Ark 2 Just Got SAD News...

Based on a shocking statement from Studio Wildcard Co-Founder, Jeremey Stieglitz, Ark 2 looks to have been cancelled.
Here's the latest in Ark Survival Ascended, Ark Survival Evolved and Ark II News!
Ark Survival Evolved has been a survival game favorite since it released in 2015, combining dinosaurs into a survival setting. Ark Survival Ascended has had a rocky launch, and is possibly not selling the way Studio Wildcard and Snail Games had hoped it would. It was also previously revealed, that Ark Survival Ascended was needed in order to fund the development and distribution of Ark II. With this recent statement, it seems that Studio Wildcard is moving on from Ark II, and instead, focusing all their efforts into Ark Survival Ascended. What are the clues, and where does this leave Ark II?

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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Extra Life Future Reveals
1:58 - Paid Expansions Incoming
3:45 - Ark Survival Ascended NEW Roadmap
4:47 - Say Goodbye To Ark 2
7:46 - Interesting Ark Dev Statements
9:13 - Recap & Thoughts
10:49 - SUBSCRIBE & Socials

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▶▶Here's a quick recap of the upcoming events and HUGE changes to Ark Survival Ascended. With everything I am seeing, it looks like Ark 2 has been canned.◀◀


CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Extra Life Future Reveals
1:58 - Paid Expansions Incoming
3:45 - Ark Survival Ascended NEW Roadmap
4:47 - Say Goodbye To Ark 2
7:46 - Interesting Ark Dev Statements
9:13 - Recap & Thoughts
10:49 - SUBSCRIBE & Socials

[Toxyethanol]

I really wish another publisher would take over this project. Love wildcard for making the game, hate snail and how they've managed it.

[Daheretic]

Just another example to add to the list of wildcard and snail's lies that people will just ignore and call anyone who points it out a hater.

[DrTimthyLeary]

Maybe it's just me, but this whole situation seems like it's perfect for a bigger publisher to come in and buy Wildcard. Snail is a sinking ship and needs cash quickly. ASA's sales numbers show there's plenty of interest in the game. And that interest would probably grow if people had any amount of faith in the direction and leadership of the franchise. So it would be a good purchase for the publisher and a win for fans. Make them an offer, literally anyone!!

-- Edited out "Microsoft" since the console fanboys can't stop tripping over themselves to defend their game-system overlords

[SnoGryphon]

Smartest decision they could have made, imo. When they first said "Ark II", I was really looking forward to a new map using new code, potentially new alien life and bosses, but the same basic premise - a sandbox dino survival game. It's the sandbox and dino parts that have kept me coming back to Ark for 5000 hours. So when they said "third-person only, " I said Yuck. When they said, "Souls-like combat, " I said Ugh, no.
This plan is fantastic; if they can do this without going bankrupt, I say Bring it!

[willa.]

These industries have to stop giving us release dates if they're unsure. As a relationship between a company and a consumer, it is just good business practice to meet the deadline as advertised. I get having short setback but to take this long let alone continuously advertise with no progress is just upsetting.

[JoshTGW]

I wouldn't be surprised if they couldn't make ARK 2. Their financial situation isn't good especially since they may still owe a fair amount of money. I have my doubts they'll even come close to breaking even on ASA since any profit they obtain has to be split percentage wise. Some of it going to Microsoft, then some to Sony, some more to Valve, then to Nitrado to pay off a majority of their loans if they can, and possibly Overwolf.

[glamourandgloom]

It is very curious to see the wording they used for ARK 2 but I dont think it is cancelled outright, maybe the initial idea just got put into a proverbial cryofridge that hopefully that doesnt run out of power. Joke aside, I think once the major ASA development gets done after 2030 maybe see some rumblings of ARK 2, but I think it could look way different by that time, that just my gut feeling or it could be that it got reworked as some kind of expansion pack to fit in as a part of ASA?

