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In the survival MMO ARK Survival Evolved, a new patch is set to be released for PS4 and Xbox One. It would be patch 1.27, if all goes well.
Update June 24, 15:13: In the original article, we asked “Will it go well?” The answer: No, it is not going well. The console patch for PS4 and Xbox One scheduled for Friday is now expected to arrive on Monday instead. The patch is complete but still needs to go through certification. Sony and Microsoft are closed over the weekend, so there is no certification taking place.
Xbox + PS4 update coming Monday too! Had it ready today, but took extra day 2 get thru console patch QA, sadly (& they close for weekend) 😛
— Jeremy Stieglitz (@arkjeremy) June 24, 2017
Interestingly, they are also planning the next PC patch v260 for Monday. Things are quite busy.
Original Announcement
ARK and the console patches: That is quite a matter. ARK Survival Evolved is still in Early Access and therefore frequently receives new content.
It’s not a problem on PC. The consoles PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are not typically designed for “fast and frequent patches.” However, the studio WildCard is known for patching quickly and frequently. With patches, there is a cowboy mentality in the land of the dinos.
ARK and Certification – a Love Story
In the past, Studio WildCard took two to three weeks to bring PC patches to PS4 and Xbox One, but now, as the release of ARK approaches, they want to significantly speed up the patch process, aiming for “within a week.”
In the past, this has often gone wrong: Because on PC, developers can deploy patches as they wish. But for PS4 and Xbox One, patches must first be certified by Sony and Microsoft before they go live. This often leads to delays when patches leave the studio and “get stuck in certification.”
The last patch for PS4 was postponed multiple times, as there were reportedly serious issues.
However, that does not stop ARK from trying again. This time they will patch even faster. Patch v259 was released just yesterday on PC and is planned to go live today, Friday, on PS4 and Xbox One. That is at least the plan from Studio WildCard: For us in Germany, the patch ARK 1.27 for PS4 and Xbox One should be deployed overnight from Friday to Saturday.
Whether it goes well remains to be seen. Delays and difficulties are to be expected, but … they are just trying.
ARK 1.27 – the Patch Notes
Everything about patch 1.27 and what fixes and new content it brings, when it finally arrives, can be read in this article.
Patch 1.27 corresponds to the PC patch v259, in addition to some new goodies, it mainly brings fixes for problems that have been causing issues for some time:
