
Studio Wildcard promises that we'll learn more about the character when he crosses over in the upcoming Ark: The Animated Series, which is set to launch in 2022.Īs Vin Diesel's involvement, he actually holds the title of 'president of creative convergence' at Studio Wildcard.

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For those of you not keeping up-to-date with the overarching series story here, Santiago is a clone of the ARK: Survival Evolved player-character Santiago da Costa. Vin Diesel is set to star in Ark 2 as the hero character, Santiago. It's likely to be the planet Ark 2 is set on. In Genesis: Part 2's closing moments, we see one of the Santiago clones wake up from stasis – just in time to be fired from the debris of the Genesis Ship towards a mysterious Earth-like planet. One half (Rockwell's corrupted ring world) crashes into a gas planet, while the other is dormant in space. The expansion, which is set onboard a colossal colony vessel, ends as the Genesis Ship is ruptured in two. While Studio Wildcard is yet to detail all that much around the Ark 2 story, we can begin to piece together some clues by looking at the Genesis: Part 2 ending. The Ark 2 story is set to take place after the events of Genesis: Part 2 – the fifth and final paid DLC expansion pack released for ARK: Survival Evolved in 2021 – on an unknown, alien planet. If Ark 2 early access happens, it's likely the Xbox Game Preview program will be involved once again. Ark: Survival Evolved was one of the first games to be optimized for both the Xbox One X in 2017 and the Xbox Series X in 2021, and the sandbox survival experience has remained a constant fixture in the Xbox Game Pass library since 2019. Given that Microsoft Gaming has maintained a close relationship with Studio Wildcard. This placement allowed Studio Wildcard to gain "valuable feedback from Xbox One players along the way before launching in August 2017(opens in new tab)." When Ark: Survival Evolved first released in 2015, it did so as a console launch exclusive in the Xbox Game Preview program. Studio Wildcard is yet to confirm whether there will be an Ark 2 early access period, however it is worth noting the developer's history in this area. Given that ARK: Survival Evolved found success on PS4, it wouldn't be all that surprising to see this sequel head to PlayStation once its exclusivity window with Xbox expires.
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This means that Ark 2 will only be on PC and Xbox Series X for an undetermined amount of time, before coming to other platforms – such as the PS5. The question of whether Ark 2 will come to PS5 remains unanswered by developer Studio Wildcard, however it is only listed as a "console launch exclusive" for Xbox Series X. Ark is also coming to PC, just like its predecessor Ark: Survival Evolved. Studio Wildcard announced this partnership with Microsoft Gaming alongside its reveal of the game – it's a deal which ensures that the only console platform you'll be able to play Ark 2 on at launch will be Xbox.


Ark 2 platformsĪrk 2 is a console launch exclusive for Xbox Series X. We're expecting more information on the release window to be clarified soon. But seeing as we went two years without an update, and the unprecedented impact the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had on development pipelines, it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that Studio Wildcard pushed Ark 2 to 2023. When the game was announced at The Game Awards in 2020, Microsoft said it would launch in 2022. Studio Wildcard has pushed the Ark 2 release date to 2023. Studio Wildcard is hard at work on its sequel to Ark: Survival Evolved, pushing for an expanded shared-world and more intense "souls-like melee combat" to help bring one of the best survival games into a new generation. Ark 2 will undoubtedly be one of the key new games for 2023.
