A partner company of ARK developer Studio Wildcard has spread the information that ARK 2 will be released only in spring 2025. Now the developers clarified how this information came about.
Who made the claim? The company “Digital Domain” specializes in the representation of special effects in various media, including films and video games. For the horror title “The Quarry,” the company, for instance, created numerous recordings of bodies and faces.
Additionally, Digital Domain is collaborating with Studio Wildcard, the developer studio behind ARK 2 and the team working on the survival title.
What error did the company spread? In an annual report from Digital Domain, the company talks about the ongoing collaboration with Studio Wildcard and mentions in a parenthesis that the game is supposed to be released in spring 2025 – this would mean another delay (via hk.digitaldomain.com). Currently, the release of ARK 2 is dated for the end of 2024.
Has ARK 2 been delayed again? No, the last delay of the ARK 2 release happened on March 31, 2023, when the survival game was postponed to the end of 2024. There was no official delay to spring 2025.
Moreover, the online magazine gamesradar reported that a spokesperson from Studio Wildcard said regarding the statement that ARK 2 will be released in spring 2025, that he has no idea where this information came from.
In another email, the Wildcard spokesperson added that it was probably just a typo. Therefore, the release of ARK 2 is still planned for 2023.
How did the players react? Shortly after the publication of Digital Domain’s annual report, the information also circulated in the ARK community. A Twitter account that posts news about the survival game shared the information before it turned out to be false (via Twitter).
Overall, over 220,000 users saw the tweet, which was shared over 300 times. Many users reacted in the comments with memes expressing a kind of despair. The community seemed shocked, although many wrote that they would not be surprised by another delay.
In any case, ARK fans will have to wait a while for the release of the successor. In August, a remaster will first be released, which has been controversially reviewed by many players and received a new price shortly after the initial announcement.
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