The new content, which drops in October of this year, will take players the expansion's namesake, Aberration, a derelict ARK with a massive underground biome for them to explore.  Of course, a new environment isn't the only enticing addition.  The expansion will also contain wingsuits, ziplines, crazed humanoids, and, naturally, radioactive sunlight.  What more could you ask for?

It's been a long road for ARK ever since it first hit Steam Early Access back in June 2015. In that two year timespan, the title saw over 200 updates, got into the Xbox Game Preview (i.e., early access) program on the Xbox One and a similar program on the PlayStation 4 before it finally got a "final" release date. That in itself caused some (understandably) ruffled feathers as the price jumped about $20 from what it was during the Early Access days. Still, an end was in sight so everything's good, right?

If you do pick up the game, then you should have access to all of the content that's been released thus far. The bundle also includes the title's first expansion pack, Scorched Earth, as well as some PlayStation 4 exclusive cosmetic skins for the Gigantosaurus and your in-game character. The ARK: Survivor's Pack will go on sale in both North America and Europe next Tuesday, December 6, for $54.99 USD and €49.99, respectively.

The new Redwood Biome is, as you might expect, filled with the huge trees that were the setting for a certain Lucas film. Much like the furry inhabitants of that area, you, too, can build your own tree-based cities with wood and metal platforms, buildings, and retractable ladders. Of course, if you manage to tame the newly added (and massive) Titanosaur, you don't need to worry about those treetop dwellers raising the defenses; you can just march on in and do what you want.

On the Xbox One, the latest patch brings all of its content up-to-date with all of the content through patch v240 on the PC. It also fixes some bugs and memory crashes along with the Center map and the 100 player servers for that map. As far as the Center map itself is concerned, it is described as "a rich, hand-drawn Tolkien-esque aesthetic... filled with stunning lighting effects, lava rivers, giant picturesque mountains, misty floating islands, ancient underground ice caves, and more."