- Studio Wildcard co-founder confirms that Ark 2 won’t be launching until 2028.
- The team plans to test new mechanics and features in upcoming Ark Survival Ascended DLCs.
- Ark 2’s narrative will depend on how much performance time Vin Diesel is willing to deliver.
Ark Survival Ascended has been a hit-or-miss experience, depending on who you ask. However, the community has been deeply excited for its sequel that was announced five years ago. The game aims to take full advantage of UE5 with Vin Diesel as its star.
Unfortunately, all the excitement has once again been dialed down by the developers with yet another delay. Studio Wildcard co-founder says Ark 2 won’t be launching until at least 2028.
The team also unveiled a new DLC roadmap for Ark: Survival Ascended.
Why it matters: Ark 2 not launching anytime soon has frustrated many fans with Studio Wildcard. The team is preparing multiple DLCs for Ark: Survival Ascended for the next two years before entirely focusing on Ark 2.
Speaking with Epic Games, Jeremy Stieglitz explains Studio Wildcard will use future Ark: Survival Ascended DLCs to hone its skills and experiment with mechanics that will appear in the sequel. The studio decided not to jump ship to Ark 2 with unknown features.
The new roadmap highlights all the content players can expect from Ark: Survival Ascended until the end of 2027. It will begin with the launch of the expansion ‘Lost Colony’ this week.
Learning about both the technology and the mechanics seemed, to us, safer than to just try to go and release a whole standalone product called ARK 2.
-Jeremy Stieglitz, Studio Wildcard co-founder.
Additionally, Survival Ascended’s 2027 Q4 DLC, Legacy of Santiago, will serve as a prequel to Ark 2 narratively. It will also have the team introduce a lot of the features planned for the next game.
Ark 2’s story also seems undecided at the moment, implying the survival game has a long way to go before it’s ready. The narrative will depend on how much time Vin Diesel is willing to give to the project, but the studio is prepared for all possibilities.
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