
With what we’ve learned about remastering The Island from the ground up, it wouldn’t be feasible to complete Scorched Earth to a standard we’re happy with." The current plan is that Scorched Earth will be added this December with Ragnarok and Aberration in Q1 2024, and "the rest of the maps beyond then." Initially, Ark: Survival Ascended was set to include the base game, The Island, "SOTF, and all the 'non-canon' DLC maps." However, Studio Wildcard has now "decided to separate the release date of The Island and Scorched Earth. We’re discovering new ways each day to push the technology to the next level combined with the work needed to support a fully cross-platform-moddable game ecosystem on consoles and PC, it’s clear that we’ll need a bit more time." "We’ve found it challenging working with Unreal Engine 5.2, but at the same time, it is incredibly exciting.

Ark Survival Ascended to launch into Early Access in October"After much deliberation, we’ve decided to delay the launch of ARK: Survival Ascended to later this year and ship the title on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC in October 2023," Studio Wildcard says.
