Ark: Survival of the Fittest brings dinosaur-based esports to PlayStation 4

In a perfect world, we would turn on the television on Sundays to watch teams of humans and dinosaurs competing alongside one another. But while reality has denied us this, gaming is picking up the slack.

Studio Wildcard is bringing the esports spinoff of its Ark: Survival Evolved game to PlayStation 4 this summer. Ark: Survival of the Fittest debuts July 19 on Sony’s system, and it will bring its massively multiplayer competitive action along with it. In this version of Ark (the standard survival sim is out now for Xbox One and PC), up to 72 people battle over resources and strategic positioning in an ever-shrinking circular arena until only one team remains. As players get their hands on more upgrades, they can build tools and weapons that make it easier to take on their opponents or to tame wild dinosaurs like a T-rex. It is an absurd and amazing spin on games like the multiplayer arena battler League of Legends. Ark: Survival of the Fittest will remain in development as part of Sony’s beta program, which means it joins Dungeon Defenders 2 and H1Z1 as unfinished games — often referred to as “early access” — on the PS4.