This was meant to be the yr of Ark 2, but it surely wasn’t to be. Properly, there are nonetheless 11 days left of the yr on the time of writing, however even essentially the most optimistic of Ark followers will know that the survival recreation sequel gained’t be dropping this yr as supposed. Ark Survival Ascended, nonetheless, retains trucking on, and one other double dose of DLC has simply landed within the remaster. Nevertheless, not everybody can play it but on account of some problems on sure platforms.
Ark Survival Ascended aimed to breathe new life into the adored Ark Survival Advanced with a jaw-dropping remaster that may step by step add the entire authentic recreation’s expansions over time. In actuality, Advanced continues to usually see larger participant counts than Ascended (on Steam, not less than) and the remaster hasn’t all the time been best-received by survival recreation followers. However, the expansions preserve coming, and at this time sees the free Extinction DLC and the paid, Mad Max-esque Bob’s Tall Tales: Wasteland Battle DLC arrive.
Whereas each expansions ought to be dwell in Ark Survival Ascended for everybody proper now, there’s a catch. Regardless of it dropping on Steam and PlayStation consoles with out a difficulty, a delay in getting certification from Microsoft signifies that it’s at the moment not accessible on Xbox’s PC and console platforms.
“Xbox and Home windows customers will sadly want to attend for the replace to clear certification,” an announcement on the Ark X account reads. “At the moment, the certification course of is taking 4x longer than the same old turnaround time. Microsoft is actively investigating our situation, however presently, we don’t have an ETA but as to when our submission can be accepted nor do now we have a lot perception into the explanation for the delay.
“As we wish to guarantee now we have the power to do extra patches post-release, we’re unable to carry again the discharge any additional however as quickly as we turn out to be unblocked on the Microsoft platforms, we’ll instantly launch the replace for our Xbox and Home windows gamers.”
On condition that Microsoft has partnered with Studio Wildcard to make Ark 2 an Xbox console unique and a day-one contender for a spot on our greatest Sport Go video games listing, the truth that it’s having certification points with them is a bit… odd? Regarding, even? It feels like there’s a backlog, and given the time of yr, there are in all probability fewer individuals round to clear it, so I’ll sympathize a bit with Studio Wildcard there. However nonetheless, not having a giant replace go dwell for an enormous chunk of your fanbase is… not nice.
For these PC gamers on Steam, although, you’ll be capable to head to acquainted floor with the Extinction DLC. Sending gamers again to a desolate and corrupted Earth, there are new dinos to tame, new gadgets to craft, and new missions to finish. The narrative of Extinction additionally “completes your conquest of the ARK universe.” It certain can be good if an Ark 2 launch date was ready simply across the nook so we might slide into the brand new recreation afterwards, eh?
Within the newest paid Bob’s Tall Tales DLC, Wasteland Battle, you’ll additionally get entry to a great deal of Fallout and Mad Max-pilled content material, together with a brand new canine companion and makeshift BattleRig automobiles. You’ll find out full particulars on each Extinction and Wasteland Battle proper right here.
In the event you love Ark, why not check out another superb dinosaur video games? Alternatively, these open-world video games can be excellent for those who like to discover Ark’s gorgeous biomes.
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