ARK: Survival Ascended - Release Date, Features, Delays, & Requirements

ARK: Survival Ascended is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain.

ARK: Survival Ascended is a remake of the popular game. It is developed by Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games, and Instinct Games and published by Snail Games USA . The game is built on Unreal Engine 5 and is available for early access on PC via Steam. The game is set in a world where players must survive against the elements and other players while taming and breeding hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures. The game offers both public online servers for up to 70 players and private session multiplayer servers for up to eight players .

Everything you need to know about ARK Survival Ascended’s console release date

The full version of the game is expected to be released by the end of 2024 . The game is not yet available on consoles, but it is expected to be released in November 2023 .

As of now, there’s no confirmed console release date for ARK Survival Ascended. Based on the information revealed by Studio Wildcard, the console version is set to go live sometime in November.

Ideally, all versions of the game were scheduled to go live in October itself, but there were some gameplay issues with the console versions, hence the delay. Once the console version is launched, crossplay between PC and console will remain disabled until a patch that addresses the multiplayer issues goes live across both platforms.

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ARK Survival Ascended will then be available on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PlayStation 5. There are also rumors of the game being launched for the Nintendo Switch as well, considering that Survival Evolved is available. So there’s a chance that the Switch release will either happen at a later date or once the Switch 2 is launched.

As of now, Survival Ascended is only available on PC via Steam. Players can get their hands on the game by making a direct purchase on the digital marketplace.

Some rumors suggest the game will be available on Game Pass at a later date. Given that the game was launched at the Xbox Partner Showcase lends credence to Survival Ascended making it to the service eventually.

Considering that the game has just gone live and the issues that it’s facing on PC, the developers would want to wait it out for a while and address all the problems before launching it on consoles.

For more information about ARK Survival Ascended’s console launch date, players are advised to keep an eye on the official ARK Twitter channel & steam.

What are the system requirements for ARK: Survival Ascended?

Here are the minimum and recommended system requirements for ARK: Survival Ascended on PC

System Requirements	Minimum	Recommended
Operating System	Windows 10/11 with updates	Windows 10/11 with updates
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel i5-10600K
RAM	16 GB	32 GB
GPU	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 1080	AMD Radeon RX 6800, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
Dedicated Video RAM	6144 MB	Not specified
Pixel Shader	6.0	Not specified
Vertex Shader	6.0	Not specified
Free Disk Space	70 GB	70 GB
DirectX	Version 12	Version 12
Network	Broadband Internet connection	Not specified
Additional Notes	SSD Required	Not specified