ARK 2 Delayed to 2024 and Ark Survival Ascended Remaster Announced

ARK 2, the sequel to the organised mess that is ARK Survival Evolved, has been delayed to the end of 2024.

ARK 2 Delay

ARK 2 is the sequel to Ark survival evolved and features the star power of Vin Diesel and as is expected for most new games nowadays, it has been delayed to 2024. In the latest Community Crunch 355, Developers Studio Wildcard announced that the game won’t be ready for its initial release date in 2023 citing the fact that they are still learning how to use Unreal Engine 5 effectively.

For those of you who are eagerly awaiting to see Vin Diesel do something other than say family and drive fast cars you’re going to have to wait a little longer though you shouldn’t be surprised. Any game that gets announced nowadays should just not bother to announce a release date as it’s getting beyond a joke at this point. If you are desperate for some Ark then there is some good news with all this with the announcement of Ark: Survival Ascended.

ARK: Survival Ascended

To take advantage of Unreal Engine 5 and give the development team an opportunity to learn and understand its capabilities, Wildcard has announced a remaster of Ark Survival evolved for next-gen. Harnessing the power of Unreal Engine 5. I’m not quite sure how you can remaster something that hasn’t even been mastered.

Price and Availability

Xbox Series S/X and PC players will only be able to get it via an ultimate-value bundle known as the ARK Respawned Bundle. This bundle includes ownership of both ARK: Survival Ascended AND ARK 2 and will be priced at $49.99. This bundle will be available to purchase from the end of August for up to 1 year (after which ARK: Survival Ascended and ARK 2 will be sold separately). Additionally, the bundle will provide players access to an exclusive 1-month closed-beta to ARK 2 in 2024 before the rest of the general public can play ARK 2.

PlayStation 5 users will be able to get their hands on ARK: Survival Ascended as a standalone next-gen game at launch in August 2023 for $39.99.

All the expansion packs will be sold separately on all platforms:

• $19.99 for Explorer’s Pass, which includes Scorched Earth, Aberration (Q4 2023), and Extinction (Q1 2024).
• $19.99 for Genesis Pass, which includes Genesis Part 1 (Q1 2024) and Genesis Part 2 (Q2 2024).

At ARK: Survival Ascended’s launch, players will have access to The Island, Scorched Earth, and the new revamped game mode, Survival of the Fittest.

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