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In the upsurge ofsurvival gamesthat flooded the market around the time ofMinecraft‘s release , only a few were able to cut up out an audience and , well , survive . Those that did were the ones that had potent mechanics , oodles of content , and a unique spin on the earthly concern . Ark : Survival Evolvedwas a little late to the political party in some ways , hit other memory access in 2015 and in full launching in 2017 , but it was a hit right from the start . That was , of course of action , thanks to the key feature of the plot : dinosaurs .
A sequel was not only announced , but it also has the involvement of none other than Vin Diesel himself . Seeing Diesel riding on the back of a T - Rex might be enough on its own to sell most people on this ambitious survival secret plan , but for everyone else who needs a moment more information before investing in this prehistorical dangerous undertaking , here ’s everything we know aboutArk 2 .
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Release date
Ark 2has suffered numerous delays , the late of which put its press release window sometime in previous 2024 .
Platforms
UnlikeArk : Survival evolve , Ark 2will launch on console and PC simultaneously . However , as indicated byMicrosoft on their website , Ark 2will be a cabinet launching single for the Xbox Series X / S. That means that , for some duration of time , PlayStation 5 players will not be capable to play . This could be as little as three month but could also be as long as a year depending on the deal . We do fuck that it will only be a PC and current - generation game , though , so no Xbox One or PS4 interpretation will descend out at all .
Trailers
The announcement trailer forArk 2made its introduction on the Game Awards phase in December 2020 with a flashy , and lengthy , video .
The preview open up on a missy observe a unusual creature camouflaged as a flower . She watches it scurry along a branch as none other than caveman Vin Diesel comes up from behind and tells her they need to leave . They rejoin their pocket-sized tribe wandering through the jungles but are stalked by cloaked brute - men . Vin faces off against the leader of this mathematical group in a drawn - out struggle that ends up getting cut short when a T - Rex breaks through the trees and eats the beast - human beings .
As it attacks Vin ’s tribe , someone sacrifices themselves to relieve the girl . There ’s a lot of fighting , black market , and larger-than-life music until Vin , the missy , and a woman escape into a cave . Here , we see that everyone has a glowing stone embedded in their forearms that is respond to some sci - fi engineering . A screen scans Vin , identifying him as Santiago Da Costa , along with a caboodle of detail about him , including that his Engram Imprinting is uncompleted and he ’s trammel from cloning access .
Santiago turn off the gimmick , and they leave the cave and stand on a massive vista of impossible landmass and dinosaurs .
act as almost like a re - reveal of sorts , the nextArk 2trailer did n’t send away until the June 2022 Microsoft and Bethesda Showcase .
This much short trailer finally give a little linguistic context to the tale and cosmos ofArk 2 . The opening night monologue from Meeka , the girl from the first trailer and girl of Diesel ’s Santiago , explicate that there was a war in the past that led to the state of the world being a mashup of prehistoric animals and futuristic engineering . Their lifetime on this new planet , which was populated by animals transport there from Earth , is a changeless struggle for survival .
The big shot of the house trailer is Santiago and Meek riding on the back of a monolithic dinosaur that has been decked out with a saddle and armor .
Despite the major focus in the trailers so far being on Diesel ’s Santiago character , Ark 2will still in the main be a sandpit biz just like the first . concord to the traditional knowledge from the first secret plan , Santiago is a clone of the participant character from that game . Ark 2will be placed after the final expansion to the first plot from 2021 , though there was never a Brobdingnagian emphasis place on story in the first place .
Studio Wildcard didconfirm with Gamespotthat no gameplay would be shown in 2023 and that the first trailer showcasing the game in action would follow sometime in 2024 .
Gameplay
Everything establish inArk 2has been cinematic , but as a sequel , a lot should carry over from the first biz . We gestate it to remain focussed on survival and craft , with ton of recipes and things to fall upon , upgrade , and build . Either alone or with admirer , we anticipate a secret plan where you start off with nothing , but can lick your way up to nearly - unbeatable floor . The first secret plan also had tribe mechanics and some very interesting way of life character could interact with each other .
Combat , again drawing from the first game , may or may not have as much futuristic weaponry . We have n’t seen any yet , but the first game host all style of sci - fi guns next to your primitive lance and axes . As in any shared - world selection game , you may team up up with , or fight against , other human musician , in accession to the AI enemies .
The fight is said to be more Soulslike , where interlock on , dodging , jazz group , poise , and special moves are all included . To go along with this , in a big alteration , Ark 2will now be a third - person or first - person game . Not only will this help with the raw combat , but also the new method acting of traversal . The developer said as much when draw the experience . “ Ark 2 has some jolly substantial pattern change from the original game , which may not make it as appealing to everyone — looking at you , Soulslike fighting , primitive - only weaponry , strict third - person auto-mechanic , and an overall ‘ very serious ’ tone — which is why we feel it is essential to provide players with a fully next - gen translation of the original experience to ensure that lover can go on to enjoy the Ark they know for class to come . ”
Ark 2will feature plenty of RPG component , principally in the var. of leveling up and working through a acquirement tree with different abilities , perks , and buffs .
A novel foe faction in the game will be called the Atarai , who will attack any role player from on pes , but can also mount their own dinosaurs as well , making them potentially very deadly .
lastly , the big one : dinosaurs . There was no wayArk 2would trench that aspect , and it reckon like it ’s doubling down on the power to tame and devolve on on these prehistoric devil . How it will work this time around , we do n’t know , but we ’re excited to find out .
Ark 2is fully multiplayer , and that ’s about all we know so far . We do n’t know what multiplayer mechanics from the first secret plan will carry over , or even how many musician will be able to be in the same world together . We also do n’t know if you could make your own secret world and dally alone at this time .
One thing we do cognize is thatArk 2will at least have cross - platform support for PC and Xbox players , and presumably , PlayStation as well once it launch there .
