Survivalist sequel pushed again a full 12 months

Studio Wildcard has introduced that its long-in-development sequel ARK II will not meet its tentative 2023 launch date — the survival sandbox sequel is now anticipated to launch on Xbox and PC platforms in late-2024.

“We’ve put a lot thought into delaying ARK II for the betterment of the ultimate product and the crew’s well-being,” reads an announcement from the developer. “This information will likely be disappointing to many—we really feel it too — however we’re assured this heavy resolution is the appropriate one. Our objective is to make ARK II the very best sport it may be and supply a very distinctive and rewarding expertise for gamers.”

“We sincerely apologize for this delay and genuinely recognize your understanding. Your help and keenness are important to us, and we’ll proceed to work intensively to ship the final word next-gen dinosaur survival expertise. With that in thoughts, we don’t plan to showcase any gameplay/screenshots/movies of ARK II this 12 months; nevertheless, we intend to maintain you knowledgeable and engaged within the improvement course of by often showcasing extra ARK II belongings within the months forward.”

ARK II, the sequel to 2017 launch Ark: Survival Developed, was first introduced again in 2020, and has been in deep improvement since. A trailer was launched in the course of the June 2022 Xbox Showcase, however the title has remained comparatively quiet since then. It’s fairly plausible that, given the unimaginable scope of Studio Wildcard’s undertaking, the constructing of the sequel is a grueling and complicated enterprise — particularly given the younger nature of its highly effective Unreal 5 know-how. For now, budding dino riders will merely need to proceed to play the ready sport, for an additional 16 months on the very least.

You may take a look at the total model of the studio’s lenthy assertion on the official web site.

ARK II is at present in improvement for PC and Xbox Sequence X.