ARK: Survival Evolved has been in controversy since gamers tweeted about their accounts being hacked with tribes stolen on PC and Xbox platforms. The game, known for its adventure, survival, and loot genre, is again in the headlines for falsely banning 93 players. Many players and critics have started to present this as one of the biggest scams in the gaming industry.
Snail Games, the publisher of ARK: Survival Evolved seems to have no concrete answer relating to this ban of 93 players. As a result, gamers have taken the issue to social media platforms to speak about their frustration with the developers of this game.
The reason behind the ARK: Survival Evolved controversy
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Streamer and content developer Jake Lucky recently tweeted about this corruption in the video game industry, where he spoke about the improper ban of the 93 players without any explanation from the publishers of the game- “The biggest video game corruption news of the year, 93 players in Ark Survival were falsely banned after raiding a rival tribe who got them banned by the Publishers of the game… with no explanation Absolute insanity that needs to be answered.”
His tweet navigated the followers to a YouTube streaming video by Gamer Update that spoke about the issue in detail.
The biggest video game corruption news of the year, 93 players in Ark Survival were falsely banned after raiding a rival tribe who got them banned by the Publishers of the game… with no explanation
Absolute insanity that needs to be answered pic.twitter.com/8lELnuQW5x
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) June 14, 2023
Jake Lucky’s youtube video confirms that the raid happened between Island Boys, one of the game tribes, and TEA, another game tribe with a shady history of improper game activities. Players confirm the presence of both the developers and publishers, Studio Wildcard with Snail Games in the ecosystem.
According to the narratives of the banned players, they were raiding the TEA tribe legally when the publishers banned them improperly. Since there are no comments on the ban by the publishers, players are angry and disappointed in the game franchise.
Fans’ reactions
Fans seem pretty convinced about the corruption of Snail Games revisiting the last controversy related to ARK: Survival Evolved. Many of the followers commented on the thread saying how people tend to promote the game irrespective of its faults- “Jake I don’t think you understand how excited it is that you are showing off ark corruption. This game is so secluded within itself that the company can do whatever it wants. It’s a game so many people want to see thrive.”
Jake I don't think you understand how excited it is that you are showing off ark corruption. This game is so secluded within itself that the company can do whatever it wants. It's a game so many people want to see thrive
— Alex 🍄 (@ActuallyFungi) June 14, 2023
Many of the followers point out the indifferent nature of the developers to make the game bug-free for the players.
Early launch we were alpha on one of the maps and the game bugged and our entire tribe lost access to everything, base and all but it stood standing. Devs said they’d check it out and by the time they got back to us (like 2 months) everything had despawned
— Adam Woodson (@Acearoni) June 14, 2023
Lets get this trending boys, lets get the answers we deserve and the justice we need! Get it trending #SaveArk I want EVERYONE who sees this to use #SaveArk https://t.co/NZ54k2Esk1
— BAM (@BAMsPG) June 14, 2023
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The battle isn't over. The fire keeps burning. Snail thinks they can ignore it and Wildcard guilty by association at this point. I'm just so sick of the lack of response. It's actually insulting to see how little Ark values the community. #ARKSurvivalEvolved https://t.co/UXNppeXoZU
— HOD (@Hodgaming1) June 14, 2023
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Despite all the controversies, ARK: Survival Evolved continues to be a hit among its dedicated player base. If you play this game and have some interesting experiences to offer, please comment below.
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