Studio Wildcard and Grove Street Games’ survival game Ark: Survival Ascended - an Unreal Engine 5 remake of 2017’s Ark: Survival Evolved - has been given an Xbox Series X|S release date, less than two weeks after it launched in early access on PC.
Console-specific servers will also exist so that crossplay isn’t a requirement. Additionally, official servers for the PvP, PvE and Small Tribes modes will be available which “will be running boosted rates for a period of time to allow players starting on them to catch up”, with the hope of synchronizing the rates by mid-December.
As for the PS5 version, this will also release with cross-platform play and console-specific servers, including more mode-specific servers with even greater boosted rates to help players catch up when it launches. However, it’s still not known exactly when it will be released - the developers are hoping it’ll be by the end of the month.
Ark Survival Ascended is a remake of Evolved using the Unreal Engine 5. Featuring cutting-edge visuals, including Lumen GI, Nanite geometry, and Virtual Shadows, it’s a lofty upgrade over the original. Unfortunately, the performance is far from ideal, requiring frame generation for playable framerates on even the fastest PCs.
ARK: Survival Ascended has introduced Premium Mods on consoles. Wccftech talked to Studio Wildcard and their partner Overwolf about the rising importance of user-generated content, especially for live service games.
Studio Wildcard has launched a 'major' update for ARK: Survival Evolved's modding software, ARK Development Kit, available now.
Looking forward to this game. Liked the last one.