Eerder vandaag leerden we dat Ark II niet langer dit jaar zal verschijnen, in plaats daarvan zullen we moeten wachten tot eind 2024. Gelukkig heeft de studio ook een leukere aankondiging.
Het originele Ark: Survival Evolved zal een Unreal Engine 5 remaster krijgen op de PC, Xbox Series en PlayStation 5. De nieuwe uitgave verschijnt in augustus en op dit moment zullen de servers voor het originele Ark: Survival Evolved sluiten.
De basisgame Ark: Survival Ascended bevat "The Island", "Survival of the Fittest" en alle "Non-Canon" downloadable content maps die gedurende de looptijd van de game worden toegevoegd. Xbox Series en PC spelers zullen er enkel toegang toe kunnen krijgen middels de "Ark Respawned Bundle" die zowel toegang geeft tot Ark: Survival Ascended als Ark II voor een prijs van €49,99. De bundel is vanaf eind augustus verkrijgbaar zijn gedurende een jaar, waarna beide games los verkocht zullen worden. Wanneer je de bundel koopt krijg je ook exclusief toegang tot een gesloten beta van Ark II in 2024 die een maand lang loopt. Op de PlayStation 5 zal Ark: Survival Ascended verkocht worden als een standalone game voor €39,99.
Op alle platformen worden de uitbreidingen apart verkocht. Voor €19,99 koop je de Explorer's Pass, bestaande uit Scorced Earth, Aberration (in het vierde kwartaal van 2023) en Extinction (Q1 2024). Voor ditzelfde bedrag kun je ook de Genesis Pass kopen, bestaande uit Genesis Part 1 (Q1 2024) en Genesis Part 2 (Q2 2024). Wanneer Ark: Survival Ascended verschijnt hebben spelers toegang tot "The Island", "Scorched Earth" en de nieuwe, vernieuwde game mode "Survival of the Fittest".
Wat je zoal mag verwachten van deze remaster heeft de studio op een rijtje gezet:
- Unreal Engine 5 Overhaul with Nanite, Lumen and RTXDI
- Dynamic Water
- Interactive Foliage
- Unreal Engine 5 performance gains: instanced-rendering (large-bases etc.), threaded server networking, and native physics engine.
- Cross-Platform Multiplayer
This includes cross-platform accounts and cross-progression, cross-voice chat and friends, etc. No matter what platform you start playing on, you can access your account, character, dinos, and items on a different platform for the ultimate cross-platform experience.
- Cross-Platform Modding
- We recognize the power of giving players the tools and capability to define their survival experience, so we want to take cross-platform one step further by working with Overwolf to introduce an industry-first cross-platform modding experience where mods created on PC are delivered directly to end-users’ consoles from a custom modding backend.
- The modding capability will include FULL blueprinting support ;), stacked mods, and maps. Everything that is currently possible on the Steam version of ARK: Survival Evolved and more will be possible on the new system and be available for end-users to play on consoles in all modes.
- Premium Mods: Reviewed by Overwolf and Wildcard for quality control and value, Mod authors will optionally be able to specify price points for their Mods (with 50% of the price point going to the Mod author). This is necessary to pay for the custom infrastructure required for Overwolf to support, administrate, and deliver Mods to the console.
- We plan on streamlining the process of upgrading legacy ARK: Survival Evolved mods to the next-generation platform. We plan to reach out to current/former sponsored modders in preparation for the launch of ASA with the tools they need to get their mods ready before the launch.
- Cross-Platform Anti-Cheat
- Survival of the Fittest
- “Survival of the Fittest” will be integrated into the main product as a new fully-supported game mode. It will have a dedicated team that will continue to work on more gameplay changes, mechanical improvements, quality of life, maps, and balance adjustments. The initial mode will be revamped with an exclusive ARK: Survival Ascended update, including:
> Upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with complete cross-platform and cross-modding support (the “Survival of the Fittest” Unreal Engine 5 source content will be released for modders to utilize as they wish within ARK: Survival Ascended).
> “Survival of the Fittest” map – “Scorched Earth.”
> Matchmaking queue.
> Character and creature customization with cosmetics.
> Local Lobby where you can group up with your friends, configure the look of your survivor and dinos, and queue up for lobbies together.
> Lots of bug-fixes and balance and functionality improvements.
- Art Assets are being upgraded throughout the entire game.
- Newly-designed holiday events take advantage of the next-gen pipeline, released as mods, so they’re always available to play!
- New content, quality-of-life improvements, balance, and gameplay changes, including but not limited to:
- Updated mini-map (pan, zoom, pings, etc.—similar to the “Survival of the Fittest” mini-map).
- New structures (display cases, smaller TEK Teleporters) and building quality-of-life improvements (snap fixes, increased foundation support, foundation height adjustments, and more).
- Queueing system.
- New third-person camera (with the option to opt out).
- Directional sprinting and walking.
- Ping system.
- Gamepad cursor.
- Chibi slot and skins tab.
- Balance passes (e.g. cave entrances, MEKs, aberration creatures, more breedable creatures, etc.).
- …and more! (Seriously, a lot more, this list isn’t exhaustive, but it’ll get super long if we list everything, and there’s more we’ll decide to do between now and launch too.)
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