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Studio Wildcard’s road to launch with ARK: Survival Evolved was filled with more than a few obstacles. Even though the game was very successful in terms of sales (Steam Spy counts almost five million and a half owners, and that’s without factoring PlayStation 4 and Xbox One data), the company had to say goodbye to $40 million which went to Trendy in a settled lawsuit.

There were also a couple sensitive PR situations with the community. For example, ARK: Survival Evolved’s price was suddenly increased in order to have parity with retail and this caused a fair amount of outrage among fans, including DayZ creator Dean Hall.