The ARK Dev Kit is free, and it allows players to create their own weapons, creatures, maps and game modes. There's also the ARK: Survival Evolved Modding Contest sponsored by Alienware.

For information on getting your hands on the dev kit and submitting your project to the Steam Workshop, feel free to visit the ARK: Survival Evolved website.

The ARK Dev Kit is a cool 42GB in size. It's massive. But it's worth the wait. Inside you'll be rolling around in code, aiming to create one of the following: New Maps, New Functionality, New Game ...

Open-world, dinosaur island-themed Steam Early Access MMO survival game ARK: Survival Evolved got a ARK Dev Kit today and a new tournament battle mode called Survival of the Fittest.

The updated Dev Kit, meanwhile, enables the creation of "custom maps," "game modes," and as evidenced by the Mickey Mouse demo, "entirely new experiences" that work on both PC and console.

Studio Wildcard has launched an official dev kit for ARK: Survival Evolved, as well as a new game mode called Survival of the Fittest. The ARK Dev Kit is a "streamlined version of the Unreal ...

Will your mod earn you the grand prize? Studio Wildcard, the developer of Ark: Survival Evolved, released a “streamlined version” of the Unreal Engine 4 editor dubbed the Ark Dev Kit today ...

Studio Wildcard describes the Ark dev kit as "a streamlined version" of the Unreal Engine 4 editor meant to "simplify the creation and sharing process" for Ark mods.