Five years have passed since Studio Wildcard first unveiled that Ark 2 was, in fact, coming, with no signs of the survival game sequel in sight since then yet – but a new mention from the developer means it's indeed still alive and kicking.
There hasn't been much news surrounding Ark 2 in, well, literal months. The last significant mention of the sequel was this past August when Xbox announced a playable demo of the game only to immediately pull it, leaving a note stating that "Ark 2 was originally listed as playable on the Xbox booth" but "this mention was made in error and has been removed." The mistake mention itself also came after months of silence regarding Ark 2.
It appears that the sequel is still in the works, however, although it's safe to say it won't be hitting its target release date of late 2024 now that we're well into 2025. In a new trailer for Studio Wildcard's first Ark game, Survival Evolved, the developer reveals an expansion dubbed Lost Colony – and describes how it "directly connects the storylines of Ark's Extinction and Genesis expansions and leads into the events of Ark 2."
The studio doesn't delve further into any details about said "events of Ark 2," but it's still a big deal as it solidifies the sequel is real and not some odd fever dream we all lived through. There's no telling where the next Ark will take the story for now, but its 2020 trailer featuring executive producer Vin Diesel (yes, you read that right) seems to highlight that the plot will play a more major role in-game than it perhaps did in Survival Evolved.
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