Studio Wildcard has announced that Ark: Survival Ascended has been delayed from the previously announced August 2023 release date to October, and that the game’s price has been reduced from $59.99 to $44.99 for Early Access, and will have a launch discount of $39.99. Ark: Survival Ascended will launch for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC. Additional details via Wildcard:Survivors,After much deliberation, we’ve decided to delay the launch of ARK: Survival Ascended to later this year and ship the title on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC in October 2023. We’ve found it challenging working with Unreal Engine 5.2, but at the same time, it is incredibly exciting. We’re discovering new ways each day to push the technology to the next level; combined with the work needed to support a fully cross-platform-moddable game ecosystem on consoles and PC, it’s clear that we’ll need a bit more time.We’ve also decided to separate the release date of The Island and Scorched Earth. With what we’ve learned about remastering The Island from the ground-up, it wouldn’t be feasible to complete Scorched Earth to a standard we’re happy with. So for now, we’re going to plan that Scorched Earth will be coming to ASA in December this year, Ragnarok and Aberration will follow in Q1 2024, and the rest of the maps beyond then.
Given the news:
ARK: Survival Ascended will now be launching at an Early Access price point of $44.99
with a launch-discount bringing it to $39.99.
We had initially planned to ship with more content on Day One, but that won’t be happening, so we’re adjusting the launch price accordingly.
We know you really want to get your hands on ASA, and we appreciate that support and enthusiasm. We’re going to do our best to work hard to make sure that we can deliver a tremendous next-gen ARK experience that meets both your expectations and our own.
That covers the big news; we know there’s still a fair bit of time between now and the launch, so hang in there; it’ll be worth the wait! In the meantime, here are some answers to questions we’ve seen come up over the last few weeks as well as address some new points.
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A Nintendo Switch trailer was also released.
According to SteamDB.
An announcement trailer was also released.