The new update for ARK: Survival Evolved has been postponed on PS4 and Xbox One. Patch 1.20 is full of new content. Among other things, there are new dinos, Tek technologies, and the dormant volcano will become active. The download for PS4 is about 9 gigabytes.
Ark Survival Evolved recently received a massive update on PC – Patch v257. PS4 and Xbox One were supposed to be updated to this PC version yesterday, on May 16th. However, some issues with the update arose. Patch 1.20 has therefore been postponed.
Critical issues on Xbox One – minor glitches on PS4
Microsoft conducted tests on Xbox and found “critical issues” with Ark. Studio Wildcard was subsequently contacted by Microsoft and made aware of the problems. This has been a while ago.
The issues did not appear during the certification process for the new update on Xbox. They also went unnoticed during the developers’ internal tests.
Delaying the update on Xbox One is, according to Studio Wildcard, purely a precautionary measure. The developers do not detail what the issues are. On Xbox, the massive update has the version number v754.
On PlayStation 4 the reason for the delay is somewhat simpler. Patch 1.20 had a few minor glitches that need to be addressed. Once certification is complete, the update should be released.
Update should arrive today for PS4 and Xbox One
The new ETA for the massive update is, according to Studio Wildcard, today, May 17th. At the time this post was created, community manager Jen announced the update on Twitter.
According to this, it should be released today at 10 PM (Xbox) and 10:30 PM (PS4).
ARK Patch 1.20 live on PS4 – Xbox One should arrive at midnight
Update 11:00 PM: It has indeed worked. As ARK reports via Twitter, the PS4 patch is now live. It is about 8.8 gigabytes in size. The one for Xbox One is expected to appear around midnight.
PS4 Patch is available. Please restart your consoles to get it (or check game for updates) It’s 8.79GB!
— Jat (@Jatheish) May 17, 2017
Update 18.5. 8:50: The patch for Xbox One is now also live – the thing is even bigger. 18 GB.
Xbox patch v754 is now available for download (18.1GB). Server deployment starting shortly. Patch notes: https://t.co/moCWnMAQLL
— Jen (@bubblywums) May 17, 2017
Everything you need to know about the massive update can be found here:
- Reworking the volcano: Ark: No destructive lava – volcano in the center becomes Tek Cave
- Reduction of level cap and reset of engrams:Ark: Update lowers level cap to 100 – “105 was just a weird number”
- First endgame content:Ark: Ascension – endgame will be a kind of “New Game+”
- Patch notes:Ark: Patch v257 Attack of the Clone Dinos – What’s in the massive update
