Ark 2 delayed but a Survival Evolved remaster is coming, for a price

Studio Wildcard pronounces an Ark 2 delay, which means that we received’t see Vin Diesel take up his spear within the subsequent iteration of the vastly well-liked dinosaur survival game till “the tip of 2024” on Steam and PC Sport Move. As a substitute, the crew says gamers can stay up for a remaster of the primary sport titled Ark: Survival Ascended – though the choice to make the replace paid, regardless of previous solutions it may be free, and shut down official servers for the unique after the remake’s launch leaves many scratching their heads.

“Unreal Engine 5 is extremely new know-how to us,” the crew explains in an Ark roadmap weblog publish. As such, the adjustments concerned in working with the brand new know-how means growth on the sequel will take longer than initially supposed. Nevertheless, it continues, “Our want to push the boundaries of what Ark 2 is has led us to the choice to create an middleman Unreal Engine 5 Ark product, permitting us to additional our mastery of the brand new engine and in the end battle-test a few of our riskier technical developments.”

The result’s Ark: Survival Ascended – a “next-generation remaster of our beloved Ark: Survival Developed” set to launch in August. It is going to embrace The Island, Survival of the Fittest, and all of the ‘non-canon’ DLC maps as a base product, however the growth packs that got here out over the unique sport’s lifespan are being re-bundled into two distinct packages, every of which can retail individually and should be purchased on high of the bottom price of Ark: Survival Ascended.

Whereas there’s an choice to purchase a bundle together with each this new remaster and Ark 2 collectively, Studio Wildcard additionally says that official servers for the unique Ark: Survival Developed can be shut down when Survival Ascended launches in August. You’ll nonetheless have the choice to play in singleplayer or on player-hosted servers, however with no crossplay help between the 2 variations. The brand new sport additionally contains help for cross-platform modding instruments, with an choice for mod creators to cost for his or her mods in the event that they select.

“That is the very best April Fools joke I’ve heard shortly,” one person on the Ark Reddit remarks, though the announcement arrived on March 31 and seems to very a lot be actual. Whereas a next-gen overhaul of the primary sport that helps pave the way in which for the sequel is a pleasant thought, the choice to cost for each the remake after which once more for its expansions has some gamers querying why they need to pay once more to proceed enjoying the sport on official servers.

We’ll you’ll want to preserve you in control on the Ark 2 release date. Within the meantime, have a look via the very best Ark mods in 2023 and our information to taming Ark dinosaurs so that you simply’ll be set for achievement when the remaster arrives.