Ark: Survival Ascended’s publisher has declared its launch successful after the dinosaur survival game sold over 600,000 copies on Steam in the two weeks following launch.
30.10.2023 - 16:31 / gamingbolt.com / Studio Wildcard
Studio Wildcard’s Ark: Survival Ascended launched on PC shortly after its gameplay debuted at the Xbox Partner Preview showcase. Despite some positive reception to the improvements, the Unreal Engine 5 remake suffered, from extensive performance issues to crashes. Even those with high-end cards like a GeForce RTX 4090 were facing problems.
The developer acknowledged this and released an update to improve client-side performance. “Working from anecdotal feedback and hard data provided by players, we deployed a new client-side update released tonight that will improve your game’s frame rate.” Along with various optimizations, it also provides “better settings” for Graphics Quality mode.
The developer also deployed other improvements to client performance through the weekend and reduced stuttering and hitching by generating a Pipeline State Object Cache. There’s still work to be done, with the team dealing with “never-before-seen crashes since the game went live.” “Honestly, the floodgates had opened, and at one point, servers were coming down faster than we could put them online! Thankfully, as of our latest server-side build, we’ve managed to get the servers in a much more stable state, eliminating over 95% of server crashes.”
The engineering team will work on server performance issues, while a Public Test Realm branch is coming later this week to try out some “riskier optimizations” before deploying them to the live game. Stay tuned for more details, especially with the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 versions still coming in November.
Ark: Survival Ascended’s publisher has declared its launch successful after the dinosaur survival game sold over 600,000 copies on Steam in the two weeks following launch.
Forgive us if we’re starting to sound like a broken record, but Ark: Survival Ascended’s launch on Xbox has been delayed. It’s the third time developer Studio Wildcard has delayed its dinosaur survival game in a month.
Ark: Survival Ascended Xbox Series X/S release has been delayed again.
Ark: Survival Ascended — Studio Wildcard's controversial Unreal Engine 5 spruce-up of its dinosaur-themed survival game — will no longer launch for Xbox Series X/S on 15th November as originally announced, with the developer now hoping to release the game «later this week».
ARK: Survival Ascended has entered early access, and the developers at Studio Wildcard have outdone themselves on this iteration of the original game while still being very much Studio Wildcard. From the stunning visuals to the improved systems, ARK: Survival Ascended would be a complete joy to play for fans of the original, if not for a mix of issues.
Studio Wildcard has announced a delay to Ark: Survival Ascended on Xbox Series X/S and the Windows Store just one day before release. The developer revealed that the survival title is “still going through” the certification process and will thus miss its launch date. Though expected to arrive later this week, a “more precise time” will be provided when available.
Ark: Survival Ascended’s Xbox Series X and S release date has been delayed once again, this time just a day before it was due to come out.
After launching first on PC in early access, Studio Wildcard’s Ark: Survival Ascended will release on November 14th for Xbox Series X/S. It’s launch with cross-platform play and new servers with Xbox-only servers also included.
The dino game's remake now has a release date on console, and it's soon.
Ark: Survival Ascended should be on Xbox next week, though PlayStation fans will have to wait a little bit longer.
Ark: Survival Ascended developer Studio Wildcard has offered firmer detail on the console version launch, confirming an Xbox Series X and S release date but another delay for the PlayStation 5 version.
ARK: Survival Ascended developer Studio Wildcard probably hoped for a better reception when the survival game stealth-launched last week. Since hitting Steam, players have complained of performance issues and more after the release, leading to Steam review bombing. Meanwhile, the developer has been deploying hotfixes to stabilize things.