[themultiverse]

A thought occurred, can you compare the sales of vanilla ark at "early access" launch versus the ASA at its initial launch. I'm curious to see the side by side comparison between the two reports and the revenue stream generated. If this launch is better than vanilla, it would be weird for a company to be taking out a loan when their new rendition is even more popular than the original. If possible, I'd also like to see a refund report and compare the losses to the gross sales to get an idea of what the real financial situation is.

This is just my own desires and how I'd compare the data. You don't need to follow it directly, or at all. I'm just requesting information i can look up myself as potential content for you.

[SparkyFerretBoy]

Jeremey saying "servers are ass, stability is ass" made my day lol

[jevgenkova]

Thanks for all the info you've been providing. I thought about buying ASA (I have more than 6k hours of play time in ASE), but after hearing a lot of info about publisher's financial situation, I decided not to bother. It was clear from the start that they'll try to monetize expansions in one way or another so I waited to see what it was. It's nice to hear that I was right.

[pertyslick]

I don't think the dev will be around to complete ASA's release schedule. The writing is on the wall. Wildcard has always had problems delivering. We were supposed to have the entire ASA game (which is just a remaster of existing content) by end of this year. Now we have to wait two years to get what we already paid for. And the content we have currently still has MANY of the very same bugs that plagued the original. They now have committed themselves to two years of development after taking the money up front. That is just not sustainable. I hope they at least get through Extinction before they shutter.

[Ragsxv]

I dont think its been canned. I just think they are broke as hell and need the whole team working on ASA and its exp to get them pumped out now to get some money coming in. because they can get that done sooner than ark 2. Unless something changes I wouldn't be surprised if they get all the remastered exp out before folding.

[gen]

Hypothetically, what happens if Snails Games goes bankrupt and disappears? Does Wildcard die or get sold to a company/go on their own?

[GamesKickz]

I hope it works out. Getting long term Ascended content will be amazing. I'm not bothered by timelines, they constantly change and as long as we keep getting Ascended content its all good.
There is no rush for ARK2 and if financially its more viable to cancel it then so be it.
And if they can hand over development to a third party at least it will be looked after then.
Overall it seems positive and I hope they get the funds they need to keep Ark Ascended going for a long time.

[KryyssTV]

Tbh a single-player open world RPG as an ARK2 was a horrible idea and with Snail Games in so much debt it was a bone-headed move to throw money at Vin just to get a celebrity name on the box. It smells of clueless executives who don't understand why ARK was so popular and are trying to just slap the brandname on everything from unwanted films to half-cooked games.

[mattttttttt]

I’m honestly perfectly fine with them just working on ascended. I’m loving it just as much as the original so far and I feel now is the time they can finally make a game that lives up to what ark should have been.

[UrbanGridL]

Can't wait for studio wild card to be bought out by a more competent company. They just don't have the talent in their staff to keep with this type of game, it was made blatantly clear even in the early days of ASE. They released an early access game with a completed game price tag, and since the playerbase accepted it for what it was - pricetag, bugs, cheats, meshing, server issues, 255ping and the list goes on and on, the dev team didn't care. As long as the playerbase keeps accepting the game for what it is, then what is rush for the dev team to fix the issues? Its going to be the same recipe as ASE; Release $60, fix some issues of the game to keep the populous happy, release a map $40 so people can temporarily forget about all the current issues, fix some of the content on that map, release another map $40, and so on for all 11 maps. The only difference from ASE this time around, is that ASA is going to squeeze the playerbase like lemons for in game monetization.

All in all, nothing new for this game, and unfortunately I was also a lemon and got squeezed into buying this garbage.

[psychosopro]

I’m honestly not mad about anything going on currently with ark, speculation or not. I’m okay with the delays and Everything. With ASA im grateful that I get to relive the ark experience that I got to as a kid. The happiness I get from playing it brings back so many memories and this by far overshadows all the hate I see towards the game and the studio. Much love wildcard and thank you for making it possible to re-live my youth❤️

[democratsaretrash]

I'm not interested in a souls like ark regardless.