The popular action-adventure survival game, ARK: Survival Evolved has received negative comments from the community. This happened after the publisher posted on Steam about the new contents of the game. Apparently, ARK: Survival Evolved promised its fans to release a new content in exchanged for votes on Steam Awards 2016.
ARK: Survival Evolved Nominated On Steam Awards 2016
The indie game ARK: Survival Evolved is an MMO action-adventure game published by Studio Wildcard and developed by the same team along with other developers. Released on June 3, 2015, the game has become a massive hit among the platforms PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It has become one of the most played games on Steam with 65,000 average number of players every day.
The mechanics of the game revolves around hunting, harvesting, crafting, and building shelter. Players must survive on the mysterious island. Due to its immense farming features, ARK: Survival Evolved was nominated on Steam Awards 2016 under the 'Best Use Of A Farm Animal' category.
ARK: Survival Evolved Offers New Contents In Exchange For Votes
Earlier today, ARK: Survival Evolved posted an announcement on Steam about the upcoming new contents of the game. Apparently, the publishers are offering these new contents in exchange for Steam votes. The announcement was titled, "Introducing the Ovis, vote for ARK in Steam Awards 'Best Use Of A Farm Animal' on Dec 29 to get it!"
ARK: Survival Evolved Players Reaction
The members of the gaming community on both Reddit and Steam made a lot of negative comments about the original post as it promotes bribery. It also inflicts an idea of not having it released unless the game wins the awards. According to them, being an Early Access game, the developers should focus on improving and fixing the game instead of releasing paid DLCs and contents.
Meanwhile, ARK: Survival Evolve deleted the announcement and made a new post. They said that the contents will still be released regardless of whether ARK wins a Steam Award or not. The game is currently under 60% discount on Steam.
