▁was ▁eventually ▁merged ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁main ▁game ▁as ▁the ▁development ▁team ▁did ▁not ▁wish ▁to ▁mon et ize ▁on ▁its ▁release , ▁and ▁wanted ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁mod ders ▁can ▁apply ▁the ▁development ▁k it ▁of ▁Sur v ival ▁E vol ved ▁to ▁create ▁mod s ▁for ▁Sur v ival ▁of ▁the ▁F ittest . ▁There ▁will ▁be ▁various ▁e S ports ▁tournament s ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁mode , ▁with ▁a ▁prize ▁pool ▁of ▁US $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁Play ers ▁who ▁played ▁Sur v ival ▁of ▁the ▁F ittest ▁before ▁it ▁was ▁merged ▁back ▁into ▁the ▁main ▁game ▁can ▁continue ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁game ▁without ▁pay ing ▁an ▁extra ▁cost , ▁while ▁new ▁players ▁must ▁pay ▁before ▁getting ▁access ▁to ▁it . ▁It ▁will ▁be ▁available ▁for ▁every ▁player ▁who ▁purch ases ▁the ▁main ▁game . ▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁game ▁developers ▁announced ▁a ▁new ▁mode ▁of ▁game play : ▁Classic ▁P VP . ▁The ▁new ▁game ▁mode ▁was ▁made ▁available ▁on ▁PC ▁April ▁ 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁The ▁update ▁a ims ▁to ▁revert ▁the ▁P VP ▁meta ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁younger ▁days ▁of ▁Ark ▁via ▁cluster ed ▁servers ▁with ▁limitations ▁such ▁as : ▁no ▁official ▁tribe ▁al li ances , ▁limits ▁to ▁tribe ▁size , ▁lack ▁of ▁evolution ▁events , ▁un - t ame - able ▁T ek ▁din os , ▁no ▁access ▁to ▁Aber r ation ▁and ▁Ext inction ▁content ,