecraft with better graphics now it is bloody minecraft.
@Anti-Matter Its more of an ARK clone with minecraft elements
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