Ark: Survival Evolved is getting a new UI system today

As revealed on the Steam forums and by the Twitter account of Ark's lead designer Jeremy Stieglitz, Ark: Survival Evolved is getting an overhauled UI, as well as a number of other features, in v256, arriving today at 12:00 ET (17:00 BST).

"It's happening! ARK v256 will have the first major menu redesign of ARK, as the Inventory UI getting a complete visual & functional overhaul," Stieglitz tweeted. He later shared a screenshot of the UI, which you can see below, saying: "Here's a peek at new ARK Inventory Menu! Lot of new functionality, right-click context menus & better org for remote inventories you'll see."

Here's the full patch notes via Steam, including new dinosaurs:

Upcoming Version: v256, ETA: March 31 12 pm ET
- New Mechanic: Aquatic & Amphibious Creature Breeding
- New Dino: Equus!
- New Dino: Leedsichthys!
- New Dino: Ichthyornis!
- New Dino: Iguanodon!
- New Structures & Mechanic: Tek Underwater Bases
- New Structure: TEK Teleporter
- New Structure: TEK Mosa Saddle
- New Structure: Tek Power Generator
- Total Inventory Menu redesign (other UI's coming soon!)
- Flyer Nerf
- 1 New Hairstyle and 1 New Facial hairstyle (male and female variants)
- 20+ new Explorer Notes
[MORE NOTES TO COME!]

A Little Further Out
- New TEK Cave & Cyclical Active Volcano
- New Structure: Dynamic-Length Bridges
- More Creatures, Gear, Armors, Weapons, & Structures!
- "Ascension" Game Progression, "Boss Wars"
- DirectX12 Mode for Windows 10! Approximate +20% perf
- Specific Representative "on-ground" meshes for all dropped items
- Random GPU Driver crash fix: TrueSky
[MORE NOTES TO COME]

Is a UI overhaul just what Ark needs?