The new ARK Survival Evolved will be 20 GB on Xbox One. Studio Wildcard explains the delay of the patch for PS4 and Xbox One.
This week Studio Wildcard aims to release Ark’s new update for PS4 and Xbox One. The Xbox version will receive a massive upgrade to the XDK (Xbox Development Kit) with the new patch.
The new patch was originally supposed to be deployed last Monday but has been postponed to today (March 15). The patch has caused some network issues in various tests. That was the reason for the postponement of the patch.
Ark PS4 1.14, Xbox One: New patch may come tonight
The patch may still make it through Microsoft’s certification process tonight. If so, the update would be live late in the evening US time. We have a time difference of 6 hours to the US East Coast. For us, the update would arrive in the middle of the night or early morning. However, it is more likely that the patch will be delayed by a few more days.
With the XDK upgrade, the developers expect the patch to take about 20 GB on Xbox. Studio Wildcard is aware that this is a huge patch, but sees the upgrade as necessary.
PS4 players can expect a significantly smaller patch.
Ark PS4, Xbox One: Primitive Plus will not come with the new patch
The “Primitive Plus” update was originally planned for the new patch of Ark Survival Evolved on PS4 and Xbox One. The alternative game mode was already noted in the patch notes.
With Primitive Plus, players mostly have access to stone and wood. Extended resources like metal cannot be used.
The XDK update takes priority for Studio Wildcard for now. Most innovations for console will be implemented in Ark Survival Evolved on Xbox and later imported to PS4. Therefore, the “Primitive Plus” update is temporarily off the table for both devices. Due to the XDK update, there is a possibility that unexpected problems may arise from the additional installation of the alternative game mode. Studio Wildcard does not want to take that risk and prefers to take one step at a time.
The update is to bring PS4 and Xbox One to version v255. This update has version number 1.14 on PS4 and version number v751 on Xbox One.
The latest update news on the console patch
Update 10 PM: The latest news – the PS4 update is expected to come tomorrow on March 16. The Xbox One update is still in the certification process, so it’s unclear whether it will be deployed tonight. The good news: It is said to weigh “only” 20 GB. We have adjusted the article accordingly.
Update March 16, 10:15 AM: Latest information from Studio Wildcard. PS4 update 1.14 for ARK should come today on Thursday (or in the night from Thursday to Friday). This is quite certain. For the Xbox update for ARK, there is a chance that it might come on Thursday, but that is less certain than the PS4 update.
Update March 17: 4:30 PM: The update for PS4 has been live since the night from Thursday to Friday – it went online around 2:30 AM. The update for Xbox One is still pending. “Maybe” it will come today, according to the latest information from Studio Wildcard. In the USA, it is just early morning now.
You can find the patch notes for the new update on PS4 and Xbox One here:
ARK: Xbox One, PS4 Patch 1.14 expected – What’s in the new update?
