Studio Wildcard has delayed the discharge of Ark: Survival Ascended. The recreation was initially meant to launch in August for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC however will now launch solely in October.
The studio has additionally offered an replace on the anticipated DLC roadmap for the sport saying that Scorched Earth and The Island will launch in December adopted by Ragnarok and Aberration in early 2024. Other maps will comply with afterwards.
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According to the studio, the delay comes primarily from the challenges it has confronted utilizing Unreal Engine 5.2. In a press release, the studio says that there’s been just a few speedbumps with the tech on supply within the engine and mastering the options is seemingly taking longer than anticipated. However, Studio Wildcard claims the challenges have offered an thrilling alternative for them to be taught the engine.
“We’ve discovered it difficult working with Unreal Engine 5.2, however on the similar time, it’s extremely thrilling. We’re discovering new methods every day to push the know-how to the subsequent degree; mixed with the work wanted to help a completely cross-platform-moddable recreation ecosystem on consoles and PC, it’s clear that we’ll want a bit extra time.”
Scorched Earth and The Island DLC had been initially meant to launch alongside Ark: Survival Ascended in August. This DLC will solely roll out a lot later than anticipated now too. The recreation is then anticipated to solely go away early entry in late 2024.
“So for now, we’re going to plan that Scorched Earth can be coming to ASA in December this 12 months, Ragnarok and Aberration will comply with in Q1 2024, and the remainder of the maps past then.
Studio Wildcard has been underneath hearth in current months following the controversial launch plans for Ark: Survival Ascended. Originally, Xbox and PC gamers had been solely in a position to get the sport by an Ark Respawned Bundle which was priced at $49,99 and included the remastered recreation and Ark 2. PS5 gamers had been then in a position to seize the identical bundle for $39,99 with out Ark 2 (it’s an Xbox timed unique).
Since the announcement, Studio Wildcard has scrapped the bundle fully and plans on remodeling the launch plans for Ark: Survival Ascended. The recreation delay additionally implies that the unique recreation’s servers, which had been set to go offline in August, will now go offline on 30 September.
Source: Studio Wildcard
