Forgive us if we’re beginning to sound like a damaged file, however Ark: Survival Ascended’s launch on Xbox has been delayed. It’s the third time developer Studio Wildcard has delayed its dinosaur survival recreation in a month.
Earlier this week, Ark: Survival Ascended’s Xbox Series X and S launch date was delayed only a day earlier than it was because of come out. Developer Studio Wildcard had already delayed the console model following the Steam launch, with the Xbox and Windows PC model set to return out on November 14, and the PlayStation 5 model due out sooner or later later this month.
Studio Wildcard had stated Ark: Survival Ascended was going by Xbox’s certification course of, which brought on the delay, however anticipated the sport to launch on Xbox and Windows PC “later this week”. At the time, Ark followers expressed a wholesome dose of scepticism concerning the launch window. It seems they had been proper to.
Today, Studio Wildcard issued one other replace, this time to delay Ark: Survival Ascended once more to “early subsequent week”.
“Unfortunately, the certification course of has yielded some sudden points, so we’re working with Microsoft to resubmit the construct as quickly as potential,” Studio Wildcard stated in a press release. “We’re at present concentrating on Ark: Survival Ascended to launch early subsequent week, and we hope to share a extra exact replace by the top of the week. We apologise for the added delay, we’re working exhausting to get it out the door.”
As you’d count on, followers have expressed simply as a lot wholesome scepticism about this newest launch window because the final. Will Ark Survival Ascended come out on Xbox early subsequent week? Roll the cube!
PC tribes are going to have their entire map spammed off with tek foundations by the point I get to put my Thatch hut in console.
— Captain_Magnus (@xCaptainMagnus) November 16, 2023
— Holla Atcha Bowl (@HollaAtchaBowl) November 16, 2023
Yea yea we all know quickly…
— AverageAndy (@Tummyexplr) November 16, 2023
I based mostly all my plans of the week round this dropping for Xbox and now I’m out of trip days and gained’t have the ability to have the time to benefit from the recreation when it does lastly launch on Xbox. Unbelievable that you just guys do that repeatedly.
— Trevor Bredlau (@Trev_B22) November 16, 2023
Lol ? in fact it did. This is totally anticipated information. More popcorn of us!
— David Neal (@Osinaki1) November 16, 2023
Early subsequent week turns to after thanksgiving, which is able to flip to round Christmas, which is able to flip to early 2024. 16 delays later they’ll launch a recreation that’s nonetheless bugged out and susceptible to crash. ?
relaxation in peace Wildcard, it was enjoyable ?— Justin (@Jmon3y7) November 16, 2023
It’ll be launched in 2024 confirmed
— Jakeclip (@JakeclipsESO) November 16, 2023
Despite all this, Studio Wildcard insisted Ark: Survival Ascended on PlayStation 5 is “nonetheless on monitor for launch on the finish of this month”. “We know you’ve been wanting ahead to ASA, and we’re sorry to maintain our console survivors ready.”
Ark: Survival Ascended is Studio Wildcard’s Unreal Engine 5 remake of the unique Ark: Survival Evolved. It’s out now on Steam (if you happen to’re enjoying, try IGN’s complete Ark: Survival Ascended information).
Ark: Survival Ascended shortly shot to the highest of Steam’s best-selling video games checklist upon launch, however gamers bumped into efficiency points that marred the launch. The recreation at present has a ‘blended’ Steam consumer assessment score of 56%.
Studio Wildcard has acknowledged these points, admitting to “a couple of bumps” since launch. But, it harassed, it is working to handle points gamers report with patches.
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can attain Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].
